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I am referring to people who farm cbills by entering a game with a trial mech and then go to afk or even disconnect on purpose. These guys are ruining the fun for everyone and will ultimately cripple the community and this awesome game. Please do something about it so old and new mechwarriors will stick to the game for a long time and everyone including the developers will be happy!
I have been playing games for over 20 years now and have seen giants rise and stay and fall new games. Many downfalls happened because the developers didn´t seem to realise that "the little things" in a game are of at least equal importance to the games main mechanics. We all agree MechWarrior Online´s main mechanics are awesome. Now what needs to be done is to implement the small things as quickly as humanly possible to retain an enjoyable mechwarrior experience for everyone involved.
Like I said earlier, I have seen great games fall down and their community shrink to rot within no time simply because some "little things" were missing. Guild Wars 2 is a similar case. What good is an MMORPG if you cannot inspect (view stats,items,etc) of another player? You want to compare yourself with somebody else.
To relate this to MechWarrior Online: create methods so you can view a friend´s (or better any persons) mechs and loadouts. This will incite community interaction on various levels. No communication/interaction between players and a game is as good as dead.
And as for the original topic here: add a simple timer that detects afk players. If a player doesnt move his mech or gets disconnected within the first minutes of the game he should be awarded no cbills. There may be rare cases where this hits legit players who disconnect early, but for the most part it will eliminate the incentive to afk-farm. If you need to stay in the game and do something it will greatly reduce the number of people afk-grinding their cbills. I am aware that this will not solve the issue 100% put it will reduce the number of afkers/disconnecters by a great deal (80%+ imho).
@developers: please consider adding an anti-afk mechnism this year while a lot of new players are streaming in so noone becomes frustrated. I know you haven´t put that much thought in it because up until now it wasnt neccessary with all the hardcore fans playing. Now that this is open to everyone you need to address such issues!
@pilots: please bump this post or recreate it so the developers know this is a serious issue. Everyone who has played more than 3 games has seen this and is probably equally frustrated about it. Let your voice be heard. The developers are paying close attention to what we are posting here.
Thank you for reading this wall of text. Sincerely,
BlacKcuD - Steiner Atlas Pilot
Edited by BlacKcuD, 30 October 2012 - 08:54 AM.
