Unplayable ranked

[sinful cedar]

It’s absolutely ridiculous that you play a ranked match and that by round three half the players are offline. Couple this with horrendous AI and the games half the time are horrendous. Abandonment penalties are NEEDED and are long overdue.

To fix this issue:

1. Players who log out should have an AI take over and a time limit to rejoin.

     If the player rejoins, the game continues without punishment and the player should not receive and consequences
   
     AI taking over MUST be passive.
   
      If the time limit expires (Ex: three rounds, dependent on lobby size etc), then the players territories and troops should be surrendered.
                This prevents “kamikaze” actions by AI which are completely ridiculous and undermines the entire PVP aspect of the game
   

2. If the timer expires, the player should receive a WARNING, and if continues, the player should receive a MATCH OR TIME DEPENDENT BAN. Ex: Abandoning a match and not rejoining leads to a three incident-free match ranked suspension.

      Could be monitored by a strike system. Abandonment of a match gives you a strike, two is a short match suspension, three being a longer match suspension, etc.
                   Strikes reset every couple of days.
   

Please for the LOVE OF GOD fix this issue. Making AI not absolutely horrid would also serve as a partial solution.

Coming from a person who grinded this game years ago. Love risk

[fleet aspen]

Inactivity behaviour: Neutral

[dawn creek]

The title is dramatic, so I thought this would be a troll post, but the sentiment is legitimate, and anyone who plays a lot of public lobbies will relate.

The last public game I played, 2 people didn’t ready up and 1 quit on their first turn, and this isn’t even that rare.

Would be great to see more devs who actively play the game online, to experience first-hand some of the issues every player is familiar with.

[amber crown]

I thought it was fine to not ready up

sometimes

[sinful cedar]

It's okay not to ready up. What i'm talking about is people readying up and then leaving midgame.

[woven sierra]

I wish the settings could include having one less player (no bot) on failure to ready, or perhaps the game doesn't start and you're returned to the lobby? This and the turn 1 quits are especially a problem if playing capitals.

[dawn creek]

Or ready-up in lobby, so if someone doesn't ready up, it can be dealt with before the games starts, and a bot gets added

[hard echo]

I'd prefer to have the rdy up changed:
Start the game and if not everybody rdys up: give me the option to kick those that didn't

[hard echo]

I don't want bots in my games, and certainly not to start. a neutral bot from the start is a pseudo blizzard

[nova basalt]

So kinda like this idea of mine? #risk_ideas message