Plain and simple, people are leaving 2v2 arena game before the gates are opened. They get 1 lose for it, but the other team DOESNT get a win, just wasted more then 1 minute of time. It happens all the time, i doubt devs dont know about this.
To stop this exploit, i suggest you dont get 1 lose if you leave arena before getas are opened.
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Member
Leaving arena before gate opens (exploit)
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Forum Veteran
To stop this from happening you suggest that the penalty for doing it is removed? Am I understanding this right?
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Member
I'm not sure how this is considered as an exploit, but i believe the other team don't get the wins because THAT can be exploited. Also i believe that after you reach certain point in your raiting you will stop meeting those leaving teams as they hardly ever get a win
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Moderator
How would removing the only penalty for leaving that people receive somehow change it and make them not leave?
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Member
As someone who has left some arenas on the first sight of the 6.6 SM warrior, maybe a solution can be if you leave you get a deserter buff, so you don't leave in rolls.
I feel i kinda backstabbed myself as i'm an altholic and sometimes i just dont want to wait to get one shot.
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Member
The 1 loss isn’t a penalty for them. They are doing it to get 10 quick loses for weekly points. But the opponents are just losing time without getting a win, the game is not even registered for them.
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Moderator
The penalty isn't aimed at them, and wouldn't be removed because it affect everyone, not just them.
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Member
Don't think that's legal. I got a 5 Day Ban for MMR Dropping on my 1K GS Chars when I left my 10 Games for the Week. Think you have to play them even if your going to get 1 Shotted but then again that could be Win Trading so dunno
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Member
And this is a common issue. I play weekly about 30 games(at 1,5rating) with my alts and about 8 to 10 games is against these exploiters who leave.
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Member
This system was made to prevent people from getting free wins. If you dropped bellow 1500 mmr you would get 1300+ personal rating from facing players who leave arena.
You are asking for free wins.
This is no way an exploit. It was allowed on retail and many were using macros to flush 10 games on alts without even entering arena.
Rules specifically say bans for ''extreme cases of mmr dropping''. I doubt you can drop enough mmr by flushing fresh 80 characters to be considered an extreme case. You will be losing almost no mmr once you reach 1300mmr. 200 mmr is around 10 loses at 2k+ rating. I would think extreme case is 1000+ mmr.
You highlight the issue with giving bans for leaving weekly games.
At 1500 mmr you often face players with bis gear since mmr resets every few months.
You will quickly drop bellow 1400 mmr if you have terrible gear and cant beat them.
Most players at 1400 mmr are there for 10 weekly games and leave before arena begins.
This means you have to leave the arena first unless you want to waste hours finding 10 games.
If you stay and play vs players who have 2000+ more gs you are essentially wintrading.
This system forces you to leave the game before it begins. It makes no sense to punish for it.Edited: January 25, 2021
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Member
And it’s not about that I don’t get the wins, it’s about that they get the lose and that its motivating them to do it again and again.
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Member
I know this is old, I'm bumping it to mention that I've queued for over 25 matches tonight and had I think 4 actual battles. Wasted 30 minutes of my night with blackrock people abandoning arena games.
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Banned
Your lucky because I did about 30 matches and every single one of them the people just left immediately then got angry and went to bed
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Member
I cant believe a thread like this got so much attention lol.
Leaver lose a lot, u gain nothing, otherwise people who wish to do 10 games quickly on alts just for points would hand out free rating. Hence why the system the way it is.
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Member
exactly this. No point bumping this topic, it has been like this for i don't know 9-10 years now? It wont change just because people dont like that they have wasted their precious 20 minutes(i've waited longer just to enter WC), guess what all your time in wow can be considered a waste by some.
Edited: March 3, 2021
