In Dead by Daylight, some players are being banned right now. However, the penalties are very brief. What is going on?
Dead by Daylight still suffers from a few issues after years, but one of them is player-made: disconnectors.
Whenever a player leaves the match during an ongoing game, the survivor team is at a distinct disadvantage. With only 3 instead of 4 survivors, it becomes very difficult to win the match.
Finally, there are some players who want to deny points to the killer by leaving the game before they can be hooked.
This behavior has hardly been punished so far – but that is about to change.
Why do players disconnect? There are many reasons for disconnecting in Dead by Daylight. Some players are angry when they are found by the killer first. Other players feel “unfairly treated” by the killer, some do not want to play with their teammates, and some duos leave the game as soon as one of the two players is killed.
However, disconnecting is considered unsportsmanlike in Dead by Daylight and will therefore be subject to penalties.
What is being done now? Until tomorrow, December 19, 2019, the developers are testing a new penalty system in the PC and Switch version of Dead by Daylight.
This system identifies players who disconnect and imposes a penalty on them. After a disconnect, they cannot join a game for a while and must wait. If they disconnect again after the penalty time has expired, a higher penalty will be imposed. Thus, the severity of the penalty and the duration of the ban will increase if a player frequently leaves the game early.
However, the severity of the penalties decreases if players stay until the end of many matches and do not disconnect early.
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Currently only mini penalties: Since the system is currently only a test, the penalties are extremely short. Anyone who leaves a game will be penalized with a 30-second ban – so it’s not a major hurdle. You can pour yourself a glass of cola and then continue playing.
The community manager notQueen emphasizes that this is intentional. The system is being tested and it may happen that some players are wrongly penalized. The developers want to thoroughly test the system, which is why the duration of the penalties is currently so short. When the system is fully operational, the penalties will be higher accordingly.
The test will only last a few days and is meant to give the developers initial feedback to refine the system. It will likely take a few weeks before it goes live permanently with comprehensive functionality.
Do you think it’s good that disconnecting in Dead by Daylight will soon be punished? Or should that not be done?
