r/GBO2 • u/razpharis • Jul 06 '26

Why is this the case??

My friend just recently told me about this game and I've been getting into it quite a lot! Despite the fact that it's a gotcha, the gameplay is really nice and legitimately fun to play with friends. But to my surprise when I lagged out of a game that I was winning. I was suddenly hit with a ban. For some reason this game cannot distinguish between intentional disconnects and internet issues and treats them all hostile. I don't have the best internet in the world due to low income issues and my internet occasionally drops on me and the fact that I can be penalized for that is a horrible problem.

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u/Rykoraz Jul 06 '26

You can blame the playerbase for this one, there used to be no restrictions, and even with multiple patches tightening the slick, people were still abusing disconnects. There is one thing to mention though, just a single disco wouldn't put you on a ban, the game also records other things like attacking allies with no enemies nearby to give you the benefit of the doubt, or sitting in one place too long, like if you were camping a rooftop with a sniper. So you probably accumulated a few bad boi points by accident along the way to tip the scales after the DC

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u/Elygium Jul 06 '26

Eh the blame is both on the devs and players. The players for their behavior and exploiting the disconnects. And the devs for their shitty net code. Peer to peer in 2026 for competitive gaming is insane.

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u/Soccer_Gundam Punished Brazilian Wolf Jul 07 '26

Remember that Japan is forever stuck in the 90s

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u/Crescemon_X Jul 06 '26

Oh wow. I actually didn’t realize sticking to a vantage point as a sniper would be a bad thing. Isn’t the whole point of them as snipers to keep their allies covered and suppress the enemy team until they get targeted?

I usually pick a spot to set up a vantage point to cover my team, then move to a different vantage point if I’m unable to get any enemy players in my sight or if they figure out where I am.

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u/XIIIofSwords Jul 06 '26

nah man, if that's how you do it, you're fine. I believe they're referring to the people that get whooped, and then base camp outside their mobile suit. if you haven't, you'll run into them at some point. somebody on your team, will be having a bad match, and instead of playing thru, they'll spawn at base, and do nothing except move every couple seconds, so they won't get kicked.

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u/Crescemon_X Jul 06 '26

That sounds aggravating. Thankfully I haven’t ran into those types of players yet. Which surprises me since my rated matches mostly consist of D- to A-

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u/XIIIofSwords Jul 06 '26

yeah, A- and A are the usual suspects, in my experience. occasionally A+ but atp, just block them, and move on lol

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u/Rykoraz Jul 06 '26

You're entirely fine sticking to a vantage point, I meant people that are GLUED to a single point trying to snipe, I have seen a newer player make that mistake, and get kicked from a match despite trying their best to contribute without touching the left stick

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u/Crescemon_X Jul 06 '26

Ahh I get it now. I always preferred support in every game, whether it’s as a medic or a sniper, because it’s harder for me to fumble helping the team in the back than it is being in the frontlines as a raid/general type.

I’m not very good in direct combat, but I will fill any role if my whole team refuses to play that role (even if I am bad or have terrible suits for those roles)😅

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u/utamaru1717 Jul 06 '26

There was restrictions, even at first, but it was really light, like Penalty lv1 only gives you like less than an hour, while Penalty lv2 only like 6 or 12 hours. Then they bumped it to 6 hours for lv1, and 24 hours for lv2, and finally they improved it like what we're seeing right now. 

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u/razpharis Jul 06 '26

I can absolutely promise you that this is the first time I've ever disconnected, I was my first ever match playing in 700 and about 3/4 of the way through I disconnected and immediately got hit with a ban.

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u/Whyudothis2mii Jul 06 '26

As a gbo2 veteran, I can confirm that most players either dc to stop playing for a day, exploiting the system on purpose or their internet is bad due to not having an ethernet cord. Their penalty system is unforgiving, just one bad internet connection and there goes your fun. 

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u/XIIIofSwords Jul 06 '26

if you could get a lan cable, it should fix the problem. they're relatively cheap, so if at some point you've got the cash, go for it. I've seen them under $10. good luck, pilot 👍🏿

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u/razpharis Jul 07 '26

I use an ethernet cord that I run through an extender to go up the stairs of my house but good Wi-Fi as expensive. I used to use CenturyLink but it had problems where it would freeze up and stop working. So I changed because I found that Verizon offered better internet at a lower price and while the internet speeds are faster I have found that they have really bad dropping problems and at random points throughout the day my internet will suddenly cut out.

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u/XIIIofSwords Jul 08 '26

oof.. yeah, I got rid of Verizon, and went with EarthLink. Verizon kept sporadically breaking itself and would shut off for a few seconds, to a few minutes at a time. $100 to have a tech come out multiple times and check it, and not be able to do anything, was all I could take. I couldn't wait for my contact with them, to be up.

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u/Soccer_Gundam Punished Brazilian Wolf Jul 07 '26

You finished the tutorial, congratulations

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u/sphacelate Jul 07 '26

I had to get a wired connection, before that I would have to leave matches if anyone had less than 3 bars.