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[Zendred]

Notwithstanding the typical mechanics of gameplay, the single most frustrating thing I see on the servers is the proliferation of accounts that launch and immediately disconnect once the session has begun. While I would say these are obviously bots, unfortunately I have no documented proof, but it's clearly known through out the player community (and I've only been playing for a week).

I feel the "Social" button would make such a nice place to entire the names of players you never want to jump with, [Redacted] Or maybe some kind of disconnect or inactivity threshold meter. Whatever the case, what's going on now needs to be addressed. If I never had to jump with him, I wouldn't have to worry about him dropping immediately.

Edited by Egomane, 03 June 2013 - 01:09 PM.
Name&Shame

[Roughneck45]

No they are not bots.

Almost all of them are legitimate disconnects. With the current way you earn c-bills there is no incentive to not play the match if you can.

I used to have 0 problems with disconnecting, then a couple patches ago it hit me hard. Would disconnect out of every other match. Had to take a break because of it. Came back a couple patches later and it is not as bad as it was, but probably 1 out of 10 I still disconnect for no reason.

Edited by Roughneck45, 03 June 2013 - 12:58 PM.

[p00k]

what roughneck said. some people are getting kicked to mechlab drop after drop after drop. i know one guy that, for a few weeks, couldn't drop at all, eventually gave up for a patch cycle or two

i suspect as you mention you've only played for a week, that what you believe is clearly known throughout the player community is inaccurate, and oftentimes the very opposite is clearly known

[Lukoi Banacek]

I've dropped with [Redacted] quite a bit in the last day or so. I doubt he's botting.

Btw "name and shame" style stuff in the forums is in violation of the TOS and can get you in a spot of trouble with the Mods.

Lastly, I agree with Roughneck...I don't know where you're getting your insider's info regarding botting in your week of game time but I would hazard a guess that "well known within the community" isn't a reliable source.

I'm sure there are a handful of farmers but most of the folks disco'ing are just having technical difficulties. Hell I had two drops with Anti where he disco'd and given his comments in TS, I'm fairly certain he wasn't botting.

Edited by Egomane, 03 June 2013 - 01:10 PM.
Clean-up

[Syllogy]

Nope. Not bots. AFK/Disco farming doesn't work.

Whoever told you that those were bots was lying to you, or just plain ignorant.

[Warrax the Chaos Warrior]

I saw the same guy (not the one the op mentioned) disconnect 5 or 6 times yesterday, all from RC:N and Alpine, which makes me think there might be some map-hacking at work again. (I thought they fixed that, or is it on the "to-do" list?)

But yea, most DC's these days are legit. There is no reason to bot, there's no profit in it.

Edited by Warrax the Chaos Warrior, 03 June 2013 - 01:05 PM.

[Egomane]

As Roughneck45 and p00k already explained, there is no real incentive to disconnect to farm in MWO.

This game is still considered to be in a beta status for a reason. There are still stability and performance issues to be fixed, that can cause all kind of weird behavior.

Even so, this thread is trying to discuss an exploit. As such a discussion would never solve the problem, but promote it instead, they are not welcome to the MWO forums. Because of that, this Thread is closed.