why do people quit after one bad wave?

[Fahrenheit]

I have played so many games where we go to round 3 or 4 with no problem, and then alteast one person quits and then other team mates see this and also quit, and usually end up losing 3-ish players everytime.

Is there a way to keep people from leaving (inb4 never lose a round)?

Also, I notice the people who leave are usually the really good ones or really bad ones. Why is that?

[tN|Serpent]

If I'm pubbing, 1 wave is enough to tell if the team is going to be able to beat the mission. If they're not, I leave. I'm sure most people are the same way.

[Fahrenheit]

Originally posted by tN|Serpent:

If I'm pubbing, 1 wave is enough to tell if the team is going to be able to beat the mission. If they're not, I leave. I'm sure most people are the same way.

but I have been on games where we did bad on the first wave and relitivly good for the rest

[Fahrenheit]

Originally posted by pootis.org:

plus thats how i got a friend, all players left except for us and we became good friends ^_^

well thats nice. and I can understand why if everyone else is f2p. but everyone on my server had alteast one hat I mean cosmetic.

[Dresden]

People are idiots. Often those who quit straightaway are the problem.

Sometimes you'll fail the wave. Maybe someone wasn't paying attention at a critical time, or whatever. The early waves are the hardest, since you have so few upgrades to work with. Even with a full team of 6, with 1 sub 10 tour and the rest over 30, we still failed the first wave. After that, it was fine.

So they leave, the problem is gone, new player joins, everything goes smooth as butter.

I only leave with the others if there's 2 people left. It seems if there's 2 people left, the matchmaking takes a long while to match other players again. It's faster to just start searching again.

[Hell-met]

youre probably better off without them

[You]

Well, if the case is: everyone dies at the beggining, medics pop uber on giant heavy but demo doesnt do anything about it, tank still has 4/5 health half-way to the hole, there are thousands of engi-bots and soldier doesnt do anything about it, scout missed 38347819084 credit at the start........... then it's obvious that team is a huge fail and it is just not worth it, wasting time, so ppl just leave and search for more skilled team. And yes, thats what I do if I connect to a bad team.

[Zap Rowsdower]

Originally posted by tN|Serpent:

If I'm pubbing, 1 wave is enough to tell if the team is going to be able to beat the mission. If they're not, I leave. I'm sure most people are the same way.

Agree.

That's why I stick with the bastards if they manage to fail a wave here and there. Seeing a team with potential be successful to beat the mission after wave failures is one of the fun parts of the game.
I leave if they start the blame game and don't stfu with the whining.