Can we please do something to effectively deal with players leaving a match

[Comixfan-6222]

@MightyOwl-292478

That’s just my idea, but I really want something to keep balance between teams when people leave, cause it’s near impossible when you are missing just one player.

The solution to the leaver problem already exists in game in other modes - backfill.

Competitive needs backfill

Having a competitive mode without anything in place to help a team recover from a leaver/disconnect is an absolute travesty. Blizzard needs to add backfill to competitive. If someone leaves or disconnects from a match, then someone else can load in to take their place. Have a “reserves bench” system in place for if the disconnected player reconnects (thus allowing for them to avoid the leaver penalty) and give them the option to rejoin the match at the start of a new map. Make competitive ba…

With a few tweaks to have it fit with the Competitive format, backfill would completely resolve the problem of leavers and it would also help reduce queue times.