# Time out for quitters **URL:** \ **Category:** Gameplay Feedback\ **Created:** [November 2, 2023, 9:09am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/time-out-for-quitters/85860 "2023-11-02T09:09:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Aiso44](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/aiso44/32/69857_2.png) [@Aiso44](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Aiso44)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2023, 12:59am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/time-out-for-quitters/85860/21 "2023-11-03T00:59:35Z")
While I can understand this, oftentimes you kick that loading screen down the road to another person that joins to load into a failed run, that then has to load out. This is like, the prime reason for why I also think that leavers should get some sort of punishment (in certain circumstances, like if they just died or if the rest of the team is currently downed). I also separately hate that sometimes a failed run can be prolonged by the bot being alive and trying to rez, and then someone joining just to fight like hell for a few minutes and then leave, and then another bot joins… This stuff wastes a substantial amount of time for players that are just trying to play the game like normal. ---
**Author:** ![Tzcheese](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/tzcheese/32/53773_2.png) [@Tzcheese](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Tzcheese)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2023, 1:04am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/time-out-for-quitters/85860/22 "2023-11-03T01:04:43Z")
This. Repeatedly leaving and rejoining to respawn or free yourself from traps or whatever needs to be addressed. ---
**Author:** ![zaygr](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/zaygr/32/71131_2.png) [@zaygr](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/zaygr)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2023, 1:08am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/time-out-for-quitters/85860/23 "2023-11-03T01:08:36Z")
This is the reason I don’t want to see any penalties. I don’t trust Fatshark to implement a detection system that won’t give false positives for dropping or leaving a game for whatever reason. ---
**Author:** ![Antilus](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/antilus/32/44699_2.png) [@Antilus](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Antilus)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2023, 1:19am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/time-out-for-quitters/85860/24 "2023-11-03T01:19:19Z")
if they leave by ‘‘leave the squad’’ button, then there is no problem, if they just Alt F4 and do else the game keeps them in the strike team for 5 minutes, and nobody else can replace them ---
**Author:** ![Han\_Shot\_First](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f04885/32.png) [@Han\_Shot\_First](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Han_Shot_First)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 4:30am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/time-out-for-quitters/85860/25 "2023-11-05T04:30:27Z")
How do you distinguish between someone pressing Alt-F4 and someone who’s game/PC crashed? ---
**Author:** ![Antilus](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/antilus/32/44699_2.png) [@Antilus](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Antilus)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 5:01am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/time-out-for-quitters/85860/26 "2023-11-05T05:01:16Z")
you don’t, but the game treat it as the same, if you alt f4 you can log back in the squad without anyone stealing your spot for 5 minutes as if you crashed ---
**Author:** ![PariahMessiah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@PariahMessiah](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/PariahMessiah)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 8:51pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/time-out-for-quitters/85860/27 "2023-11-05T20:51:05Z")
No, dumb idea ruins other more PVP focused games. Only time leaver penalties should apply is for super sweaty ‘competitive’ mode. ---
**Author:** ![Ayarraz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@Ayarraz](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Ayarraz)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 9:05pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/time-out-for-quitters/85860/28 "2023-11-05T21:05:10Z")
Today, out of 13 auric maelstrom missions, 13 had people leaving. 3 times the mission has left the board and we were stuck with 3 players. They all left, suspiciously, after they died. Of course, it is the servers, and not fragile players. We need some kind of punishment for these players, they ruin others’ fun. ---
**Author:** ![r00tmaster](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/r00tmaster/32/34613_2.png) [@r00tmaster](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/r00tmaster)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 9:19am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/time-out-for-quitters/85860/29 "2023-11-06T09:19:53Z")
I don’t play maelstrom very often, but when I do, I always seek a team on the Discord server and join VC. **NEVER** with randoms. That way your average quitter will feel more obliged to stay. ---
