Its not paranoid to say that if there was actual consequences to leaving M+ that people would try to do any degenerate thing they could think of to still ditch keys but circumvent the penalty.
That’s just me acknowledging reality. I think those people shouldn’t be allowed to play the game, but fortunately for them that’s not in my control.
So you’re speaking hypothetically about a system that doesn’t exist? That isn’t reality, it is your fantasy.
Blizzard won’t ever implement a penalty for m+ and leaving. Too many variables and conditions warrant it being acceptable to leave. If you really suspect someone of this behavior then report them for “gameplay sabotage” and let them investigate. But as for a penalty that you describe, it has been 8-9 years of m+ so if it hasn’t been added yet, it never will.
I’d like if there was one, yeah. I’m aware of the challenges that it would bring though. The problem is more with the players than the game.
Which is why the leaver penalty couldn’t be as strict as I’ve described where we look at logs and judge if it was an oopsie or they trolled because they wanted to leave. Not logistically feasible and is subjective.
I don’t foresee the sun collapsing if someone that leaves keys a lot eventually getting a timeout from lfg if they do it a lot. The kind of player that does that is commonly vocal and obvious about their reasoning.