AFKing on purpose and appropriate penaltys

[--CoB--Sorrow]

So i joined the recruit channel to find 1 more player for pacifism stage 3 long runs. I stated clearly that it will be a long run and this guy (named removed as it was against forums rules) , whispered me to join. I don't know if i'm allowed to call out IGNs but i will in case anybody find him in his party and get his gaming experience ruined like i did. After failing to escort the rescues he called me and my team mates "useless" and that we never gonna get passed 100 rescues and then he proceeded to the extraction point and went afk. Me and my team mates continued with the mission, scoring close to 130 rescues if i remember correctly.Though we had to fight his share of mobs which made it more difficult and couldn't archive our goal for a lot more rescues.

 

 

So the point is,why isn't there any penalty for those kind of afkers or ragequitters or whatever you want to call them? It isn't the first time someone ruining my experience in this kind of way and it wont be the last so i'm suggesting a kind of penalty in this situations or maybe  a player replacement feature or a kick vote.I don't mean to be arrogant or anything its just my feedback on frustrating situations like this. Thanks for your time.

Edited March 4, 2017 by xsorrow94
named removed as it was against forums rules

[AdunSaveMe]

10 minutes ago, xsorrow94 said:

So the point is,why isn't there any penalty for those kind of afkers or ragequitters or whatever you want to call them? 

Because it's extremely difficult to detect and punish these players consistently or at least accurately, and even harder still to do so in a way that also doesn't screw over players who haven't done anything wrong.

The current "anti-AFK" system is a perfect example of this; people who want to leech can avoid the system entirely, but people who die and don't revive to make extraction faster, stand still for a bit, or even just use a power that DE designed for a minute, get slammed with a punishment, regardless of the fact that they aren't AFK at all, and are still contributing like everyone else.

If you come up with a foolproof system that can't be heavily abused and doesn't punish innocent players, I'm sure DE would love to hear about it.

Edited March 4, 2017 by AdunSaveMe

[-CCC-Secret]

33 minutes ago, xsorrow94 said:

So i joined the recruit channel to find 1 more player for pacifism stage 3 long runs. I stated clearly that it will be a long run and this guy  , whispered me to join. I don't know if i'm allowed to call out IGNs but i will in case anybody find him in his party and get his gaming experience ruined like i did. After failing to escort the rescues he called me and my team mates "useless" and that we never gonna get passed 100 rescues and then he proceeded to the extraction point and went afk. Me and my team mates continued with the mission, scoring close to 130 rescues if i remember correctly.Though we had to fight his share of mobs which made it more difficult and couldn't archive our goal for a lot more rescues.

So the point is,why isn't there any penalty for those kind of afkers or ragequitters or whatever you want to call them? It isn't the first time someone ruining my experience in this kind of way and it wont be the last so i'm suggesting a kind of penalty in this situations or maybe  a player replacement feature or a kick vote.I don't mean to be arrogant or anything its just my feedback on frustrating situations like this. Thanks for your time.

Remove the name. Naming and Shaming isn't allowed on the Forums.

Also there is a penalty. An AFK timer starts the moment you become inactive, if you don't move within a set amount of time, you wont be able to receive anymore rewards.

Edit, also many threads have been made on kick vote, and most people usually disagree, since it does somewhat promote toxicity. "Oh look a Miramulor, let's kick them." or something of the likes isn't really a good thing.

Edited March 4, 2017 by secret9005

[ChuckMaverick]

Capture all the evidence you can (screenshots, video, record of squadmates names and precise time of mission, etc.) and report it to support.

That's really your only option at the moment.

[--CoB--Sorrow]

Just now, secret9005 said:

Remove the name. Naming and Shaming isn't allowed on the Forums.

Also there is a penalty. An AFK timer starts the moment you become inactive, if you don't move within a set amount of time, you wont be able to receive anymore rewards.

Edit, also many threads have been made on kick vote, and most people usually disagree, since it does somewhat promote toxicity. "Oh look a Miramulor, let's kick them." or something of the likes isn't really a good thing.

Excuse me if i wasn't specific but when i said afking i meant that this guy was on extract  but he stayed there doing nothing but sliding the air so i believe he didn't got denied in rewards.Also about the kick feature,i'm also against it as a general idea but not if used to kick someone in certain situations as mine (deny of playing while the rest of us continued)

[--CoB--Sorrow]

Just now, ChuckMaverick said:

Capture all the evidence you can (screenshots, video, record of squadmates names and precise time of mission, etc.) and report it to support.

That's really your only option at the moment.

I also considered that but i believe that is too much of a work when situation like this happen so often ...

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@xsorrow94The screenshot has the player list, Best to edit it out.

[--CoB--Sorrow]

Just now, secret9005 said:

@xsorrow94The screenshot has the player list, Best to edit it out.

sorry and fixed

[KIREEK]

Use the support link at the top and report the behavior, there are quite a few players then hav entered the event missions only to afk. While he only decided to afk near extraction, that is also a reportable offense, but again, reporting the user only depends on you, but i can assure you that support often does something about it.

[Chachingo]

Same thing happened to me yesterday , 3 of us were doing all the work while the last was just chilling near the extraction point , there really should be an automated system to punish these players instead of having to go through a hassle just to report a single player while in reality there are many

[ChuckMaverick]

Probably the simplest 'solution' is just to extract, re-invite the other players that weren't leeching, and queue up again.

At least then the AFKer doesn't get any rewards for their behaviour.

[AdunSaveMe]

10 minutes ago, ChuckMaverick said:

Probably the simplest 'solution' is just to extract, re-invite the other players that weren't leeching, and queue up again.

At least then the AFKer doesn't get any rewards for their behaviour.

They still get it the first time though.

Edited March 4, 2017 by AdunSaveMe

[TheChaotic1]

When I deal with Afk peeps I deal with them by @(*()$ up my internet connection so there is a host swap

[Airyllish]

It sucks, but I have to second the motion of immediate extraction and reformation.

You can reform with a new player who will (hopefully) pull their weight and the slacker isn't getting a free ride off the backs of three struggling players doing a four-man workload. It's also much faster overall, too. Get your screenshots, all get ready to report and then promptly roll out of that mission. It isn't like you're morally obligated to prove the slacker wrong in his assumption that you won't reach a certain score (and they may well have been baiting you to do exactly that by saying it in the first place.)