“Deserters will be shot” has always been in military doctrine.
I have NEVER heard of a deserter being a Marshall or General. Therefore every desertion should count as a loss in your W/L rate as well as a Minus 2 
for Officers early exit from battle
SIMPLE, no big deal.
Do you want a different “map/scenario” after doing the same one 3 times? Easy fix, switch factions for a few matches.
ISN’T THIS WHAT YOU “ENLISTED” FOR SOLDIER?
Id be more inclined to make the rank increase based on staying or leaving
Stay +1 (or whatever)
Leave -1
Nevermind winning/losing…
As it is nothing to do with MM/skill, winning is irelevant
But yes desertion = loss
If it’s irrelevant then gamers won’t mind the Loss per desertion. They usually lead to losses anyway.
I was agreeing with keeping that part. Desertion gets recorded as loss on personal stats.
I’m quitting Stalingrad and “industrial plant” map, on top on this when i see a large disparity i quit also
ISN’T THIS WHAT YOU “ENLISTED” FOR SOLDIER?
I play to have fun.
My idea is that a person can desert with no penalty 2 times a day, because things happen outside of the game( ie having to run an errand ), and the game might be too long. However, if a person quits more than 2 times, it is not life issue but skill issue and an extra big penalty is applied
Issue
Not everyone cares about rank
Need something much more tangible
sounds reasonable to me.
Cant choose map, get map you absolutely hate. Leave. Can you Blame a player?
If you can choose maps then you can actually have penalties, otherwise are you gonna force someone to play a map they dont want to play?
A good example is CSGo… a majority only play like 1-3 out of all the available maps. their favorties.
Do the penalties I propose REALLY matter when compared to IRL events?
Other than getting No Silver or XP I can’t think of anything else. 70% rewards for desertion isn’t much of a penalty.
What would you recommend?
Either loss of ES or possibly some sort of lock that prevents you from getting into another match for a minute or two
What’s ES? Lockout penalty sounds reasonable, I would even say a 5 min is good.
Enlisted Silver. Since we’re turning the game into War Thunder: Infantry Edition complete with “Silver Lions” and everything, might as well abbreviate it like we do SL
no one wants to go to jail
Or be treated as a target
If you must be forced to be beaten
Then I think most people would rather delete the game
No. I play for fun and if i get unfun gamemode or map i leave
Fix the shitty match making first and then discuss penalties, okay? 
Then good luck playing a dead game mate, if people can’t choose what they play and forced to join shitty match with all odds against them, hell nah, be a punching bag yourselves just don’t drag someone else
Weird. I just suck it up and get through the match
This is a game, so to desert a shitty map with unbalanced players and screaming kids is a wise decision regardless the consequences.