Lightsmith Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 The reason the Afk timer is to prevent exploits it has nothing to do with having a party member that isn't contributing. Due to that solo would not need any different rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dornez Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 (edited) The AFK rules do nothing to stop botters. Wiggle left and right...ooooooooooh so hard to do. They already have macros going to bot with, why does DE think that making their bot wiggle a bit is so hard? The AFK rules have done nothing to stop botters, but have done everything to hurt legit players. GG Edited April 9, 2015 by Dornez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagPrime Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 The reason the Afk timer is to prevent exploits it has nothing to do with having a party member that isn't contributing. Due to that solo would not need any different rules. What kind of exploits? I've been trying to come up with something a solo player could do that is killed by the AFK timer in an endless mission type and I'm not coming up with anything. But right now, it does need it's own rules. If said solo player goes AFK for whatever reason, when they come back, they've lost everything they've worked for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metalbawkses Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 If it's on solo mode then can't you just press esc and pause the game? That's what I do all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spindle99 Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 The afk system is there for 2 reasons, to punish people for getting carried and to punish people for botting/macro playing. Lots of people solo and macro or bot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RafaelFuchs Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 DE doesn't want people standing around to gain energy and they don't want people botting. that's how the AFK timer was born. sorry, no story about magic and unicorns this time... i do however, see no need for the AFK timer in general. it's just hurting actual players more than it's medicating the problem...a vote to kick would solve AFK people problem and botters...i got nothing. you can program a bot to do just about anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papey Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 Cute. But wrong. You can solo and still be on the public setting, the fact that you're solo just means that no one else is on that node with you. You can also start out solo and end with two or more teammates. My point was that your title did not explain everything, resorting to petty insults doesn't change the fact that it didn't. Why would you even solo on anything but the solo setting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagPrime Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 (edited) Why would you even solo on anything but the solo setting? In case you want random adds? An example; I solo'd the majority of the solar system but I was set to public matchmaking the entire time. Due to the time and locations I was playing, it didn't have very much traffic and by having it set to public, not only gave me the option of getting random adds but it also helped the few other players that dropped in under-equipped by having me in there. Not everyone defines solo play by the matchmaking feature. Edited April 10, 2015 by Noamuth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anomaly99 Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 When does afk timer kick in for SOLO matchmaking? I paused the match -- Had to leave the house for about an hour-- and came back to it just fine today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volume Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 I don't see why it would be on for solo play, or how it would be applicable, unless there's some exploit I don't know about which brings back the "old" days where people could solo defenses with their sentinel by launching a mission, walking away for 30 minutes, and coming back with loot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calikhan Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 this would be super useful in the Relays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vomder Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 There was nothing that needed to be explained. The afk timers are a poor solution to the real problem of 'bad' players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watlok Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 Just use a macro to avoid getting flagged as afk. Until they remove the awful afk system it's the only reasonable solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orbister Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 The afk system is there for 2 reasons, to punish people for getting carried and to punish people for botting/macro playing. Lots of people solo and macro or bot. Afk system doesn't prevent botting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mxysptlik Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 +1 Also, dunno if this was pointed out already, but why would they even LET SOLO PLAYERS PAUSE THE GAME if they still give them a goddamn afk timer? The two features seem mutually exclusive and don't belong together. Seriously, Sesame Street could figure this one out. They even have a song for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uluxlan Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 I agree; I play solo a lot would be really neat if I had the time to go to the bathroom if its an emergency Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krak_Nihilus Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 Not gonna happen. Why? Because AFK timer targets farmers and not leechers. Their main goal while implementing this was making it impossible to start a toogle ability and get a lot of by allowing it to go on for long time. It sucks and hits a lot more people than it should, but we're probably stuck with it caus DE hates it when people actually get stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TARINunit9 Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 "Solo" as in "setting matchmaking to Solo Only, which is the last option underneath Public, Friends only, and Clan only" There, that should clear up the confusion Honestly, I'm surprised Solo Only doesn't just have a flat-out pause button, so I don't get ganked by Stalker until after I'm done taking an emergency leak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronyn Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 Well why discuss what is solo and what is not? Solo can be paused, so theres no need to worry about AFK timers. pause menu is pretty big. Sometimes I just like to look at the pretty world..... I should be able to right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXZ71 Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 Personly I think of solo as a player being intentionally alone with no one being able to join and make it into not solo, so like other guy said alone and solo are diffent, similar but different. And yes solo does not need afk timer I mean u can even pause game in solo and cant invite ppl into a limited time alert if its in solo so it really doesnt need a kick time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXZ71 Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 (edited) Not gonna happen. Why? Because AFK timer targets farmers and not leechers. Their main goal while implementing this was making it impossible to start a toogle ability and get a lot of by allowing it to go on for long time. It sucks and hits a lot more people than it should, but we're probably stuck with it caus DE hates it when people actually get stuff. afk farming tactics tend to need at least one not afk person for energy refilling. So doesnt aply to solo. Or well shouldnt. Edited April 12, 2015 by RXZ71 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonanFrost Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 I agree; I play solo a lot would be really neat if I had the time to go to the bathroom if its an emergency If it's on solo mode then can't you just press esc and pause the game? That's what I do all the time. This solution has already been brought up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anamethisis Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 At least remove the energy disable but not the rewards... \:. having to solo really sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyreuzs Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 You're simply alone. Or have no friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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