Bungie Clarifies What They Mean by Punishing "Habitual Quitters" in Halo: Reach

X360A: When we posted up the Halo: Reach news a few weeks back, talking about how the Seattle based developer would be looking to punish "habitual quitters" in Halo: Reach next month, to say that some people took that news badly is quite possibly an understatement.

“People freaked out, yeah,” Bungie's Community Director, Brian Jarrard, told X360A at Gamescom this year, insinuating that it was much ado about nothing.

Looking to clarify just want he meant by that, Jarrard gave us some insight as to what they class as habitual quitters and how they plan to stop it.

[Natsu X FairyTail]

I hate those guys. Whenver im playing SF4 and kicking ass Some lame gotta leave the game. I dont even win the Points after that!!!

[Kingdom Come]

Sore Losers.

[A Cupcake for Gabe]

I think they should still credit you if the other guys douches out on you. It sucks trying to win in a game online, and when you're kicking ass, the other guy backs out like a royal smegma, robbing you of your points/wins/achievements/troph ies/etc and leaves you saying "WTF".

[DavidMacDougall]

I'm playing Kane & Lynch ATM at them "Sore losers" keep bringing the whole game down when they leave just cause they can't take me kicking the **** out them!!

Give me a reconnect system or dedicated servers! I've been trying all day to get 20 wins in Cops and Robbers and i only have 9 cause of all the games being closes right before the end!!

[swice]

Lol "A Cupcake for Gabe" said 'smegma'. L O L. Bubble for you.

And yes: people quitting out early can really ruin a great round.

[Bobbykotickrulesz]

He's always stepping over tha line.

he's a habitual line stepper.

[Kingdom Come]

Nothing frustrates me more than someone who Rage Quits on Gears, removing their wireless Adapter in order for their stats from the game they are being owned in not to count and therefor not ruin their fake K/D ratio and then move on to another game until getting Host connection, it's tragic. I have an overall K/D of 2.9 on Gears of War 2, with roughly 11,000 more kills than deaths and that was achieved without quitting, if I'm in a laggy game, I don't quit, I adapt to the situation and instead of playing more offensive, I play defensive. I have a friend with a 0.4 K/D and hrs proud of it, I mean, really, disconnecting from Libe to look pro? That's just sad...and your lying to yourself by doing so...

[pustulio]

I hate that shit man.

I know a guy that quits in Gears, Halo and MW2 if he has 3 more deaths that kills.

I hate him and the worse part is that when they buy the game they get some kills so at the start his K/d Ratio is 2. something or even 3.0 or higher and from there they start quitting everytime they are getting owned to keep that K/d high and brag about it.

Really pathetic.

[Garrus_Vakarian]

Geez that's nuts.

[theonlylolking]

What I want to know is how many quits until punished.

[SOAD]

If you see that you're losing the game, do everyone a favor and remain in the match until the time runs out or the game is over. Where's the challenge in quitting a game if things don't turn out the way you want.

By the way, I have a friend who played a lone wolves match in Halo 3 mp. It was up to 25 and he had 12 kills and the leader at 20. Other people would have quit if they were in my friend's position, but he didn't. He didn't give up and he stepped up his game. And he ended up winning first place.

[swice]

Turning a game around by simply staying in it happens semi-often. It's exhilarating

[mercsfan]

I think it's 3 within like 30 minutes

[m23]

This is great, I am so sick of people rage quitting. I can't play a full match in Halo 3 now without someone quitting. Some people do have certain times where they have to leave, and that is understandable, but the quitters must be punished.

[authentic24]

now people will just betray teammates until booted from the game and their stats still won't count. At least that is how halo 2 and 3 worked

[CombatEvolving]

Hopefully SWAT raids the homes of quitters.

[SixZeroFour]

speaking of swat..loved playing swat in reach, much more precise and the bloom really stops ppl from going trigger happy with their shots...makes them take the time between shots if they want a more precise shot

my first few swat games in the beta, i had 20-25 of the teams kills, lmao

[danmachine]

i remember it being a royal pain in the arse in uncharted 2, if i ever get disonnected or have to urgently go out i would be punished and have $40,000 taken from me (in-game :P)

considering the money cap for each game was $50, 000. it was pretty damn annoying.

