Very troubling to see a vast amount of the AFK Exploiters boasting on forums with out any type of action by the game developers.


This is a first for me .... people are actively ruining the game experience for others and theres no action ingame nor on the boards.


I hope the next patch fixes the AFK Issue ....has there been any word if it does from people from fanfest?

CCP would be silly if they punished people for using their flawed mechanics to their advantage.

Haha, the reason they do it is the same reason anyone cheats, they want a short cut. Trying to tell me you do it only so you can see ppl cry is not any better, but thats not why, you do it for the exploit of quick and easy SP. You all have the moral make up of a welfare scammer or any of the other wastes of space that exploit systems with no regard for the rest of us. You have no honor and I am just blessed to not have to know any ppl like that irl.

Haha, the reason they do it is the same reason anyone cheats, they want a short cut. Trying to tell me you do it only so you can see ppl cry is not any better, but thats not why, you do it for the exploit of quick and easy SP. You all have the moral make up of a welfare scammer or any of the other wastes of space that exploit systems with no regard for the rest of us. You have no honor and I am just blessed to not have to know any ppl like that irl.

I was AFK all day yesterday, and I guess it did have to do with getting a shortcut, or at least a step ahead. I didn't have the time to actually play, but I didn't want to let 3 weeks of SP go to waste either. I did the only logical thing.

I was AFK all day yesterday, and I guess it did have to do with getting a shortcut, or at least a step ahead. I didn't have the time to actually play, but I didn't want to let 3 weeks of SP go to waste either. I did the only logical thing.

I know a few that do this just to have ccp work on fixing it you may not notice that but a lot of people are doing it for that reason

At least you're being a man about it. This is exactly what I mean, you had to what you had to do, no big deal. You came clean about it respectfully. I don't agree with you AFKing but at least I don't despise you.

I know a few that do this just to have ccp work on fixing it you may not notice that but a lot of people are doing it for that reason

Jesus Christ that's the most dumb thing I've heard ever since I entered these forums, and that's saying a lot! That's like saying Jerry Sandusky was just trying to make the cops to catch more child molesters!

Explaining sense to the ignorant is like snowboading in the Sahara. Try as you may you aint gonna get it done.

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Jesus Christ that's the most dumb thing I've heard ever since I entered these forums, and that's saying a lot! That's like saying Jerry Sandusky was just trying to make the cops to catch more child molesters!

Okay..hope they don't fix it then..you will see when cod players finally come over they love boosting you would never find a good match then you will see why we did this

Oh so you're now the hero here? Such a big man! You're the reason they need to use resources on fixing this BS now instead of doing something else for Christ!

We have said bedore that it should be 5sp per wp and 1sp per second in battle instead of the other way around but they didn't listen to us so don't blame us we tried to fix this before it got this bad but no one liked that idea because it was brought up by an imperfect

We have said bedore that it should be 5sp per wp and 1sp per second in battle instead of the other way around but they didn't listen to us so don't blame us we tried to fix this before it got this bad but no one liked that idea because it was brought up by an imperfect

well you guys do have a bad rep

Who cares about rep man? When you start witch hunting before reading you are shooting yourself in the foot. The Imps whether you like it or not have done a lot of the community. More than these ******* clowns who QQ all the time.

As long as the job gets done!

well you guys do have a bad rep

Haha, the reason they do it is the same reason anyone cheats, they want a short cut. Trying to tell me you do it only so you can see ppl cry is not any better, but thats not why, you do it for the exploit of quick and easy SP. You all have the moral make up of a welfare scammer or any of the other wastes of space that exploit systems with no regard for the rest of us. You have no honor and I am just blessed to not have to know any ppl like that irl.

Never heard an afker say they do it to **** people off, but shouldn't that be an even bigger reason to deal with it?

Bottom line, I don't give a **** what anyone says.

Thank you, I brought up the fix to afk again once again its up to everyone else though

Afk farming is on you guys I gave a solution and you shot me down..why do I try?

