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[Yelir]

Title.
Fix now.
Tired of having a DC and 2 afk players 50% of the time.

[Ritter Cuda]

please understand we are STILL in beta. disco are happing and the DEv are working on it. but with millions of lines of code it can take time.

[Faithsfall]

SleepWarz, on 31 October 2012 - 06:00 AM, said:

Title.
Fix now.
Tired of having a DC and 2 afk players 50% of the time.

you lucky lucky person only 50% of games like this earlier had 10 games in a row with only 1 match of a full team.
some ppl don't know how lucky they are...

[CMDR Sunset Shimmer]

Ritter Cuda, on 31 October 2012 - 06:26 AM, said:

please understand we are STILL in beta. disco are happing and the DEv are working on it. but with millions of lines of code it can take time.

Please Understand, the devs have stated previously that this game will ALWAYS be in beta.

[rythex]

stop crying, load up team speak and get a pre-made going, that solves everything.

[Alois Hammer]

Having flashbacks here...

"Boot laggerz..."

[Synra]

Usually when someone appears to be AFK, they are infact crashed or disconnected, although the score window doesn't label them as such. If you complain about "AFKers", you are barking up the wrong tree. They need to make the game more stable, that's the biggest root of these problems.

[RumRunner151]

http://mwomercs.com/.../66088-farming/
/end thread

[Hardstyle]

Bumping this for justice. This ****** me off. AFK is AFK - DC is DC. Even if they DC - they should not be rewarded, as much as it ****** me off to get DC'd mid-battle. There should be no benefit to logging into a match and walking away from the team - it should be punished. I think instituting a vote/kick should be relatively easy. Though it would not benefit the team to kick an AFK player - it would prevent those considering going AFK from seeing any positive for doing so.

Maybe even something like a vote/kick -15000cb punishment.

And don't say "cry more" or "game is in beta" or "join a clan". These are all avoiding the issue and beta is the time to get them fixed.

[Taryys]

Part is AFK farming asshattery
Part is DC's.. I have quite a few more myself since the last patch
And yes the Dev's have fixes planned for the next patch

Joining a group and getting on Team Speak will alleviate much of this too.

[Guide] Playing with Friends, Groups, and Teams

[xxx WreckinBallRaj xxx]

The issue is that the game pays you for doing nothing. Simply put; you don't have to play to get C-Bills. You can just hit "Launch", then walk off. The game will pay you for it. This is the problem and is why you see a lot of AFKs. I explained quite well in the other thread; but yes the economy needs to be fixed to stop this.

[Dagnome]

Ritter Cuda, on 31 October 2012 - 06:26 AM, said:

please understand we are STILL in beta. disco are happing and the DEv are working on it. but with millions of lines of code it can take time.

This game will probably be in beta indefinetly. A good chunk of F2P models remain in a "open beta" state for their existence.

[Devils Advocate]

Report AFKs through support tickets, they're keeping track with the in-game data as well as support tickets. Just don't email in about anybody who disconnects because of a connection break or whatever.

[xxx WreckinBallRaj xxx]

Dagnome, on 02 November 2012 - 07:50 AM, said:

This game will probably be in beta indefinetly. A good chunk of F2P models remain in a "open beta" state for their existence.

This isn't correct but if you mean that the game will always be getting work... yes. But they plan to drop the "open beta" tag when the game is more... erm... finished. Aka more Mechs, maps, modes, maybe 12vs12. Currently it's just a simple 1 PvP mode with half the Mechs, making it fully qualify for the "beta" tag on it. Later, they will drop that. I think the plan is to consider it a "launched" product when it features Community Warfare, in-game factions, and a cash shop.

[Kurshuk]

Bluten, on 02 November 2012 - 07:49 AM, said:

The issue is that the game pays you for doing nothing. Simply put; you don't have to play to get C-Bills. You can just hit "Launch", then walk off. The game will pay you for it. This is the problem and is why you see a lot of AFKs. I explained quite well in the other thread; but yes the economy needs to be fixed to stop this.

Hardstyle, on 02 November 2012 - 07:39 AM, said:

Bumping this for justice. This ****** me off. AFK is AFK - DC is DC. Even if they DC - they should not be rewarded, as much as it ****** me off to get DC'd mid-battle. There should be no benefit to logging into a match and walking away from the team - it should be punished. I think instituting a vote/kick should be relatively easy. Though it would not benefit the team to kick an AFK player - it would prevent those considering going AFK from seeing any positive for doing so.

Maybe even something like a vote/kick -15000cb punishment.

And don't say "cry more" or "game is in beta" or "join a clan". These are all avoiding the issue and beta is the time to get them fixed.

I don't necessarily disagree with you. I too think it's a cop out to launch and just let the mech sit there until end of match. But try to remember also that this is a game and that real life steals priority back. I've launched only to immediately go AFK. It goes something like this. Launch, someone got injured. Launch, cat threw up. Launch, log rolls out of fire. Real life has priority and happens regardless of your gaming schedule in most instances. Although I will cede that the rates of AFK we're seeing are quite higher than it should be. I'd like to see it be the exception, not the rule. But until we get some more stability into the game try to be patient. If it looks like someone is botting or farming, report them. The devs have a vested interest in keeping the game fun and starting out disadvantaged is not. I have no doubt they have this on a list somewhere to correct.

Cheers,
Kurshuk