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TheAmazing FlyingPig Crux Special Tasks Group Gallente Federation 749	Posted - 2013.06.10 22:04:00 - [1] - Quote I'm just some random nub posting on the forum. I've been playing since Mordu's Private Trials, as both a tanker and a logibro. If you've seen my posts on here, you'll know by now that I'm a CCP fanboi and continuously stand by them in their FPS endeavor. I made this thread to share a bit about why I AFK in the MCC. Firstly... I'm bored. The game has changed a lot since the closed beta, and while I pitch some pretty good tents in my pants when I read that we're getting new content, the gameplay has gotten fairly repetitive for me. Instant Action - Skirmish, check if there's 3-6 people from the same corp on the other team (if so, bail - if not, continue), deploy Gunnlogi (I don't see why there's so much whining between armor and shield tanks - shields work perfectly fine for me in an anti-infantry role), do some donuts, rinse, repeat. I'm not even going to give planetary conquest a try. It's the same maps, same games, the only difference is that I'm working for someone else instead of myself. Now, as for why I actually AFK - I don't really want to force myself to grind every week to hit the SP cap. If I miss out on one week, that's 270k SP (I run boosters) I miss out on. The game punishes those that don't hit their cap every week, and I really don't want to fall behind everyone else. I know CCP has other things going on, and working with Sony has got to be one of the rings of Hell, but I keep seeing threads pop up about the long-awaited rolling SP cap. This would be a huge boon to this game in more ways than one (allowing me to log off so other people that actually play can fill my slot, for example). Don't get me wrong, the game has a ton of potential, and I really do hope that CCP gets to meet their long-term goals. I've never played a FPS that allowed for this much customisation, allowing any role to be filled by any suit, while in every other game you're locked into a certain set of items for the class you choose (I'm looking at you, PS2). When I read about what CCP wants to do with this game, I get excited for the future of this game. I'll still keep in touch via forums, but for now, you'll see me online every Wednesday - Friday (4am - 5pm job \o/) sitting in my easy chair aboard the MCC, watching as the game down below evolves. I'll definetly be back when we get some PvE action going (dual forge wielding drones, meet Gunnlogi), but for now, the routine has worn on me. I still love this game, and it will inevitibly suck me back into its vile clutches sooner or later. I have given CCP around $200 for my entirety playing, and I wouldn't ask for one cent refunded. If I didn't feel as though the game was worth it, I wouldn't have spent so much money and so many hours playing. TL;DR - More kittenposting from an airbore swine.
I VOTED FOR-KODOS Kinsho Swords Caldari State 0	Posted - 2013.06.10 22:09:00 - [2] - Quote oh, ok
Cosgar The Unholy Legion Of DarkStar DARKSTAR ARMY 1289	Posted - 2013.06.10 22:10:00 - [3] - Quote Wasn't the weekly SP rollover supposed to be implemented in Uprising after we all voted on it?!
Knightshade Belladonna WH0 G1VSA FL0CK GLOCKS 344	Posted - 2013.06.10 22:13:00 - [4] - Quote I get why a lot of you do this, I have started doing it also and try to encourage as many as I can to do it. However it completely ignores the work others do put in to reach their cap or earn isk, major flaw for a even more majorly flawed game :\ one day.. one day
I VOTED FOR-KODOS Kinsho Swords Caldari State 0	Posted - 2013.06.10 22:14:00 - [5] - Quote Cosgar wrote: Wasn't the weekly SP rollover supposed to be implemented in Uprising after we all voted on it?! New here, whats that?
mollerz Minja Scouts 370	Posted - 2013.06.10 22:14:00 - [6] - Quote Didn't you get the memo? LAV is the new AFK. Well, at least for me. for now.
SENATOR KODOS Intara Direct Action Caldari State 122	Posted - 2013.06.10 22:15:00 - [7] - Quote You spent 200 on this POS? Lol haha
Alaika Arbosa Matari Combat Research and Manufacture Inc. 341	Posted - 2013.06.10 22:18:00 - [8] - Quote I VOTED FOR-KODOS wrote: Cosgar wrote: Wasn't the weekly SP rollover supposed to be implemented in Uprising after we all voted on it?! New here, whats that? If you don't hit your cap, then the remainder is tacked onto the next weeks cap. If you don't cap next week, rinse and repeat.
Scheneighnay McBob Bojo's School of the Trades 1517	Posted - 2013.06.10 22:20:00 - [9] - Quote When I'm bored, I don't AFK- I start messing around with starter fit LAVs. I get some WP, cause chaos to support my team, and reward players who bother to use decent AV. Not to mention doing doughnuts, offroading, and running over protobears is FUN. yes- fun does exist if you stop grinding.
