Lower the Disconnect Penalty, Because the time builds up WAY too fast.

I'm a killer main, I do none of these things as I hardly play survivor and I personally am not bothered by it too much when it happens. Now to note, I know you're apparently not calling me out specifically as you say. And I also don't mean to imply that t-bagging and clicking don't annoy the piss out of me sometimes as well (I have a friend who can't play with clicky survivors due to the flashing light causing seizures with him). But at the end of the day, d/cing when you get mad or if a game goes bad is just as toxic as someone t-bagging or being rude, especially when you're survivor. It ruins any chance your fellow survivors had at winning in most situations. It also is rude to the killer. I mean, usually, it's just free BP and an easy win for most killers, but rarely someone dcing just because their teammates are not very good at the game or they were hooked first, has messed up rifts and such for me before as both killer and survivor.

Anyway, the point being. Yes, the community can be toxic, I do not try to be toxic, that's the best I personally can do as there's not much else to be done from the player side of the situation to improve it besides trying to be better yourself. And d/cing constantly mid-game is just as toxic as a t-bag or click IMO and should continue to be punished. Saying it's the community's fault to justify d/cing constantly and demanding to not be punished for it is just as bad as someone saying "Well, everyone else does it" to justify them bming, clicking, and t-bagging. Supposedly in the upcoming update, they made it harder to t-bag if that makes you feel better.

I always recommend my friends to just open the menu to dc, but before they commit stop and consider: "will the dc penalty last longer than this match?" If you've DC'd in the last day more than twice, it probably will be, so as little fun as you might be having, you'll be able to move along to your next (hopefully better) match faster if you stick through it than if you DC.

And if you're having such little fun that you don't even care if the penalty is longer than the remainder of the match, then dc, but that's honestly probably your sign to log off for a bit. Try another game or activity and take a break from DBD because it's getting to you more than it should. No one should be stressed out from a game.

There is an ability to leave a game without DCing though, if you feel strongly about the opportunity to leave as you please. You can intentionally die on hook.

Edit: reading your other replies I see you are a killer

Glad you chilled out.

This kind of highlights the problem with the forum, people angrily suggesting things which quite frankly are not needed.

It then clouds Behaviour who do read these forums with unnecessary suggestions, preventing them from seeing the actual good ones which can make the game better.

But overall glad you saw this and apologised, game can be frustrating as we all know lol.

You do realize the game has the mode you are looking for, its called custom games.

I know on xbox there are plenty of groups looking for people to play customs with and I'd assume there are on other platforms as well, reddit the dbd community discord look around try some groups play for fun and make friends if thats how you want to play. They already gave you the tools you just gotta use them.

Is BHVR gonna do anything about people who disconnects during loading or because they got a map they dont like?

Some players do it, even brag about it on Twitter and I for sure do not approve of waiting in Q for long and then having my game aborted because someone was unhappy.

While I understand why they do this, it is IMMENSELY frustrating to get penalties for connection issues or other pc related problems. I had a nightmare the first few months playing this game where I got constant crashes due to a faulty motherboard (that I wasn't aware of at the time). It took me nearly a year of back and forth between the company I purchased the PC from, and during that time I received matchmaking bans that meant I had to sometimes stop playing for days at a time. I literally could not play the game I paid for and it wasn't even my fault.

I was told by BHVR support that they essentially have no control over lifting bans, even for cases like mine. It soured my first impressions of the game as a whole.

TLDR; I get it but they are a double edged sword and I wish BHVR would look into finding a way to lift bans if you send in a support ticket.