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DC Penalty
DC penalty has been in a game for some time, and honestly, I don't find it useful at all. People still dc when the game isn't in their way. You also got dc penalty even if you don't do it intentionally like when your connection is lost. The worst part of all is that since hackers are prevalent in this game, and the devs can't deal with them, people are forced to play with them or else, they face dc penalty.
Just had a game where a hacker instantly downed everyone and got dced immediately due to his cheat engine. The result is I got banned from dc penalty...
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If anything, it is too soft. It needs to start with an higher penalty. Fifteen minutes or something.
The rare issue with a cheater (they aren't rare but the ones keeping the game hostage are), crashes or genuine disconnection aren't enough of an issue to shy away from that.
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And again we have to remind someone that they should see the state of the game when penalties are off aka you won't get a full game EVER.
When penalties are off anybody will disconnect at the SLIGHTEST inconvenience.
Trust me, the chances of getting a full game without multiple DC is near zero when penalties are off.
Also, nearly all team based pvp games have DC penalties (at least in ranked games) because those games are based on fixed and equal team sizes.
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I think it's fine as it is. Sure, it's super annoying when you get the penalty just because you lose your connection, but the DC penalty only becomes a real issue if there are repeated offenses.
I don't DC often, but I did this morning. Went into a solo-queue game against a Spirit. Three gens in and there's only me and a Bill left and we're both a death-hook. The Spirit was so desperate for a 4k that whenever she downed one of us, she was refusing to hook and just going to search for the other survivor. The game went on for at least 15 minutes longer than it should have. Call me whatever, but I simply got bored and fed up repeatedly being downed and then slugged on the ground. How is that fun/enjoyable and engaging gameplay? Like I said, I rarely DC but in situations like this it just feels like a waste of time. The Bill messaged me afterwards and said he got the hatch, so I was happy to hear that. I know the word toxic is thrown around a lot these days, but when a killer is that desperate for a 4k at the expense of leaving survivors slugged for minutes, I really don't mind a small DC penalty just so I can get out of the game and go on with my day.
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ALL of this. I've played this game when Devs temporarily turn it off, and the number of DCs in games absolutely SKYROCKETS.
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I honestly feel like it's in a pretty good spot right now. Sure, people are always DCing, but you build up a long penalty pretty quickly. I wish they disabled it for some game breaking bug though, when DC penalty is disabled the game is actually fun.
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