NEW: Account Wide Deserter Buff Coming

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To all of those PVP’ers who leave BG’s because you don’t like losing, Welcome to ACCOUNT WIDE deserter buff! This time you will leave but will not be able to get back into PVP on any of your characters.

A major PvP change in this week’s Beta development notes, the stacking deserter debuff applied by leaving a Solo Shuffle or Battleground Blitz match is now account-wide, preventing players from requeuing on any character for the duration!

PLAYER VERSUS PLAYER

  • The stacking deserter debuff “No-Show” that is applied when leaving a Solo Shuffle or Battleground Blitz match is now applied account wide (was character specific).

Intended to dissuade players from leaving losing matches, the debuff also comes with a rating penalty, though does warn players of the consequences.

Those who excessively leave matches early are also subject to account review and suspensions, as abandoning matches repeatedly is a violation of the terms of service via exploiting functionality to the detriment of the game environment and the intended player experience.

Link: https://www.wowhead.com/news/no-show-solo-shuffle-penalty-now-account-wide-on-the-war-within-beta-345255

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i got my fishing pole prepared.

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This won’t upset anyone at all. But it is a good change IMO.

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Don’t threaten me with a good time.

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Make the deserter debuff apply to people who drop queues

If you don’t show up to war you are a deserter

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Ah……link or something for a citation?

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rare modern blizzard W

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No-Show deserter debuff applied by leaving a Solo Shuffle or Battleground Blitz

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You forgot the word “rated.”

This doesn’t apply to unrated BGs.

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Start it at 15 minutes and double it every time a person deserts, 15, 30, 60, 2 hours etc… resets back to 15 min on Tuesday.

How many times in a week does a person have a legit reason to abandon their M+ or BG?

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Were people really leaving BGs and swapping characters to do more BGs to begin with? I feel like you would just either log off, or do something for 30 mins till deserter was gone

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I’d prefer that Blizz fixes the reason why so many people feel inclined to leave in the first place…

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It’s also for Blitz.

But more importantly, not for anything unrated.

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I am not sure why it has taken so long to be account wide. It should also be stacking. First one = 30 mins. second one = an hour. third = two hours. Deserter applies to someone who leaves pretty quick, it doesnt take much to hang out for 5 mins THEN leave.

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ah it’s only in rated.

whew

i’ll still be able to deak ebg premades that are in 9/10 games rn.

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Needs to include non-rated. Really make it stick, Blizzard.

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Let me point out why it’s taken so long.

  • Casting Flame Shock, Frost Shock, and Sundering will now initiate combat with melee auto attacks.

They don’t pay any attention to what’s going on in their game.

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The blue post includes the word ‘stacking’ debuff. How does that work? Don’t you have to wait until the debuff falls off to queue again?

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It should put a dunce cap on their character for the duration of the debuff as well.

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yes but think as it like strikes
1 strike 15 the second one 30 mins

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