First, the reason for the penalty regardless of whether you are disconnected from the server is that a player can deliberately disconnect from the server if they don't like what is happening in the course of play. All the player must do is unplug the computer from the router, wait a few seconds, then plug it in again. (Yes, I've done that, so that my character could leave a group without my offending anyone for choosing to depart.)fgoron2000 wrote: »This has been happening to me on NA/PC since the first day of Midyear Mayhem. I haven't done any BG's since, but have continued to get frozen and DC'd a lot even through the Wrothgar event, and right into today. So whatever happened at the start of Mayhem appears to still be in play.
As far as the penalty, I also think it's absurd to get penalized for the game throwing you out. IMHO, ZOS should either suspend or at the very very least, reduce the penalties during these events.