Oh if you want to go that route where “people were allowed to do a certain thing back in the day” so it must have been fine/good enough, there’d be plenty more problems in the world today. Things change, usually for the better, much like leaver penalties.
How am I ruining the game for them? If I’m playing a certain hero that isn’t working out or benefiting my team, why would I not change heroes? If I kept getting killed in the same spot that I normally go where I have never had a problem before, why would I not change my strategy? Those are both very relevant aspects of the game. To try something new to overcome obstacles.
If someone is being dumb in game, or perhaps they are brand new, why leave? If the other team is way better than our team, they’re just synergizing better than we are or whatever, and the likelihood of us winning is next to zero I’ll stick around and practice my aim or something which is still beneficial.
A few games here and there.
The penalty is not for people who leave a game ‘here and there’, the penalty is for people who are repeat leavers. Those who have a total meltdown and rage quit over and over because they think in their own little world that they’re a pro. Those who aren’t focused on the game and get up to grab a drink and then talk to their friend in the kitchen before coming back 5 minutes later, then queue up again and then go make a snack while the queue has popped and their teammates are already set up trying to defend the point.
Then who exactly is stopping them from playing? Why are they getting penalized if it isn’t their fault?
Ok, so since I’m not a pro player, I can go in comp and just mess around? Comp in game isn’t that serious compared to a professional tournament. Should pro players treat regular comp as just a fun playground on their alt accounts?
Developer Comments: Previously, if players left too many games, we would apply a 75% penalty to their Battle Pass XP that is gained. We found this had very little impact on those who leave deliberately and severely impacted those who don’t have much time to play but want to earn the rewards in our season Battle Pass. We’re changing this to make it more difficult for players who leave games to be disruptive while not applying too much impact to those who don’t intend on ruining the experience for others.
So there’s that. Where is your source that states that Blizzard
And those people can play! They can play any mode they want! If I want to play comp and emote without doing anything else to help my team out I can do that too!
But, there are consequences. And I know this, so I don’t do any of that or else I will have to endure those consequences I have brought upon myself.
No, I want to play Quickplay with my friends and enjoy myself and my time with them.
When a game starts what exactly is there to do? Are there objectives? What are you supposed to be doing? Why are there people on my team? Am I talking about QP, Comp, or both?
A crime is still a crime. Theft is a crime, so is murder, but they have varying degrees of punishment. No one said anything about QP and Comp are equal in every regard.