Den-tredje Baron The Unholy Legion Of DarkStar DARKSTAR ARMY 107	Posted - 2013.06.10 22:27:00 - [10] - Quote I VOTED FOR-KODOS wrote: Cosgar wrote: Wasn't the weekly SP rollover supposed to be implemented in Uprising after we all voted on it?! New here, whats that? Cosgar is talking about the SP rollover that was talked about before uprising. A rollover means that the SP you didn't "earn" last week will be added to you cap for the next week. aka 1 week you "earn" 100k Sp and you have therefore what 90k something SP left. These 90K Sp will be added to next weeks SP cap so that the cap now won't be 190k something but instead 190k+90k = 280K skill cap. This would be a very very big bone to those guys who plays and loves the game but play it on a very shifty time basis aka like OP. Why i write "earn" the whole way though is because i think MCC afk'ing is a bitchy move. Tried playing with FRIENDS ??? or is this a new term for you ??? Tried to actually STAY in a match against a group of people who are somewhat organized ???? Those battles always turn out differently than those with only randoms.

TheAmazing FlyingPig Crux Special Tasks Group Gallente Federation 751	Posted - 2013.06.10 22:28:00 - [11] - Quote SENATOR KODOS wrote: You spent 200 on this POS? Lol haha And I regret not one cent. It's a great game, but it needs some of the potential realized before it becomes epic. Tbh, on top of that $200 (rough estimate, probably more), I was planning on buying an elite pack. Y'know, so people would silently "wtf" themselves whenever they see a 'Dren' kill.
ZeHealingHurts HurtingHeals Seituoda Taskforce Command Caldari State 231	Posted - 2013.06.10 22:28:00 - [12] - Quote I...this is honestly everything I think pertaining to this particular facet of the game. Honestly. Please, take all my likes. It's just not in my nature to AFK, but at this point I honestly think I might start. I've held out for a long while, earning my SP the hard way, and all it got me is the realization that it would take about 72.5 games (not including passive SP since I'm not too keen on doing any math, not that I have the numbers to do so) to get Dropsuit Engineering/Electronics to level 4.
Knightshade Belladonna WH0 G1VSA FL0CK GLOCKS 344	Posted - 2013.06.10 22:32:00 - [13] - Quote TheAmazing FlyingPig wrote: SENATOR KODOS wrote: You spent 200 on this POS? Lol haha And I regret not one cent. It's a great game, but it needs some of the potential realized before it becomes epic. Tbh, on top of that $200 (rough estimate, probably more), I was planning on buying an elite pack. Y'know, so people would silently "wtf" themselves whenever they see a 'Dren' kill. The Elite pack is not that bad, dren logi and dren sentinal rock. swarm launcher is junk, rifle and shotgun is fun. It's like getting a bunch of free stuffs for buying 200k aur. I figured I'd just go with the bigger package at once vs buying several 20 dollar ones over time. Just like you , I have spent nearly 200 on this and do not regret it. Tank pack is pretty sweet for 10 bucks aswell.. just stay away from aerial lol
TheAmazing FlyingPig Crux Special Tasks Group Gallente Federation 752	Posted - 2013.06.10 22:34:00 - [14] - Quote Knightshade Belladonna wrote: TheAmazing FlyingPig wrote: SENATOR KODOS wrote: You spent 200 on this POS? Lol haha And I regret not one cent. It's a great game, but it needs some of the potential realized before it becomes epic. Tbh, on top of that $200 (rough estimate, probably more), I was planning on buying an elite pack. Y'know, so people would silently "wtf" themselves whenever they see a 'Dren' kill. The Elite pack is not that bad, dren logi and dren sentinal rock. swarm launcher is junk, rifle and shotgun is fun. It's like getting a bunch of free stuffs for buying 200k aur. I figured I'd just go with the bigger package at once vs buying several 20 dollar ones over time. Just like you , I have spent nearly 200 on this and do not regret it. Tank pack is pretty sweet for 10 bucks aswell.. just stay away from aerial lol Tank pack was really fun to mess around with, especially when the CreoDron tank had insane amounts of PG. Now THAT was a tank xD
I VOTED FOR-KODOS Kinsho Swords Caldari State 2	Posted - 2013.06.10 22:37:00 - [15] - Quote damn. honestly as an afker, roll over would probably be the only reason to stop. afk gets me 2-4k a match. when i actually play i can easily pull 8-10. in between cod gbs i like to play other game and dust has been a go to but the sp gap immediately turns me off and i would rather just afk and do something productive
SENATOR KODOS Intara Direct Action Caldari State 123	Posted - 2013.06.10 22:38:00 - [16] - Quote TheAmazing FlyingPig wrote: SENATOR KODOS wrote: You spent 200 on this POS? Lol haha And I regret not one cent. It's a great game, but it needs some of the potential realized before it becomes epic. Tbh, on top of that $200 (rough estimate, probably more), I was planning on buying an elite pack. Y'know, so people would silently "wtf" themselves whenever they see a 'Dren' kill. Its your money so do as you will which reminds me.,,, ITS MY MONEY AND I WANT IT NOW !!!!!!!!! You're welcome.