**Author:** ![TakoyakiGremlin](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/takoyakigremlin/32/67530_2.png) [@TakoyakiGremlin](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/TakoyakiGremlin)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 10:06am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/time-out-for-quitters/85860/30 "2023-11-06T10:06:32Z")
tbh, this wouldn’t really deter most people from quitting. in fact, with the sheer amount of people that quit, it would just make people not want to play at all. if this was pvp, and thank god it isn’t, then i could see it being a thing, but people just wanna hop in and out of a match, hopefully complete the mission, and get the full rewards. if you start giving queue bans, people are gonna be like, “do i even wanna waste my time playing this at all?”. 20+ minutes is a long time to play to get failure rewards. besides, i’ve actually had generally positive experiences with people rage quitting, because it’s usually the trash people that do it, and then you get a chance of someone that’s actually good. a lot of the time, too, someone will quit after they die, but then someone will join and basically help to save the run. i’ve have so many instances of this that i’m almost glad when terrible players weed themselves out lol ---
**Author:** ![Han\_Shot\_First](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f04885/32.png) [@Han\_Shot\_First](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Han_Shot_First)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 4:35am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/time-out-for-quitters/85860/31 "2023-11-07T04:35:04Z")
All I get from this is “I want longer queue times for a difficulty I probably shouldn’t be playing with randoms.” ---
**Author:** ![Rainman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Rainman](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Rainman)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 6:05am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/time-out-for-quitters/85860/32 "2023-11-07T06:05:27Z")
if they didn’t cut resource rewards on a loss then people would stick around more ---
**Author:** ![Ayarraz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@Ayarraz](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Ayarraz)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 6:47am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/time-out-for-quitters/85860/33 "2023-11-07T06:47:27Z")
Then check if you can properly understand the english language. And don’t get me wrong, I play with friends. Mostly 4 of us, simetimes only 3. And that is when the sh\*thsow begins. ---
**Author:** ![Ayarraz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@Ayarraz](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Ayarraz)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 6:48am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/time-out-for-quitters/85860/34 "2023-11-07T06:48:47Z")
Nah, most of these are ragequits and people who think that without them the team will 100% lose, despite them dying first. ---
**Author:** ![Han\_Shot\_First](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f04885/32.png) [@Han\_Shot\_First](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Han_Shot_First)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 8:05am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/time-out-for-quitters/85860/35 "2023-11-07T08:05:04Z")
Then how about this alternative? When someone quits a match you get a prompt giving you the option to permanently remove that player from your matchmaking list. ---
**Author:** ![Khorne\_Dawg](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/khorne_dawg/32/111464_2.png) [@Khorne\_Dawg](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Khorne_Dawg)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 8:39am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/time-out-for-quitters/85860/36 "2023-11-07T08:39:35Z")
I don’t want this to be a Ubisoft game, so no. I don’t want a 10-minute ban just because I had to leave mid-match to answer a 2-minute work call or something. ---
**Author:** ![Rainman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Rainman](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Rainman)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 9:10am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/time-out-for-quitters/85860/37 "2023-11-07T09:10:56Z")
yah, some, but I think most try to leave then come back to try and save the run. I think people would be more apt to just let the run end if there wasn’t such a penalty on run progress. ---
**Author:** ![Ayarraz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@Ayarraz](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Ayarraz)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 9:13am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/time-out-for-quitters/85860/38 "2023-11-07T09:13:16Z")
Don’t think so, I rarely see anyone return. ---
**Author:** ![Rainman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Rainman](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Rainman)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 9:15am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/time-out-for-quitters/85860/39 "2023-11-07T09:15:17Z")
I’ve seen it happen many times. They leave and come back asap, but it’s mostly post-midnight where they’re more likely to be able to join in the same mission. ---
**Author:** ![Ayarraz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@Ayarraz](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Ayarraz)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 9:52am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/time-out-for-quitters/85860/40 "2023-11-07T09:52:56Z")
If you Alt F4, the game thinks it is a disconnect and you can reconnect because the game waits for you. And I play around 10 missions a day, I see people reconnecting like once every 3-4 days. [Previous page](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/time-out-for-quitters/85860.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/time-out-for-quitters/85860.md?page=3)