I know a few that do this just to have ccp work on fixing it you may not notice that but a lot of people are doing it for that reason

^that makes as much sense as robbing a bank to help the bank improve security.

At least in that case, the bank robbers would be giving the money back, I bet the AFK farmers will just continue to expect something for nothing with no punishment.

^that makes as much sense as robbing a bank to help the bank improve security.

At least in that case, the bank robbers would be giving the money back, I bet the AFK farmers will just continue to expect something for nothing with no punishment.

^that makes as much sense as robbing a bank to help the bank improve security.

At least in that case, the bank robbers would be giving the money back, I bet the AFK farmers will just continue to expect something for nothing with no punishment.

I'm going to have to agree with this. I know a lot of us - myself included - would just take our beating from CCP if they decided to take away the AFK sp - but I doubt most others would be as chill. A lot of threads openly suggest and say they're entitled to CCP's screw up.

I'm going to have to agree with this. I know a lot of us - myself included - would just take our beating from CCP if they decided to take away the AFK sp - but I doubt most others would be as chill. A lot of threads openly suggest and say they're entitled to CCP's screw up.

I seriously hope that as "payment for their help" they get to keep a minimal amount of SP for their "AFK bughunting". 1500 per day since the start of this ****, no more, no less.

They profit for their help, though not hugely as I assume most expect to.

Hallelujah! The guy actually tries to make sense!

I don't want anything I just want this game to succeed, its a one of a kind

Common! This coming from a Dreddit dude? Meta gaming is not just limited to trolling and griefing. Talk to any psyches out there and there will tell you there is more to meta gaming.

lol - Let me emphasis something for you since you seem new. Every person in this forum - every single one - said not to do SP per second because of AFK farmers. CCP trolls us way too much - and then they do this crap even after a thousand warning and 2 thread juggernauts. for there idiocy I have no problem with AFK farming myself and will not give anyone crossed eyes for doing it themselves - especially the forum goers who are taking the most heat for trolling back.

But it's gone beyond telling CCP they're butt-tards. It's become a fad and the 'cool' thing to do. So for me - at least - it's starting to become unacceptable. But it still doesn't change CCP enabled this to happen knowing it would and stated nothing negative towards the part of the community that does do this - and in fact - are qouted as saying it's ACCEPTABLE as they want mercs to play how they want - and that includes sabotage.

Gosh I know I shouldn't feed the trolls but alas my vanity has gotten the better of me.

I would lay out an argument complete with support and facts and logic, but since you assume I'm in Dreddit I have to assume you either can't or won't read so that's out of the picture (not an Eve player, just Dust, no Dreddit membership, only affiliation). I will also try to keep this short so you may be able to understand bits and pieces.

I earned all of my 7.2 million SP. I have never afkd a single game. I think its cowardly. I think its ******. I think its cheating. And I think it is ruining the game for myself and others who want to play. And people that do it are reaping some of the benefits without putting in the work, and that is ****** to all of us who want to earn everything fairly. Afking doesn't make you clever. You're not being smart by taking advantage of the parameters of the game. It makes you something just short of a cheater. And you're ruining the game for everyone else.

I have more to say but I've already said too much. *sigh*

See here's the thing, man, I have nothing against sabotage, subterfuge or trying do whatever we wanna do when it comes PC and corp relationships and stuff like that. Like you said, it's a sandbox. What I do have a problem with is that when more casual or new players show up and they're expecting to enjoy the gaming experience, all of a sudden you have 4 people AFK on their team! And oh yeah, CCP should have fixed it. They haven't though and that's not a good enough reason to go AFK farm like a ************! It's another thing to protest against CCP, but I have a feeling this whole AFK thing ends up hurting the game and community more than it's gonna motivate CCP.

Gosh I know I shouldn't feed the trolls but alas my vanity has gotten the better of me.

