October 2019
So look I applaud the abandoned game penalty. I wish you had applied it evenly and consistently throughout in the past.
You went from wishy-washy changing it every other patch to heavy handed and I'm sorry I missed the patch notes or any other real alert explaining how this works.
I get to the end of a game and if everyone is dead I hit Esc/Space and I'm out. Now that you've got an increasing penalty I find that on occasions where I've fallen back on old habits or even if I think everyone are dead I Esc/Space and earn a penalty because I dunno… I thought they were freaking all dead (gold perhaps).
Anyway if you don't want people to abandon so much the penalty is nice but you could do it more gently and keep people from so easily "rage quitting" if you'd simply apply a few programming interface tactics.
1. You shouldn't be able to abandon live teammates as simply as Esc/Space.
2. It should be detected if teammates are still living and a big fat notification should warn you that you are about to take a penalty. Then even after agreeing to this there should be a second 'confirm'.
Now c'mon guys I've worked up a pretty big penalty. How about improving the UI experience and resetting these "naughty corner" time outs now that we can see how they work.
Br8kDown
October 2019
October 2019 - last edited October 2019
Well I'll admit I was pretty drunk yesterday when I wrote that. I got the key combo wrong but the rest is correct.
I'll tell you what I won't get wrong..
I have given this game 20-30 bucks every season and it has been kind of boring and repetitive for a lot of time.
Yesterday I downloaded several games while I was in time-out. There are some great games about to hit the market.
If I keep getting penalized while sloppy UI practices and rule implementation remain the norm I will simply not pay.
It's simple. I will give my money to others and just play here without paying. It's easy economics. I can make polite suggestions OR I can vote with my wallet. I start with one then quickly move to the other.
br8kDown