I think that we can all agree that the punishment system on Halo Reach did push a few players away from the game. Quit ban, Mute ban, AFK Resets you name it, it caused a bunch of members to leave our community. Sure for the most part what players are doing that gets them banned is generally the result of something that was wrong on the part of the player but in order to maintain a strong community we should be looking for ways to prevent bad behavior as opposed to creating a overly punitive atmosphere.
Here are some things I purpose to do to tackle the ban issues created by Reach
Mute ban: This should not be present on any games of any sort in the future. While I do find a large percentage of bannies are deserving in there bannedness it does discourage some things. 1: Teamwork. Everyone is in private parties because of mute ban. 2: Being from a country other than America. If you don’t have an American accent you are mute banned. Seriously how hard is it for players to mute someone they find annoying? This ban system is un-intentionally raciest.
Quit ban: the system in place does not stop the majority of players from quitting out of games. Quitting could be less prominent with a better true skill system and better maps. I am not sure we need this system for Halo 4, I trust that 343i is going to improve in these two areas greatly.
AFK resets: Yes the players that got these earned them. No I don’t want to see a bunch of people AFKing in my games. Sure I don’t mind free kills. The problem is the AFK resets have driven a large amount of players away from the game. While I understand they are continuing to not play there should be a better system in place to discourage this activity. In halo 3 most AFK players were derankers where as most of the AFKers in Reach are credit farmers. The way to stop both groups is simple in idea: boot them and give them nothing. The casual AFKer should be kicked from the game for doing nothing or turboing for a set period of time. If there is a credit system in future games they should get no credits- not negative credits as that will encourage deranking. 1-50 rank should also not be affected in any way by this activity.
Online modding/cheating: Ban these guys. Never let them back.
If nothing else there should be a warning message that pops up on the screen of anyone that tells someone they are naughty and to stop it or face the wrath.
The bottom line is this: rather than punnish players I think we need to figure out ways to stop players from doing stuff that they should not be doing in the first place. If you guys have any sugestions on how to impove this please post them here.
