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When/Will match reconnection be integrated?

TheGreenGuy
TheGreenGuy Unconfirmed, Member Posts: 1
edited November 9 in Feedback and Suggestions

DBD has always been known for being behind the curb on connectivity and server issues but this one always seemed odd to me. Countless multiplayer titles have this feature E.G. CS2, Valorant, League Of Legends, Fortnite, Outlast trials if we're looking in a somewhat similar direction of multiplayer.

There is no possible way for this game to suffer for the introduction of a reconnection feature. The game has already implemented bots which allow the flow of gameplay to recover near seamlessly during disconnection downtime, and the player to pop back in without being hard punished, E.G. hooked while AFK. This feature would not only make the game MUCH more forgiving on unexpected outages .etc and would furthermore deter rage quitting matches, as players could be unable to start a new match until the previous is finished. This discourages toxic behaviour and patches unwanted accidents and cannot possibly be seen as a negative for the game.

Any counter arguments to this:
Players can just turn their internet off to dodge games - Doesn't solve the fact they will have to wait out the trial, and I do not believe it impossible for the devs to detect this client side.

Players can alt+f4 to dodge games - same as before, not only can alt+f4s be blocked by the application but also the client request uploaded.

Players with bad connections shouldn't be playing - Nobody knows when they are going to disconnect or if their internet is going to fail, and with the foresight they will disconnect will not enter a match.

This could not be integrated for killer/would complicate killer disconnections -

A: Devs could implement (I understand this is a lot of work) bots for killer (even if as basic as using m1 and walking, kicking gens .etc common mechanics) which would allow the same "seamless" connection as proposed survivor disconnects.
B: The game could add a 30 sec to 1 minute timer to the reconnection so that the game is not left on standstill in their absence
C: Just not add killer reconnection. Being able to reconnect as survivor would already be a significant improvement to the game, adding it for killer would just be perfect. I would rather one positive change be made than none at all.

Sent with hope for the game.

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