What is the leave penalty in Elden Ring Nightreign?

Elden Ring Nightreign is plenty of fun when played with your friends or random strangers, but deserting your team early will result in some serious penalties. Things can quickly get pretty difficult on an Expedition, especially if you don't focus on the basics. As a result, your Expeditions can quickly propel you in a direction different from your imagination, but that doesn't mean that you can simply rage quit. You can do so if you want, but it will attract penalties. Elden Ring Nightreign leave penalty explained You'll be hit with a matchmaking penalty every time you leave an Expedition early. This penalty will prevent you from joining a new Expedition immediately, as you'll have to wait for the cooldown to be over. If you experience a technical glitch/crash, you won't be hit with an immediate penalty. In fact, you'll be given a warning before heading back to the Roundtable Hold. Any items and rewards obtained on your run will be automatically forfeited. However, you'll be able to join a fresh Expedition with your friends/other players immediately. Screenshot by Destructoid Based on the community, matchmaking penalties are applied if players rage frequently. The cooldowns can start from 10 minutes and stretch further. Repeatedly repeating the offense will increase the cooldown, so it's best not to repeat the offense. The penalties are also applicable if you leave your group after someone else has left first. If your team is down by a player, you and your partner should grind it out and do as well as possible on your run. That way, you'll be able to avoid the penalty and get the applicable rewards. Once you've been banned, you can choose to continue playing solo in the offline mode, but sitting out the cooldown is the only alternative. The matchmaking penalty is pretty rigid, and you miss out on all the rewards. Hence, it's better to just stick it out against a tough boss, irrespective of whether you're closer to success or failure. The post What is the leave penalty in Elden Ring Nightreign? appeared first on Destructoid.

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What is the leave penalty in Elden Ring Nightreign?

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Elden Ring Nightreign is plenty of fun when played with your friends or random strangers, but deserting your team early will result in some serious penalties.

Things can quickly get pretty difficult on an Expedition, especially if you don't focus on the basics. As a result, your Expeditions can quickly propel you in a direction different from your imagination, but that doesn't mean that you can simply rage quit. You can do so if you want, but it will attract penalties.

Elden Ring Nightreign leave penalty explained

You'll be hit with a matchmaking penalty every time you leave an Expedition early. This penalty will prevent you from joining a new Expedition immediately, as you'll have to wait for the cooldown to be over. If you experience a technical glitch/crash, you won't be hit with an immediate penalty.

In fact, you'll be given a warning before heading back to the Roundtable Hold. Any items and rewards obtained on your run will be automatically forfeited. However, you'll be able to join a fresh Expedition with your friends/other players immediately.

Elden Ring Nightreign cutscene opening
Screenshot by Destructoid

Based on the community, matchmaking penalties are applied if players rage frequently. The cooldowns can start from 10 minutes and stretch further. Repeatedly repeating the offense will increase the cooldown, so it's best not to repeat the offense.

The penalties are also applicable if you leave your group after someone else has left first. If your team is down by a player, you and your partner should grind it out and do as well as possible on your run. That way, you'll be able to avoid the penalty and get the applicable rewards.

Once you've been banned, you can choose to continue playing solo in the offline mode, but sitting out the cooldown is the only alternative. The matchmaking penalty is pretty rigid, and you miss out on all the rewards. Hence, it's better to just stick it out against a tough boss, irrespective of whether you're closer to success or failure.

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