Leavers Should Be Punished, Not You
At the moment, if players leave in the middle of the match, they will receive a penalty. However, what about the rest of the teammates they left behind? If you’re unfortunate to get a leaver in your team, you’ll be given a few seconds to leave the match as well without any penalty. However, you’ll have to take a loss. That’s a little silly.
Having a leaver on your team makes a match unbalanced and you’ll be at a severe disadvantage while going up against an enemy team with six members. It’s only fair that you should be allowed to leave a handicapped match without any repercussions. However, having to take a loss means that your skill rating will go down as well, and you’ll basically be punished for someone on your team who decided to leave or drop out.
Not only that, even if you do win, the increase in your skill rating will be diminished because of having one less person in the match. Whether you’re on the team with the leaver or not, winning a match with a missing player will result in less progress earned towards your skill rating.
