Basically, I'm imagining gold pay-offs growing by a third for each player that AFKs, and if the gold ticker also sped up by a third, even better. I figure that if can get my build up quicker (before the other team) I'd have a chance at pulling off some hail-mary guerrilla strategies early in the match, before surrender would be an available option.

Having just played two matches essentially by myself against full-teams, this is very important to me. Thank you for addressing this. When players go AFK for more than a minute, why not split their share of the gold among the other players, so we have a shot at least? I always prefer to keep going, even against the odds. It's fun to frustrate (and even defeat) teams that have the upper hand, especially in 2on3 battles. That said, when two players drop out during game-time, there's...