what happens when they ban an innocent customer that got banned because there would be no clear line of how urgent his matter was to go AFK for.. is it ok to not crap my pants or save a dying old person from a well just so you can ride my coat tail in a match i waited 5 minutes to que for?

I am totally in agreement. There are so many bugs with afking and its only gotten worse, before you cou;d've afked in a corner, now there is a bug that kicks you out of the game for chilling in the MCC, the latest bug kicks you if you are not moving which forces you to now go in circles.

I always said that the first step to fixing afking is to add a couch in the MCC, or simply, a sitting mechanic. Not only will it be easier to differentiate those that are simply standing still from those that are afking, but it will look cool while doing it. I call it "afking with style."

Also, exp and isk payout needs to be increased for afkers. At the moment, afters receive the lowest payouts than previous builds while those that do not afk receive a payout much larger. It is not fair for the afking community to have such low payouts like that. It takes just as much time for an afker to sit in a match as it takes someone who is not afking.

Ive never seen other games with an AFK problem like this one. Clearly though, the problem is obviously the players. Instead of looking at the reason they are AFKing, lets just punish punish punish. Thats always works. Treat the symptom instead of the problem and everything gets fixed, right?

Let me let you in on a little secret. No matter how many hair brained punishments you come up with, people will find workarounds, because you haven't fixed the real problem; Matchmaking and game balance. Allow me to elaborate:


Lets say a new player joins the game. Has a good time in the academy, since its not full of squad stompers desperate for vindication. Then, academy finishes...now what? Gets put into a match full of jerks. People that call in orbitals in the redline to shoot down the LAV you were going to use to get out of your starting base. I suspect these people being life by spawning on wet gym locker floors. Anyway though, whats this new player supposed to do? Here are the options:

1. Quit the game and play something else (most popular)

2. Squad up and lower yourself down to their level (2nd most popular choice)

3. AFK farm SP and ISK so that you have access to and can afford stuff better than militia gear (Popular enough thats its problematic. I suspect solo players who arent here looking for socialization do this the most)

4. Throw yourself in suicidal charges in militia gear so thjat the squads that have already made the match unpleasant can go ahead and pad their numbers a little more (Its a damn wonder why people dont log in to do this for 2 hours strait).



Say what you want, use whatever excuses you want (i got beat down and abused so now its my turn to do it to others ,ect). Fact is, until this is a game where a casual person can log in for a few hours and have fun without having to squad up with undesirables or play a role they dont want for endless hours....this problem will persist.

So you can either fix the problem, or waste time fixing the symptoms each time they manifest themselves in a new way. Anyone whos ever held a job knows damn well that its possible to look busy without actually doing anything useful. It will take 2 minutes to adapt AFK tactics to a fix that took 2 months to invent. Stop wasting time.

I AFK when I'm running solo and don't feel like getting proto stomped.

Oh wait..... That's 75% of my solo matches.

Don't fix AFK-ing till Proto stomping in Pubs is fixed.