When a player thinks it's hopeless to continue...

The survivor bots also used to be quite good but after multiple rounds of nerfs they're terrible now.

Also, the only reason why the game is worthless against bots is because custom games don't award bp. I'm fairly sure there is a not insignificant amount of players that would prefer to go against bots if there was anything to gain from those matches.

Maybe for you.

How many posts do we get on a daily basis that lament the behavior of other players in this game? A bot mode would alleviate a lot of those complaints.

Those who do not wish to play against real players could simply go against bots that could be programmed to not play in the most miserable ways possible.

And those who seek to compete against other players would still be free to do so but now they are more likely to meet like minded people.

It would be a win win for everyone.

There should be absolutely one and it should be even harder because there's no okay reason to leave besides emergencys and cheaters (1. case shouldn't happen too often and you don't play after that anyways probably and 2. is annoying but shouldn't happen too often aswell).

Bots don't fix anything, the killer will probably still win because of that. While I personally don't care about bots and I just chase the people that stayed most killers probably don't find it really fun to play a match that's basically won. So you effectively ruined a match for 4 other people for no reason by leaving, and no it's not okay to leave against tunneling and no it's not okay to leave against camping, both cases get even worse for your team if you do. (And yes I know it's probably not fun for you to be tunneled or camped, but survivor is the side where you play as team, so ether you play in a way that benefits your team or you're probably on the wrong side. Besides that I love being tunneled it's really fun to annoy the killer by just not dying for ages xD).

I'd rather not play against bots at all and think there should be no dc penalty once bots are involved. BHVR just straight up ignored a decent chunk of the playerbase when they forced bots on us. It's ok for a crappy game to end quickly. Dragging out inevitable outcomes is a waste of everyone's time. Heck, I'd be happy if there was no dc penalty after someone else dc'd. Stop holding me hostage in terrible matches. I want to play your game. Don't punish me for it. I promise, nobody is being robbed of a good time by letting people out of a 3v1 at 5 gens because someone dc'd.

DC penalty is needed, but if they aren't ever going to 'fix' survivors suiciding on first hook, I'd take no DC penalties on hook over that.

Letting go on 2nd hook? It depends.

Is the game completely and absolutely lost? One survivor already dead, four gens left to go, another slugged? Yeah, go ahead and move on. Likewise, go ahead and give hatch if its down to 2. Basically, no reason to stick around a lost game, just don't rush to presume the game is lost.

Also, survivors have plenty of time to get to the hook. There's been quite a few times I've saved/been saved in the last few seconds when I thought there was no chance of getting to the hook. Especially if the killer is proxy camping, the right survivor play is to wait till the last second for the unhook. So if you get hooked and no one is coming, do not panic, that's completely normal. Rushing unhooks is, generally speaking, a bad strategy.

If you get the unhook self ability, wait until the last second to use it if the killer is standing right there, but you should use it (unless insta kill Myers). You have time after the unhook to make it to a loop and at least have a chance.

Take the free AFK outs. You'd rather be at higher MMR as a survivor, especially if you are soloq. The lower MMRs are just a slaughter.

I've never been blocked in by a killer, but I did have a game once where survivors blocked me in, but I do try to avoid corners.

Whether or not people agree, I'm under the belief that each player makes an implicit social agreement to try their best when they decide to queue up for a game. Disconnecting, giving up, or otherwise leaving the game violates this agreement to the detriment of others and is an incredibly selfish act.

So no, I hope that disconnect penalties continue. I would even go as far as to say I want them to become more stern with their penalties in the future.

That said, I do think the fact that roughly ~20% of games have at least one rage quitter is a symptom of one or multiple issues that needs to be addressed beforehand.

As to what those issues are, I believe it is a combination of the following:

1. Boring core objective (generators)
2. Linear and uninteractive hatch mechanic
3. Archaic hook system

While these are quick ideas, I bet rage quit rates would drop if something like the following were implemented:

1. Make generators more fun to do
   1. There's changes to this already in the works, so I'm waiting to see what the devs are doing
2. Triple the number of chests in a match and make the last chest opened always have a hatch key
   1. Survivors therefore have a reason to open chests, get a secondary objective, and increases interaction opportunities when hatch closes
3. Reduce unhook attempts to 1 per person with reduced penalties on a failed attempt
   1. Removes ability to give up on hook while still allowing deliverance, wicked, Up the Ante, Slippery meat, etc to continue working (buff the unhook chance luck perks though to match the reduce unhook attempts)

I think the dc penalty should be more severe at the beginning. Many survivors gave up as soon as there's a bot. And i kinda understand that as they are often bad.

They should pair the dcers together to make special lobby for them.