Players who desert matches (such as by abandoning the match or disconnecting) will automatically be given a “desertion,” which counts as a defeat and will cost that player -1 pip.
If a player from your team deserts the match, and your team is then defeated, you’ll lose no pips for that match (and the match won’t count as a loss should you be on a win streak).
Stop me if I am wrong - following scenario.
- dude 1: 'yo dude, we are going to lose and I'm about to tier up, you ok to DC?'
- dude 2: 'yeah bud, but as long as you got my back when I'm about to rank up?'
- dude 1: 'sure dude'
- dude 2: 'sweet!'
- dude 1: 'sweeeeeet!'
-_-
Just to clarify:
If you are in a pre-made group with a party member who abandons the match, and your group loses the match, then everyone in your pre-made group will lose a pip. That one person who abandons will not save your other pre-made teammates from losing a pip.
If you are not in a pre-made group, and one of your random team members abandons, then you will not lose a pip.
This is the exact same way that things functioned in Season 1. Nothing is changing here for Season 2.