I would lay out an argument complete with support and facts and logic, but since you assume I'm in Dreddit I have to assume you either can't or won't read so that's out of the picture (not an Eve player, just Dust, no Dreddit membership, only affiliation). I will also try to keep this short so you may be able to understand bits and pieces.

I earned all of my 7.2 million SP. I have never afkd a single game. I think its cowardly. I think its ******. I think its cheating. And I think it is ruining the game for myself and others who want to play. And people that do it are reaping some of the benefits without putting in the work, and that is ****** to all of us who want to earn everything fairly. Afking doesn't make you clever. You're not being smart by taking advantage of the parameters of the game. It makes you something just short of a cheater. And you're ruining the game for everyone else.

I have more to say but I've already said too much. *sigh*

We were the first beta testers yet we are disliked and ignored

DILLIGAF?

And yet here you are, responding for the umpteenth time.

Nobody "GAF" about how much SP you have, dude.

You aren't really the issue here; 9v15 pub matches and the game's hemorrhaging of new players is the problem

Give mercs the freedom to play how they want, regardless if that kills the game. Call it AFK 514 and watch it sink. Nobody will give that game second look. You would have it all to yourselves, till you all decided to go "help" some other game..right into its grave.

AFKing can be a benefit to the team

Lets take a player and call him bob

Bob is a sniper, a bad one tho, he returns to the same place where he died several times, at the end of the match bob goes 0-7, bob would have helped the team if he AFK'd by not using up clones

Back on the forums bob is hated because he is a bad sniper but he has done nothing all game and got 0 WP but he still gets SP, now bob basically AFK'd a different way by dying once in a while on the mountain somewhere but he did nothing for the team

Bob ways are no different to an AFKer, he didnt help the team and took up clones thats even worse than an AFKer at least he stays alive

AFKing will be around until its fixed, during the epic grind yday i didnt AFK once, i did the 'bob the sniper' method and basically died while i tried to snipe, i played but i didnt give it my all is that AFKing?

Doomsday prophet!

If this game dies it will die because of lack of content;- not AFK players

One of the most ridiculous things I have ever read on here.

So some new player tries this game and has multiple options for content (you are a spoiled brat) and joins a match. He sees you and five of your buddies chilling in the MCC. Your team is destroyed. New player never comes back, therefore never has a chance to be upset about "lack of content". Your logic is as flawed as your morals.

I was in 2 squads of imps last night and both of them were saying they didn't much like the AFK farming being possible - but hey, most the imps in particular have been around longer then I have which is over a year of the same game mode - No new content for this long and a weekly SP cap people need to hit to keep relevant come any major updates forced a lot of AFK farming.

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See here's the thing, man, I have nothing against sabotage, subterfuge or trying do whatever we wanna do when it comes PC and corp relationships and stuff like that. Like you said, it's a sandbox. What I do have a problem with is that when more casual or new players show up and they're expecting to enjoy the gaming experience, all of a sudden you have 4 people AFK on their team! And oh yeah, CCP should have fixed it. They haven't though and that's not a good enough reason to go AFK farm like a ************! It's another thing to protest against CCP, but I have a feeling this whole AFK thing ends up hurting the game and community more than it's gonna motivate CCP.

It worries me how many players buy into the mentality of "keeping up with the Jones's."

You don't need to grind max SP every week to stay relevant. I mean, it's great having options in your skill tree, but once you've reached a certain threshold, it's all going to be extra icing at that point anyways.

Ruining the game for others under the false pretext of "Standing in the MCC in protest" is a fat load of BS. You want free SP. I personally hope CCP fixes the issue by completely removing Active SP gain entirely.

This is a mecenary game, we play for Isk.

Pryke out.

I think the way to fix it is what we said before 1sp per second in game and 5 sp per wp yeah you will get less sp but it will fix a lot of the problems or no sp behind the redline

And **** morals. Get real son! Morals aint gonna pay the ******* bills.