Among the features players want to see added to Call of Duty: Warzone 2 are penalties for those who leave in the middle of the match. Only a few weeks remain before the series’ latest battle royale experience joins Modern Warfare 2 in giving fans their yearly Call of Duty fix, and a lot of them are hoping that when it finally arrives, there will be systems in place to dissuade teammates from calling it quits too soon.
Many battle royales these days tend to have players grouped into teams by default, and while that’s not a bad setup for friends playing together, it can be occasionally problematic for solo players queued with strangers. It’s not all that uncommon for some players to just quit a match at the first sign of trouble to start fresh in another one, crippling their team’s chances of winning in the process. It’s a problem that has affected Warzone throughout its lifespan, which is why players are calling for there to be more punishments in place for offending players in the sequel.
The issue was highlighted recently by Reddit user gtgcya. In their post about their hope for Call of Duty: Warzone 2, they expressed their frustration over teammates who quit mid-match, saying how “literally impossible” it feels to have a successful game while playing in solo queue. Either a player ends up with teammates with “no game sense whatsoever” or ones that will leave once they’re downed rather than try to turn things around.
Given how players leaving can really put teams at a disadvantage, many fans agreed that Warzone 2 should implement greater penalties for quitting mid-match. Some even shared ideas for similar changes the sequel could also implement. These include a system that can tell the difference between players who leave on purpose and those who are disconnected from their game due to crashes, as well as the ability for disconnected players to rejoin to the match, a feature other battle royales like PUBG have included for years now.
At this point, neither Activision or Infinity Ward have touched upon the problem of mid-match quitters or whether it will be addressed in Warzone 2, having instead been focusing on new gameplay features like the Al Mazrah map, a 2v2 Gulag, AI-controlled strongholds, proximity chat, and underwater combat. It remains to be seen how much of a quality-of-life improvement the game will be over the current Warzone, though with any luck fans will soon be treated to a less frustrating battle royale experience than the one they have now.
Call of Duty: Warzone 2 launches November 16 for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.