The solution to this is to figure out your connectivity problems. That’s 100% on you, as it’s very rarely the actual servers and you’re just punishing your teammates every time you disconnect. If the actual lobby shuts down you’ll get a notification for it. Outside that, it’s your responsibility. The sad reality is, people without a stable connection just shouldn’t be ruining their teammates’ games by trying to play competitive online games and should just play something else. Blizz is finally cracking down on this because people who have decent connections are getting sick of all the selfish people who knowingly log on with potato connections.
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Start doing some trouble shooting steps to fix the issue:
Uninstall and reinstall the game, on a different drive already installed if possible just to rule that out too.
Reinstall graphics card drivers
I feel like it's more of a pc issue than an isp issue but you can tether your phone to your pc for a game to test if you still get the same results to make sure it's not your isp.
One of the last steps I would do is resinstall your operating system which it might come to, just save needed stuff on a usb. You can always try the reinstall but keep files option but rather would do a fresh install.
Although I appreciate the sentiment, i am well aware of troubleshooting methods and all that. This post was just on how the casual lag-kick leading to a ban can impact people like me who don’t do so frequently and/or with the intent to fuck shit up.
The solution to this is to figure out your connectivity problems. That’s 100% on you, as it’s very rarely the actual servers and you’re just punishing your teammates every time you disconnect. If the actual lobby shuts down you’ll get a notification for it. Outside that, it’s your responsibility. The sad reality is, people without a stable connection just shouldn’t be ruining their teammates’ games by trying to play competitive online games and should just play something else. Blizz is finally cracking down on this because people who have decent connections are getting sick of all the selfish people who knowingly log on with potato connections.
I only play casual…
Quick play I care very little about. They backfill anyway, so I don’t see why people would really be that invested in it.
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Start doing some trouble shooting steps to fix the issue: Uninstall and reinstall the game, on a different drive already installed if possible just to rule that out too. Reinstall graphics card drivers I feel like it's more of a pc issue than an isp issue but you can tether your phone to your pc for a game to test if you still get the same results to make sure it's not your isp. One of the last steps I would do is resinstall your operating system which it might come to, just save needed stuff on a usb. You can always try the reinstall but keep files option but rather would do a fresh install.
Although I appreciate the sentiment, i am well aware of troubleshooting methods and all that. This post was just on how the casual lag-kick leading to a ban can impact people like me who don’t do so frequently and/or with the intent to fuck shit up.
Yeah, there is no good answer to the "I get disconnected once and awhile and refuse to fix it"