[Roozium]

If people have an instable connection, they shouldn't even be playing multiplayer. I hate playing with people that have like 0.4 mb/s in connection so they either stand still the entire match or they disconnect.

[Darth_Bane79]

And it worked very well. A lot of people were quitting constantly if they were loosing, even on tournaments or survival matches, until Konami started penalizing quitters. What they would do if you had a high rate of constant quits, is block you from accessing your online account for a certain amount of time, de-level your character, and take some of your credit points that you would use to buy gear away. Some people were so outraged, that they just stopped playing. So it's great that Bungie is doing the same thing Konami did :)

[Bloodyghost]

I hate any kind or type of game that I am in where everyone quits. Everyone needs to see this as a issue when making a game with a big insight on MP.

I love Bungie for doing this and I loved when Konami did the same in MGO. Its really annoying to be on a team thats losing then to see the welcome assurance of your team quitting one by one till your the last drop left and every other person on the other team can not enjoy there experience because each one has to battle the fact that there all going after one person, which blows.

Having even one rage quitter shifts the game experience for all.

[Solid Wolf]

LOL I remember when I used to play Medal of Honor: Airbrne everyone in my team quitted and I was left but in the end I PWNED all of them with just a K98 Bolt Action rifle. Just goes to show that if you stay in the match there might be a turning point for you to get a big WIN. XD

[darkequitus]

I do not play Halo 3 MP much. When I do, I am always getting my ass handed to me big time. Even then, I will taken it like a man and wait for the game to end (usually some guy/girl hit 25 kills.

[NotSoSilentBob]

Wouldn't have this widespread a problem with Dedicated servers.

[Darth_Bane79]

that even then the game would still have someone hosting the game, so unless they do something like
host-switch, like Infinity did on MW2, it would be the same thing. And besides, how does having Dedicated Server stop people from quitting?

[big_silky]

i've played many games where I was literally the only guy left on my team, I didn't quit. I took it like a man and I like to think I earned some respect from the other team because I didn't quit.

Being the only guy is kind of exhilarating, it's a true test of skills.

[kasasensei]

Good thing!
Every game should be punishing quitters!!

[BX81]

It depends on the game I think. For example If you're playing MW2 you can join a match with crazy sh!t in the air and you're down by 20 kills! I will quit asap, or if I start a match and they're are a lot of campers I'll quit because I can't stand that junk. IMO Halo should allow gamers to join games in progress. Now in the case of Halo 3 the only time I'll quit is If I have to for my kids or if the host is obvious! If they can also fix the lag problem that would be a big help!

[Xi]

I find that halo does a pretty decent job of ensuring a level playing field in match making, so when 1 person quits the game usually takes a hard turn for a one sided rape fest.

It's not as bad in games where player are constantly swapping in and out, or if the team size is quite large.

[CestusGOWIII]

I hate quitters.

[N4OGs]

achievements/trophies is what people should be bragging about or the in game medals/honors/customizations you get. Those things are way better to brag about. I dont get this KDR bs is all. Id think someone is a better player if they got all the online trophies and medals, ribbons, etc. those are freaking hard and time consuming to get in resistance 2 mp for a lot of them.

6 consecutive headshots without dieing with a sniper rifle. thats the shi7 you brag about and not some KDR. I once heard some KDR whore brag about his KDR and Im like what? Who the F even cares about KDR.

Unlocking and completeing everything in the game possible to 100% comes first. Untill you do that you dont have the right to brag about anything.

SOme dude didnt even have the platinum trophy in warhawk and then he trys to brag about a KDR. Im like dude I have a platinum trophy in this game and you dont. Just shut the F up.

Someone who has completed everything all the challenges ever in burnout paradise> then someone who has best win/ loss ratio or kill death ratio etc.

[thwolf94]

"I hate this map!!!" QUIT

[Heisenberg]

Cause this explanation seems totally reasonable.