Why is pause a feature?

[A Fox Named Utsi]

All that happens is people abuse it. It needs to not be a feature.

[Tnargav]

It's fine.

[Name can't be blank]

What if someone has to open the door urgently?

[Bug Guy]

Pause is a feature as its not uncommon for players to Disconnect, which can be game losing in some situations. Yes its used more than it should, yes its annoying when it happens during a fight. But its only 30 seconds per pause before you can force unpause it, which means the enemy team can only stall for 3 minutes at most. A good chance to stretch your legs real quick.

[Proxarr]

In 80 hours i havent meet a single person who abuse this. Is just awesome.

[A Fox Named Utsi]

In about one out of every twenty games I play one team just decides to one after the other spam pause for like five minutes for no reason whatsoever. I can see it being a feature in ranked where there might be some perceived stakes to the match and people are likely a little better behaved, but outside of that it's just something for toxic players to abuse.

[Xgpmcnp]

Abusing the pause feature has been punished by hardware bans in the past. Simply report the players.

The pause feature is a good way to avoid AFK players in matches that can last upwards of 40 minutes to an hour. Would you rather the game is paused or your team's carry goes AFK for 3 minutes and you lose all momentum and the game?

[Bug Guy]

Originally posted by A Fox Named Utsi:

In about one out of every twenty games I play one team just decides to one after the other spam pause for like five minutes for no reason whatsoever. I can see it being a feature in ranked where there might be some perceived stakes to the match and people are likely a little better behaved, but outside of that it's just something for toxic players to abuse.

Every game has some amount of stakes. We cant quit, and its expected for everyone to be trying, thats how Mobas do it. Getting behind in a game because someone DCd and died in the middle of a fight feels really bad. I have only had the experience you are talking about happen twice in my 250 games. Maybe I am lucky and its more common than I have experienced, maybe they could reduce the minimum unpause time, but I have used the Pause myself genuinely to help someone get back in 5 times as much as I have seen it abused