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[Gristle]

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

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We are addressing several known issues with farming.

Trial Mech Locking

• Trial Mechs will now work the same as any BattleMech, they are locked until the match ends. This ends the ability for a macro player to "churn" matches to maximize CB.

Quitting/Disconnecting Early

• You will only receive rewards up to the point of disconnection.

Idle/AFK

• Players that fail to provide any input will be kicked from a match Although it does not prevent a macro player from simply putting in inputs, it forces them to LOOK like a bot.

[Gristle]

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Quitting/Disconnecting Early

• You will only receive rewards up to the point of disconnection.

Does this mean that if I'm playing a match, fight hard, get some damage bonuses, get a kill, then die, then disconnect and my team wins, I won't get end of round salvage or capping bonuses?

Would I get credit for assists on team mate kills that occur after I leave the match?

Edited by Gristle, 30 October 2012 - 04:50 PM.

[shintakie]

Edited!

Update says as long as you die before you disconnect you get end of match rewards. Cheers.

Edited by shintakie, 31 October 2012 - 01:48 PM.

[Morenu]

I would like to suggest something with the early disconnections. if the game hasn't started (countdown not at zero), you get nothing but no penalty either, that seems more like a user issue to me.

But once the game starts, I suggest a point system

• any disconnect prior to death is a point
  
• any easy detectable suicide (early out of bounds, heat death in first 2 minutes, constant alpha strikes doing 0 damage...) is a point
  
• lack of movement (AFK) after a certain time is a point
  
• (Not sure of any way to stop suicide by running into the main enemy group right away)

After a certain number of points in a designated time frame (IOW points reset after say 24 hours), you are locked out of the game for a certain amount of time (No launching or even no mechlab).

Reset points after the penalty time is done and you can play again. Multiple offenses this way would increase the downtime.

I know that maybe you have a bad internet connection... fine, you get a few free chances but if your ISP is flaky, STOP PLAYING until its fixed. it is fouling up everyone else.

Personally I would say about 3 points in 24 hours is it. They cant farm much but it gives us some room if we disconnect a lot due to ISP, kid interruption and so on.

Edited by Morenu, 29 November 2012 - 06:12 PM.