Starting Ranked Games with Incomplete Teams

Games Halo Infinite
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Hello all. First and foremost I want to say that I am really enjoying the game thus far. One concern I have is starting ranked games with a team of only three players. When this first happened the other night I thought it was a one time fluke. However, it’s now happened twice.

My suspicion is that players are backing out or being forced out of the game before it starts. I hope it isn’t the matchmaking system just deciding to start a game without a complete team. Either way, I don’t think teams should be penalized for starting a game at a disadvantage.

I don’t know how workable a solution this may be, but I’m wondering if the game could take into account that a match has started with an incomplete team and not penalize said team if they lose. If they win, then they could still receive the progression in their rank, but if they lose they wouldn’t be penalized. Optimally, if the other team that has a full squad wins, I don’t mind them getting progression. It just becomes very difficult to control the map or objectives when your down a person from the start.

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This is less of a matchmaking issue and more of a playlist issue. players have to queue up for a random game mode and when they see one they dont like they back out and you get a bot until someone might fill the bots spot.

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I suspect it may be people leaving before the match starts, but in my experience they don’t even show up as having been in the game at all. We just have three spartans in the prematch intro and then three players on the scoreboard. So I don’t know if they would have seen what game we were playing, it just starts the match with three players.