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The Coalition will ban Gears 5 players for up to two years if they repeatedly leave multiplayer matches, as reported by SegmentNext.
Gears 5 multiplayer modes refreshes the classic Horde and introduces the new Escape operation and Arcade mode in the Versus games. Character classes gave each soldier an ultimate ability that turns the tide in battle. J.D. will call an airstrike, Fahz can track enemies through walls, Kait can turn invisible, and Jack can cause enemies to turn coat and attack each other. The Escape is a three-player cooperative experience in which the soldiers hightail it out of a Locust hive, and Versus visits Team Deathmatch, King of the Hill, Escalation, and Guardian.
But, the more things change, the more they stay the same: if a player leaves one of your matches, you’re toast. So, The Coalition has taken a hard stance regarding players who are continually quitting matches. Reddit user NoLifeDGenerate broke the news that they had been banned from Gears 5 for nearly two years. They criticised The Coalition for unjust penalties and claimed they had no clue the ban would be coming their way.
We looked into this person's account and, in the last day alone, he has played 21 escalation matches and quit 18 of them.
— Dana Sissons (@danasissons) October 9, 2019
We investigated this person's account and he is a chronic quitter – in fact, he quit 18 of 21 matches today alone. His quitting ruins the game for the other 9 people he was playing with.
— Dana Sissons (@danasissons) October 9, 2019
Director of communications Dana Sissons set the record straight. ‘We looked into this person's account and, in the last day alone, he has played 21 escalation matches and quit 18 of them,’ he replied. Other quitters looking for sympathy found none, and the developer officially announced that players who repeatedly ruin the game for the community will be receiving bans of up to one year.
Quitters have been receiving month to year long suspensions for prior behavior.
This is how long you can be suspended for being a rampant quitter. Take heed.
Over the next few hours, impacted users will be un-suspended, but 1 quit away from suspension.
You have been warned.
— The Coalition Studio (@CoalitionGears) October 10, 2019
But, it has decided to give the affected players a second chance. They’ll be able to rejoin matchmaking on the weekend but were warned that they are one quit away from a formal ban. The community has lauded The Coalition’s approach to quitters, and it’s a similar story to Rainbow Six Siege and DOTA 2 problematic players. Rainbow Six Siege players who subjected Operation Ember Rise to DDoS attacks have been permanently banned, and legal action was suggested against the worst offenders. And, ‘bad actors’ in DOTA 2 who are abusive, cheat, or sell Steam accounts will be banned from the MOBA until 2038.
