Should there be pausing out penalties in Battlegrounds?

I know "Just win your match outright" is going to be the troll comeback to this, but it's getting pretty old when you play your first match, you get your however many points, and then at the end of the timer, you learn the opponent just paused the whole match, and gets 15,000 points, and wins the match.

Wouldn't it make sense to a) limit the total pausing time in a match; b) limit the number of pauses in a match; or c) penalize points for exceeding limits on either?

When I see my opponent is pulling this BS, I hammer the defender in the opening, pause it out, and edge out their points total in match 2, then do the same but take more off the defender the second time.

Sort of defeats the whole strategy in BGs to me

Comments

Toyota_2015

I’m not sure why you phrased the first paragraph like you were talking about something relatable, I don’t think anyone on here has ever lost to someone who paused in BGs.

Although…there might be ONE particular person on here who’s lost a match or two to pausing…

GunzMahoney

1. You're clearly SO much better than me, and I bow to your superiority.

2. You didn't have to post that. It didn't address the issue I raised. You just wanted to be an a hole, make yourself look more important than you actually are, and show how miserable of a person you are.

Lucky for you that you have community messages boards to add meaning to your life by belittling others

Necrogoat

Pausing at the very start of a bgs match is definitely the most lame way to play a bgs match. Most of the time I beat people doing this anyway because even if I die I'm able to knock off more than 50% enemy hp. I can understand pausing at certain moments, especially against certain defenders, but only after at least attempting the fight.

ahmynuts

Just win your match outright

Toyota_2015

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2902119#Comment_2902119

It does address the issue you raised, though. Specifically the fact that it’s not actually an issue, because while it’s a scummy way to win, it’s so ridiculously easy to beat that it’s really not worth worrying about.

Necrogoat

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2902122#Comment_2902122

Pretty true. 99% of the time the worst thing pausing does is waste 90 seconds of my day.

AlmightyGodButcher

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This guy is a pause clown.

PantherusNZ

It's definitely frustrating, but Kabam have said that they haven't yet figured out a way to stop this behaviour reliably without also hurting other players unnecessarily.

Sadly all you can do in the meantime is try to reliably be getting >15k points each round.

In any case, if I finish my match and I scored less than 15k I wouldn't be expecting to win anyway - those few times when I do I consider flukes.

willrun4adonut

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2902126#Comment_2902126

First off, that actually looks more like a disconnect than a pause as there is no time taken off (which would be on your end, not theirs). Second off, against ToS to post usernames when accusing of negative stuff. Thirdly, even if they did pause, you should still win. And finally, posting the same complain on multiple threads is annoying imo.

GroundedWisdom

I actually suggested a penalty system sometime back when we were debating a fair solution to this, but I suppose there are downsides to every suggestion.

Basically, someone would get a certain amount of time to pause without penalty, perhaps 30 seconds for the purpose of example. Then anything after that, Points would be deducted, either by second, or by increments.

Now, it wouldn't be a total wall, but it could be a deterrent. Bottom line for me is, people shouldn't be getting rewarded for not playing at all. No matter how much you score.

MrSakuragi

If you pause, I’m wasting your time by taking as long as I can to select my champs for the next rounds

captain_rogers

Waiter waiter my steak is too juicy and my bread is too buttery!!

I pray to god they send all these pausers to me especially I wouldn't say no to a free win.

JESUSCHRIST

Do 5 hits combo and pause so you will win against those who pause with 15,000 points

AlayanZ

There could be a solution that I'm leaving here as a suggestion:

Remaining hp points and time left points count only if you defeat the defender. That way they player who takes out more of the defender's hp is always the winner, and we evaluate time left and attackers hp only if both defenders get koed.

I know it would be a big change to the current system and I'm certain it would bring it's own new problems to the table. Just something to think about and debate as a community. Personally I'm completely fine with the current system, but still, if so many players hate pausing let's consider this