The number of players who tilt quit at the end of the games is beyond tedious, and needs to be dealt with better. Nearly every other game at the minute someone disappears at the end of the race, often after you've already completed the race. Heat is by far the worst game I've ever seen on BGA on this, likely in part because it's the sort of game you can know you have no chance of winning before the end of the race.
The system currently does not handle this well at all. Firstly, let's be clear you basically can't avoid these people, I have my reputation set to very restrictive for races, I am red thumbing/blocking every player I see do this, and yet there is still an endless supply of people doing this. I realise the server isn't going to support anything like bans for these players, but something needs to be done to stop these players completely ruining the game for everyone else.
The most obvious solution is so if you quit a race, you are last, but the rest of the race goes on and counts as 100% ELO. The 90% ELO system simply doesn't work for a game like Heat, if your ranking is half decent you basically can't gain in these races as you lose points for all the "ties" which the system then neutralises to zero, even though in many cases you'd literally already crossed the line in 1st place when the player at the back "disappears" and decides not to complete the race.
Something needs to be done anyway, as I know I'm not alone, as every game this happens, many of the other players complain about how common it is, and it's surely ruining the experience for the majority of players who just want to play a good, honest game.
The system currently does not handle this well at all. Firstly, let's be clear you basically can't avoid these people, I have my reputation set to very restrictive for races, I am red thumbing/blocking every player I see do this, and yet there is still an endless supply of people doing this. I realise the server isn't going to support anything like bans for these players, but something needs to be done to stop these players completely ruining the game for everyone else.
The most obvious solution is so if you quit a race, you are last, but the rest of the race goes on and counts as 100% ELO. The 90% ELO system simply doesn't work for a game like Heat, if your ranking is half decent you basically can't gain in these races as you lose points for all the "ties" which the system then neutralises to zero, even though in many cases you'd literally already crossed the line in 1st place when the player at the back "disappears" and decides not to complete the race.
Something needs to be done anyway, as I know I'm not alone, as every game this happens, many of the other players complain about how common it is, and it's surely ruining the experience for the majority of players who just want to play a good, honest game.
