I’d guess that’s because moonmap still kinda sucks. It’s definitely not as bad as it was at launch, but as I see it the core problems are still mostly there.
Every now and then someone creates a thread asking for people’s most hated maps. Paris and Horizon are at the top of the list every time.
I don’t like paris either. But I never leave just because I got the map.
You don’t have to play any map leaving is always an option. My point is that blizzard allows it to be people’s first option due to their extremely weak leaver penalty.
A good penalty makes leaving the last option, reserved for things that actually warrant leaving such as real life issues that demand immediate attention. Not this weak bs disliking maps or teammates etc.
Or, they will say to themselves well I’m not leaving anyway so I might as well try to win while I’m here.
It’s not like playing on paris puts any team at a disadvantage each side still attacks and defends so the chances of winning are still on average the same as they would be in any other game.
So if your chances of winning are the same and you are not going to leave then you are probably going to just try to win instead of wasting your time throwing and losing sr in the process.
Penalties are a joke, and it won’t help to change those too
To be honest, it does even make it worse
It’s like a slap in the face, while you leave to keep the peace.
They are a joke which is why people leave so often in the first place.
It will help for sure. If someone know that the next penalty they get is about to be for 24 hours are they really going to leave a match that takes 20 minutes to complete?
Think about the cost to benefit ratio in this situation would you still leave?
This isn’t a logic problem, it’s an emotion problem. It’s not going to go away just because the reality is that the map is fair to both sides.
Honestly? If I hated a map so bad that I would normally quit and eat an SR loss + suspension to avoid playing on it, but the punishment for doing so was so steep that it would literally block me out for my entire gaming session, I would just throw and get it over quickly so I can get back to having fun.
I don’t intentionally throw mind you, but this hypothetical situation might make me do it.
Ok and that’s your choice. But at least then it would actually be a dilemma worth thinking about not a carefree decision that you auto go to because you know the penalty will be nothing.
And you will have to face increasing consequences so leave enough times throughout the season (much less than required currently) and you’ll get weeklong monthlong or season long bans.
At some point either the behavior is corrected because the penalty is sufficiently harsh, or some people simply don’t care and get banned for the season. Either way the issue is addressed and resolved.