I used to play a game called Empire Earth 2, and it had a rating system of points givin and taken for wins and losses. In the lobby you could run your mouse over a persons name and see their rating and how many games played, then you could tell what level of skill they had. Lets say a rated player at 2800 played a 1000 rated plyer if the 2800 won he would get like 10 points and the 1000 player would loose like 150 points. If the 1000 plyr beat the 2800 plyer he would gain 150 and the 2800 would loose like 150. But what was good about it is ppl tended to play ppl around their rating as to maintain a good rating and ppl would look at rating before entering a game based on it.  Lotsa times ppl get into a DG game and like 10 minutes in they realize they are in a game with ppl of higher or lower skillz, where as if you could see a point rating you can judge your skillz to the rating and get into a game with ppl of like ratings. You could tell a great player due to a high rate in a few games, that meant they beat a lot of ppl with higher ratings and you would then decide how much you love your points and would not go get smashed and loose your points, but go play simular point level.   Just my input

This is as far as I read. I agree, and I wish to add that the GOLD of the player who quits be divided amongst the remaining players.

On a related note, it would be nice to have the option to transfer gold from one player to another.

I'm so glad this issue is being addressed so fast, as it's increasingly becoming a problem.

I'd prefer a team concede over someone getting the option to leave and take what favor points he got. But if this proposal was imprimented, id add a few changes.

as mentioned by some posters already: his demogod needs to have his gold handed out, drop or randomly hand out items to team members, and I believe a compansation of some percentage of exp he has earned to his remaining demogods. The loss of a demogod is huge when its 3v3, the exp gain might give the boost needed to come back instead of completly breaking the back of the team involved.

Also if leave rating is assigned, I dont want to be penalized if in a 3v3 game, 2 of my teammates leave the game. Now its 3v1 and not only is it totolly unbalanced, but the fun factor really dies out when the other team players work as a group to kill you and then rub your body into the road. At this point I wouldnt blaim anyone for leaving, and I would defiantly not stick around unless it was like right at the end. Or games where you start and your teammate is afk for mins+.

I would never quit a game, if just to allow my opponents the EARNED satisfaction of steam rolling me during the final breakthrough at the end of the game.

I think a better solution would be to give incentive not to quit, I mean really, what is the difference between surrender and quit other then how the player leaving is handled? 

Instead how about a bonus category perhaps called "Determined" which gives a 10 point favor bonus to the losing side if they stick it out until the end? Afterall, there is always something to learn to get better at this game. Practice fighting a desperate battle and you'll be better at the game, quit early and continue to suxXor forever.

I feel if someone leaves a game, and it isn't due to some kind of connection issue (they click the leave game button), that they should suffer a penalty for the start of the next game they play.  Penalty will be removed soon as they finish out their next game until the end.

While I do not feel the penalty should be something huge that will effect their team play overall, I do feel it should be something at least annoying enough to make the player not want to receive penalties from leaving games.