Desynch Error Questions

[Baubble]

I'm not reporting any bugs with this, so I figured it belonged in troubleshooting.  Plus, the last thread about this that I found was about a year and a half old.

What is it that causes them?  Is it something with the Elements server or is it my own connection?  I'd love to hear that there's something I can do to decrease their frequency.

Do desynch matches have any adjustment on the penalties/rewards?  I haven't seen anything, but I'm not the most perceptive little gamer around.
Finally, wouldn't it make more sense to have desynch matches result in an immediate end to a match, or the option to do so, without penalty?

I've played Elements off and on since the beginning, but I've never done much with the PvP so I don't know a great deal about it :/
Thanks in advance!

[Absol]

Slow connection definitely desyncs more. You can help this by using faster connection (duh!), not tabbing out of Elements during PvP (Flash lags heavily when not tabbed in), and if you're playing competitive PvP, there's this etiquette to say "in" before you start playing (so people know it's not a desync from the start).

As for penalties, none as far as i know. PvP1 and PvP2 will still go on with the computer taking over player during desync if it makes the game disconnected. If still connected, then good luck winning against an opponent which can summon Shriekers thrice in a turn, fully heal self, and such.

There are, however, penalty in competitive PvP. Sometimes people can intentionally desync (if he got a bad starting hand, for example) and then asking for rematch. Doing this over and over will cause suspicion, and is counted as cheating. If you desync in the middle of the game, you can ask rematch or give the win to your opponent (in case it's clear your opponent is winning, even when you can make a comeback).

TL;DR: improve connection, don't tab out. No penalty in usual PvP but there are penalties in competitive PvP.

[TheonlyrealBeef]

Bad connection and tabbing out definitely cause time outs but only corrupted data causes desynch as in the icon showing up, or inconsistencies even though no icon shows up.

Corrupted data can be caused by:

• A bug, this is characterized by the fact that it can easily be recreated because it will always happen if the same situation occurs again.
• Servers not routing the correct data to the correct players: know about opponents switching mark and field every turn and hp rapidly regaining? That'd be this.
• Cheating/hacking. Though less frequent than the other options saying it doesn't happen is unlikely. This includes stuff like playing cards you're not capable of having quanta for yet (they're usually uncreative and spam Dragons).
• Connection issues. Because Servers have better things to do then resending the same packages 9001 times until a confirmation or something is received. Usually results into a time out, though.

There only is a penalty if you're the one simply losing your connection to the server: you lose.

[Baubble]

Thank you.  I appreciate the responses very much.  I've been able to reduce the amount of errors I get