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[Kraven Kor]

"I'll believe it when I see it" but, yes, good news

[BellatorMonk]

xZaOx, on 22 January 2013 - 12:35 PM, said:

Is there a time limit? So people who legitimately crash at the beginning of the match aren't affected? Maybe like a 30 seconds-1 minute from disconnect the death counts?

Whoooaa...hold on there pard'ener. That makes to much sense especially since DC farming was supposedly fixed many patches ago.

[Kell Draygo]

Garth Erlam, on 22 January 2013 - 12:11 PM, said:

Just wanted to let you all know, the 'disconnect to avoid a death' bug has been fixed, and will be included in tomorrow's patch

Cheers!
Garth Erlam, Cicada Message Delivery Service.

Did you guys also patch that the person who kills a disconnected player is actually rewarded the kill, along with the C-Bills and XP? If not, then the change is only halfway and we will still have griefers who purposefully disconnect to rob the person doing to killing the c-bills and xp.

[Kylere]

Umm Ask the Devs 30 is up! Go check it out instead of this thread :-)

[Dirk Le Daring]

Garth Erlam, on 22 January 2013 - 12:11 PM, said:

Just wanted to let you all know, the 'disconnect to avoid a death' bug has been fixed, and will be included in tomorrow's patch

Cheers!
Garth Erlam, Cicada Message Delivery Service.

Fantastic. Happy to read this.

[elbloom]

So who to trust ? The patch notes from last tuesday talking about a fixed alt-f4 to avoid death count ?
Or Garth telling us about it in the forums ?

Irritating at least .....

[Taizan]

Thanks for the heads up!

[scgt1]

Honestly.....shouldn't this be in the Announcements section? It is ultimatly an announcement afterall.

[Tkags]

To clear up the confusion, the patch last week made it so if someone DC's before they died it counted as a kill for stats, K/D, etc. This week patch gives you the kill stat,C-Bills, and experience from the kill.

[Joseph Mallan]

Bagheera, on 22 January 2013 - 12:13 PM, said:

In b4 people comment about CTD before death.

Nice work, and thanks for dropping some more info on the upcoming patch.

Here is my take on this. It happens and it is not in my control. So if I get a death It is no big deal.

[Greers]

BellatorMonk, on 22 January 2013 - 12:38 PM, said:

Whoooaa...hold on there pard'ener. That makes to much sense especially since DC farming was supposedly fixed many patches ago.

It's not about farming it's about preserving the precious K/D rating which says nothing about your abilities (Cowards survive hidden in remote spots) and which is being wiped anyway when they implement the new achivement system. The only thing it currently does is prevent the enemy team from gaining xp/money. So it's really bad style to do it.

Garth is speaking about a Bug. The "old system" where you could DC before being killed was not a bug, but an exploit, so I think they did implement it last patch, but it didn't work correctly.

[Rumjaku]

Quote

- Users that disconnect and die afterwards will now get a death counted towards their stats.

From patch notes on Jan 15th: http://mwomercs.com/game/patch-notes
Not sure if this was ever implemented then, but it's good they are focusing on it.

xZaOx, on 22 January 2013 - 12:35 PM, said:

Is there a time limit? So people who legitimately crash at the beginning of the match aren't affected? Maybe like a 30 seconds-1 minute from disconnect the death counts?

If you are legitimately crashing at the start of a match, then fix your PC problems. Different hardware combinations/software setups will behave differently. Just as each human being is never the same.

Kell Draygo, on 22 January 2013 - 12:41 PM, said:

Did you guys also patch that the person who kills a disconnected player is actually rewarded the kill, along with the C-Bills and XP? If not, then the change is only halfway and we will still have griefers who purposefully disconnect to rob the person doing to killing the c-bills and xp.

It seems like they did fix half the issue with the previous patch, and are addressing the other half today. HOORAY!


I hope the people abusing this don't realize it's being fixed, free kills on an idiots behalf? YES PLZ!

[scgt1]

So this was said yesterday to be included in todays patch. Yet there is no mention of it in the patch notes. Along with no answers to more pertient information meaning an all around explanation to how this works.

Ie like others have mentioned. Or if you actually put forth effort in a match and then die if you leave the match does it count against you? Forcing people to wait till the match ends to keep their kills and not have things go agaisnt them is the wrong way to go. I have better things to do then watch paint dry or the ****** pugs that were playing with our group do stupid acts and kill themselfs.


Like many others have said killing said DC mech on the other team hasn't been awarding a kill which is complete crap. If we spend the time and effort taking out its legs or what ever we should get the kill. Even more so if R&R ever comes back.
But then again it seems to not matter since according to the patch notes this didn't actually make it in.

[HRR Insanity]

Garth...

This appears to still not be fixed?

[Deamhan]

What's been fixed

Killing the person who DC's will now let the match end when the rest of the team dies.


What hasn't been fixed

Killing the person who DC's will now count as a kill


What I don't know

Killing a person who DC's counts as a death to the person who is killed.


The claim that the DC issue has been fixed when it really has been only partially fixed seems to be a fine example of the PGI motto.

[Prophet of Entropy]

i personaly dont want a disconnected kill to count as a kill cause there is no challange, so no reward. but im very happy about disconnected mechs still counting as a death, simply because i kill the disconnects on my own team.

NO FREE WIN FOR DISCONNECTS ON MY TEAM! YOU GET TO DIE! (shake fist)

[Deamhan]

I'm not certain they would regardless. Unless a suicide is different. I had my game freeze up on me twice last night. I alt+tab to desktop then back to the game. It tends to work but the first time, I was heading toward the boundary and didn't fixed the problem in time. I got all 0 across the board, even for c-bills and xp.

If that that is the case, it won't matter and all you are doing is incurring a penalty to yourself.

Now if it is not the case, they won't get any more than the base amount except if the team wins then they get the bonus for winning regardless if they are alive at the end or not. So once again, all you are doing is incurring a penalty on yourself for no reason.

In fact you are hindering the team. You waste time by killing this mech, while the rest of the team is fighting 6 on 8

[GrimReality]

I'm still seeing a significant number of people disconnecting just before they get killed. This is players that are actively involved in a fight, then at the last moment when it is clear that they will not survive they "eject" from the game. Disgustingly dishonorable!

[Serapth]

GrimReality, on 26 January 2013 - 11:08 AM, said:

I'm still seeing a significant number of people disconnecting just before they get killed. This is players that are actively involved in a fight, then at the last moment when it is clear that they will not survive they "eject" from the game. Disgustingly dishonorable!

I wouldn't be sure that's what it is.

Since yesterday, I get a disconnect pretty much every other match... Im talking about 12 or more DCs in the last two days. I havent experienced that many DCs since CB... total!

[Shaleefa]

That is exactly what it is. Happens almost every round when someone is getting blasted that they disco just to rob you of the kill. Foolish and pretty unsportsmanlike. Doesn't really bother me and I just write down the name and then taunt them a little if i see them again.