Key Takeaways
- Dragon Ball fans have been complaining about Sparking Zero’s online modes since the game launched last month.
- One of the major complaints is how many players quit matches and disconnect early, which is being fixed soon.
- Bandai Namco confirmed that timeout penalties are going to be increased in online matches for anyone who disconnects frequently or quits.
Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero is going to be increasing the timeout penalties for players who quit matches or disconnect, in order to ensure that online play is “fair”.
As any Dragon Ball fan will tell you, Sparking Zero is pretty much the game that we’ve all spent the last decade and a half waiting for. While its huge roster and expanded mechanics from Budokai Tenkaichi are great, there are a few small things that players have been less happy about, with the online play perhaps being the biggest.
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Since Sparking Zero launched back in October, players have complained about how cheap and unfair the online experience can be, with certain characters like Yajirobe (who has since been nerfed) and Broly causing big problems for the meta. That isn’t helped by the fact that a lot of players choose to disconnect from a match when things aren’t going their way.
Sparking Zero Is Finally Increasing Timeout Penalties
Although the unfair characters look like they’re going to be a problem for a bit longer (it’s a Budokai Tenkaichi game, what did you expect?), Bandai Namco and Spike Chunsoft are at least working to fix the online issues. Over on Twitter, the official Dragon Ball Games account confirmed that timeout penalties are going to be increased for certain types of players.
Those players include quitters who choose to leave a match before it’s finished, as well as players who frequently disconnect from matches. The official Dragon Ball account says that this is being done to ensure that matches are “fair and enjoyable”, which a lot of fans would probably agree isn’t the case right now.
What this essentially means is that anyone who frequently leaves online matches, whether that be through quitting purposefully or disconnecting due to a poor connection, is going to have to wait a longer time to keep playing online. The specifics haven’t been confirmed yet, but it should at least make any players sitting through endless disconnects and early finishes a little happier.
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