Such disconnects are common on console, although i haven't let the penalty grow beyond 5min. Unfortunately they cannot tell the difference between an actual intentional DC and crashes/drops/whatever, and the penalty treats them the same.

Devs prefer suicide on hook because at least the killer still gets points. It's not like a DC gives killers extra bp too...oh wait (I'm totally not salty that survivors don't get bp if someone DC's but killers do)

Had this happen on PS4 last night. Got into a match with a friend. Everything seemed to load fine. But the game got stuck at the opening scene with the map title and just froze. Couldn't move, couldn't control the camera, just had to sit there watching my character breathe. Gave it 2 or 3 minutes before we disconnected, still go the penalty.

Because you deserved to be punished whether it's your fault or not, kind of like an abusive relationship.

They just need to change struggle phase to be more like PH's cages where you get constant skill checks. Obviously you can still intentionally miss skill checks to lose more progress, but it's not an instant death.

It would also help new players to avoid instant dying as well as the mechanic is pretty punishing if you aren't aware of it.

Nope it's the game, and most likely it's optimization. If I do not restart my Xbox every 5 matches or so drops like those described here can occur much more frequently, without interrupting streaming the game or chats of I'm in a group. And I'm certainly not alone.

600 BP per DC. Killers get 625 BP per DC.