I believe that the people are afking because they believe it is worth it, that DUST will eventually flower, and these people don't want to be left behind should that happen.

I really really hope that this event is indeed a sign that CCP has proactively set up a situation where AFKers now have to enter twice as many matches to cap out, and that this was done to gather empiric evidence before a mass SP wipe or forced character biomass of repeat offender AFKer'?

My optimism slowly fades and then only troll shall remain...

At least with this new double-SP event the only SP that will be doubled are the SP from active warpoints. According to the recent CCP dev blog, the passive warpoints (when converted to SP) that you get for just being in the match stay the same while everything else gets doubled for this week.

Yes, however more likely its people who actually play the game and don't have the time to cap out, and would rather save their focused play time for when their friends or on. Or because a lot of their play time is sucked up by Dust-related activities that don't net them SP. Also, have you tried playing on the US servers? is it bad? i know you're in oceania.



When such an exploit is being massively abused, and without retribution, then if CCP decides to start cracking down, they will do so with a tiered warning system. Its been very effective for them in the past. AFKers won't wake up with removed SP or lose their characters. A "repeat offender" is classified as such by not responding to warnings, not by carrying out a behavior over a long period of time without intervention.

Also, this event encourages AFK farming, because it doubles the cap but only increases the SP gain of non-afkers by a 20-40% or something. To meet the cap it requires significantly more grinding no matter what your method.

I believe that the people are afking because they believe it is worth it, that DUST will eventually flower, and these people don't want to be left behind should that happen.

I think people AFK because the game is boring and the only reason to play it is to gain SP.

I don't AFK cuz I'm not a pansy, and consequently I miss my SP cap fairly often.

Sorry, I mean this at all to be no disrespect. What you just said to me makes no sense at all. You miss your cap fairly often because you play the game? Rather you AFK or play the game you should be able to hit the cap. Even more so if playing the game. Playing the game gives more SP slightly than AFK.

I don't play religiously, and I almost always play solo.

I constantly miss my cap because I don't find the game entertaining enough to keep me online long enough each week to cap (not always, but usually these days) and I refuse to AFK cuz E-bushido or some ****.

SP rollover system.

Although at this point im burning out anyways... so i'll probably stop afking soon. gonna use this double cap week to get proto rep tools to finish my sad attempt at being real logi in PC and then probably call it a day.

This is a good idea +1! I don't know why they haven't already done roll over yet.

I think basically every single person who AFKs cares about the game. They care enough to want to have their hat in it at least.

I wouldn't AFK if my SP gains weren't capped. As it is, if I play, I can cap pretty quickly. Most of the week when I am playing I am already capped and lose out on a lot of potential SP gains... but I am actually playing. I AFK for the SP, but I play for fun of it or with a friend or two.

It has nothing to do with trolling, or getting one over on CCP. It has nothing to do with perceived morals, or lack there of. It is just the most efficient way to play the game right now. Don't look at me. CCP designed it this way- be it inadvertent or not. The fact remains it is what is currently is. When CCP changes it so will the player base change their strategies.

It floors me that people project all this hatred based on personal perceptions running the gamut from entitlement to scumbag freeloaders, etc. You guys really need to realize your venom is solely on you and you are projecting that onto others who have no idea what you are talking about. To us, it's just you haven't played the same exact thing long enough to come around and see that until the game gets built up and out more. a lot more. there isn't much for some of us to do except remain steadfast in our belief this game will rock one day. and we'll have endured the dark ages of it.

nothing less and nothing more.

That has nothing to do with AFK vs playing the game than.. You wouldn't hit the cap no matter what because like you said you don't find the game entertaining enough to play it enough to reach cap.

Cause they know we'd all quit playing if they did

But if I AFK'd I would never miss cap cuz I could just put on my PS3, enter a match, deploy to MCC, then swap my input back to my computer for 15 minutes.

Players are rewarded for not playing the game.

Period.

Its really great that you can be positive about a game that you are helping to ruin by the way .. if and when DUST does start to realise its potential... just remember, it had little to KITTEN all to do with the contributions of the AFK farmers.

As sad as this may seem, unfortunately afkers are probably helping the game more than they are hurting it.

Simply because, without the ability to afk many players would probably just play less. the individual battles themselves are meaningless, and winning or losing a pub match means, literally, nothing.

However having hundreds of people afking each evening is boosting the player counts for dust, allowing some justification for continued funding and keeping CCPs stock up due to an increased perception of player activity.

As sad as this may seem, unfortunately afkers are probably helping the game more than they are hurting it.

Simply because, without the ability to afk many players would probably just play less. the individual battles themselves are meaningless, and winning or losing a pub match means, literally, nothing.

However having hundreds of people afking each evening is boosting the player counts for dust, allowing some justification for continued funding and keeping CCPs stock up due to an increased perception of player activity.

The AFKing will cease when Dust becomes fun to play and delivers on some of its promises.

Wrong, because people are AFKing who also think the game is fun and do play it actively. If Dust delivers on its promises like increased Eve-Dust interaction, market stuff, etc. that might result in people spending MORE time outside of battles without spending less time in Dust. AFKing is primarily motivated by the fact that it takes forever to hit the cap, and if you don't cap out, then it takes FOREVER to accrue enough SP to rank up skills.

However having hundreds of people afking each evening is boosting the player counts for dust, allowing some justification for continued funding and keeping CCPs stock up due to an increased perception of player activity.