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Azurlynx
Azurlynx Member Posts: 222
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How much are penalties for disconnecting?

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  • Fibijean
    Fibijean Member Posts: 8,342
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    Currently, if a player disconnects from a certain proportion of the matches they play (I'm not sure of the exact number but I think it's something pretty high, like 75%), they receive an escalating ban penalty. This is the case for all platforms. The penalty starts at a one week ban, and will escalate to two weeks, then 4 weeks, then permanent, with repeat offences.

    However, this system is about to be overthrown in favour of a new system. The new system is PC-only, as it is reliant on the dedicated servers to work. As far as I'm aware, we haven't been given any specific numbers for the DC penalties under the new system. This is all the information we've really been given officially (from the June/July Dev Update):

    "This new system will feature a growing “lock-out” timer for each time a player disconnects from a match, preventing them from re-queuing until their timer expires. Survive With Friends groups including a player who is currently locked-out will be unable to queue until the lock-out timers for all Survivors in the lobby have expired. The length of the timer gradually decreases so long as the player does not disconnect from additional matches."

    Source: https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/73858/

    The system is planned to go live later today, so hopefully we will receive more information about exactly how it works when that happens.