DUST Search - AFK Farming: Its justification and why CCPs fix of idle timing wont work

Midas Man ll wrote:

I concur,

People were exploiting by crashing LAV's and repping them.

Rather than fix the problem CCP capped skill points per week. Hmm like thats going to stop scum like exploiters, only way to stop exploiting is take a hard line on it and ban the fools.

So exploiters are still here and they only have a small inconvenience now they can only exploit x ammount per week instead of unlimited sp.

So we now get afk sp grinders

CCP try to stop this by having an inactive timer.

Exploiters are still here so guess what......

They will find away to expoit the inactivity timer, ie press a button every few mins, run at a wall etc.

CCP please fix issue, no business ever suceeded by creating work arounds, fix the issue and ban exploiters simple quick and effective. Leave the potential to exploit until you can fix it properyly. Just make it clear anyone abusing will be banned.

CCP have annoyed the player base with the CAP, they annoyed the player base with the afk farming, and this will continue.

if you fixed the rep exploit correctly in the first place you would have many more happy customers. now you only suceeded in keeping X exploiters at the expence of X squared potential customers.


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semperfi1999 Internal Error. Negative-Feedback 317	Posted - 2013.02.21 15:19:00 - [1] - Quote In truth they would easily eliminate AFK farming by switching their SP rewards around. 1 SP per second in game and 5 SP per WP in game. This would mean good players would max out faster and then stop paying pub matches and play more corp battles. Also I think they need to stop randomizing the salvage and make the salvage related to the number of warpoints. IE WP of 0-500 no salvage at all, 500-1000 some salvage of the lower end items like adv nades, 1000-1500 adv suits and other adv lvl weaponry, 1500-2000 proto suits and weaponry, 2000-2500 high lvl vehicles and possible officer weaponry. Not to say what exactly you would get but those are the possibilites so you cant do really badly and end up with a tank or 2.
semperfi1999 Internal Error. Negative-Feedback 317	Posted - 2013.02.21 15:35:00 - [2] - Quote IRuby Heart wrote: The OP and the couple of guys below him are some of the most worthless crybaby nerds I've seen on these forums. You want a fix to stop you from camping in the MCC like a B%tch? Would you like some sort of magical remedy for your obesity too? Here's a suggestion you f#cks. Stop doing it! Fixed. Yes because it makes sense not to fix a broken game mechanic.
semperfi1999 Internal Error. Negative-Feedback 317	Posted - 2013.02.21 16:23:00 - [3] - Quote Midas Man ll wrote: I concur, People were exploiting by crashing LAV's and repping them. Rather than fix the problem CCP capped skill points per week. Hmm like thats going to stop scum like exploiters, only way to stop exploiting is take a hard line on it and ban the fools. So exploiters are still here and they only have a small inconvenience now they can only exploit x ammount per week instead of unlimited sp. So we now get afk sp grinders CCP try to stop this by having an inactive timer. Exploiters are still here so guess what...... They will find away to expoit the inactivity timer, ie press a button every few mins, run at a wall etc. CCP please fix issue, no business ever suceeded by creating work arounds, fix the issue and ban exploiters simple quick and effective. Leave the potential to exploit until you can fix it properyly. Just make it clear anyone abusing will be banned. CCP have annoyed the player base with the CAP, they annoyed the player base with the afk farming, and this will continue. if you fixed the rep exploit correctly in the first place you would have many more happy customers. now you only suceeded in keeping X exploiters at the expence of X squared potential customers. Um just a note....banning exploiters is a good way to make sure you company can never do a proper beta again. Beta is all about trying to break the game and then telling CCP how the game broke so that CCP can look into it and fix it. Right now the SP gain is broken. How do you fix it? You tell CCP how its broken and then you abuse the exploit to prove your point. In truth the Warriors did more than most players to fix problems with this game and prove what things can be exploited to the detriment of the game. All you who are too high and might to do this......who cares its a game. When I am done playing for the day I will put my guy in AFK farming for a couple round while I get ready for bed. I enjoy playing the game but as long as CCP makes obtaining SP a grind (IE the majority of SP gained is based on time played and not skill) then I will continue to do this.