This is in relation to when players quit a match in any arena mode. This makes it near impossible to win and leaves the team at a disadvantage. I’m sure there are teams out there perfectly capable when someone leaves but recently its been lots of 2v4 matches and never come close to winning. You end up with the other team having all the power weapons and camping all corners of the map. You basically spawn, walk 5m and are killed by someone. This just drags on for the entire 50 kills or until everyone rage quits. This punishment for quitting hasn’t deterred people who give zero craps about ranking. Except for the people that do and get dragged down. These types of matches need to be seen and not counted as a ranked match. KDA isn’t an issue as much as consistently losing. I’m aware that playing as a group solves this but people are not always available to play. Thoughts on the issue from the community and 343 are appreciated.
I had two games while trying to qualify where people quit. One game, 3 people quit. Sucks. You get a division one noatyet what, so if you were borderline silver gold, but lose badly, you get silver one and have to go through 6 levels of silver when those couple games where people quit might have got you to gild (for example). They need to not count games where people quit OR make it so you can become the levels in between…soat be you can get a silver 5 or 6 instead of a silver one because you were paired with terrible players.
Defintely agree with you. I was sitting at platinum 4 with a friend at diamond 4, now we are sitting at level 1 respectively. It just runs you down so quick in levels, people get frustrated within the first 5-10 kills and rage quit. I mean, do you really know the outcome after 2min off playing? Just ruins the game for everyone at the end of it.
If you play another game and do better I believe it throws out your worst game to create the average. So if you keep playing it’ll only help you go up so long as you don’t lose a bunch. I’m thinking I saw an article before launch that said you can’t drop below your rating level but you can keep going up.
I’m aware of the not going down ranks, which luckily is a thing. I suppose for me it’s frustrating when you enter a match with all intention of it being a 4v4 and suddenly its a 2v4. Probably a bit harsh since the games been out for about 5days and overtime 343 will improve it but nonetheless its an issue I think should be addressed. I certainly don’t want a drop in type match unless it’s been say 1min into the game. I think it would be possible for the system to recognize that the match is unfair when someone leaves or disconnects but my knowledge of ranking systems is limited. I suppose again too, it’s more of an issue for the players who don’t have a group to play with. I’ve been on the other end when the team I’m playing against losses a player and you feel bad. The good news about it is, it shows how much more competitive halo is now when you do need to have a full team. Hopefully it will get looked at over time, until then I’ll keep grinding up diamond towards onyx and see how it goes.