TheAmazing FlyingPig Crux Special Tasks Group Gallente Federation 753	Posted - 2013.06.10 22:40:00 - [17] - Quote SENATOR KODOS wrote: TheAmazing FlyingPig wrote: SENATOR KODOS wrote: You spent 200 on this POS? Lol haha And I regret not one cent. It's a great game, but it needs some of the potential realized before it becomes epic. Tbh, on top of that $200 (rough estimate, probably more), I was planning on buying an elite pack. Y'know, so people would silently "wtf" themselves whenever they see a 'Dren' kill. Its your money so do as you will which reminds me.,,, ITS MY MONEY AND I WANT IT NOW !!!!!!!!! You're welcome. DO YOU HAVE ANY KITTENING IDEA HOW LONG IT TOOK ME TO GET THAT COMMERCIAL OUT OF MY HEAD?! Also, you just lost the game.
Scheneighnay McBob Bojo's School of the Trades 1518	Posted - 2013.06.10 22:52:00 - [18] - Quote TheAmazing FlyingPig wrote: SENATOR KODOS wrote: TheAmazing FlyingPig wrote: SENATOR KODOS wrote: You spent 200 on this POS? Lol haha And I regret not one cent. It's a great game, but it needs some of the potential realized before it becomes epic. Tbh, on top of that $200 (rough estimate, probably more), I was planning on buying an elite pack. Y'know, so people would silently "wtf" themselves whenever they see a 'Dren' kill. Its your money so do as you will which reminds me.,,, ITS MY MONEY AND I WANT IT NOW !!!!!!!!! You're welcome. DO YOU HAVE ANY KITTENING IDEA HOW LONG IT TOOK ME TO GET THAT COMMERCIAL OUT OF MY HEAD?! Also, you just lost the game. DAMNIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DUST Fiend OSG Planetary Operations Covert Intervention 3597	Posted - 2013.06.10 23:04:00 - [19] - Quote Why I AFK in the MCC: I don't No one should be rewarded for not playing. If I don't play, I don't cap. I haven't capped in almost a month now, and that's fine by me; I haven't played.
TheAmazing FlyingPig Crux Special Tasks Group Gallente Federation 755	Posted - 2013.06.10 23:19:00 - [20] - Quote DUST Fiend wrote: Why I AFK in the MCC: I don't No one should be rewarded for not playing. And I wholeheartily agree with this opinion. I only use this flawed mechanic right now because I, quite seriously, CBA'ed to force myself to play right now. Until it's fixed, I'll continue to use this method to stay with the rest of the group though. Of course, the rolling SP cap would completely remedy this situation. I'm not DEMANDING THAT THIS BE PUT IN NOW AS A PAYING CUSTOMER as many of the other threads are doing. It'll come when it comes, and it'll be a glorious day when it does.

SENATOR KODOS Intara Direct Action Caldari State 130	Posted - 2013.06.10 23:28:00 - [21] - Quote TheAmazing FlyingPig wrote: SENATOR KODOS wrote: TheAmazing FlyingPig wrote: SENATOR KODOS wrote: You spent 200 on this POS? Lol haha And I regret not one cent. It's a great game, but it needs some of the potential realized before it becomes epic. Tbh, on top of that $200 (rough estimate, probably more), I was planning on buying an elite pack. Y'know, so people would silently "wtf" themselves whenever they see a 'Dren' kill. Its your money so do as you will which reminds me.,,, ITS MY MONEY AND I WANT IT NOW !!!!!!!!! You're welcome. DO YOU HAVE ANY KITTENING IDEA HOW LONG IT TOOK ME TO GET THAT COMMERCIAL OUT OF MY HEAD?! Also, you just lost the game. hahahah WOOOOOO !!!!!!
Rupture Reaperson Deadly Blue Dots RISE of LEGION 180	Posted - 2013.06.10 23:33:00 - [22] - Quote DUST Fiend wrote: Why I AFK in the MCC: I don't No one should be rewarded for not playing. If I don't play, I don't cap. I haven't capped in almost a month now, and that's fine by me; I haven't played. Well thats your perrogative and you are free to follow it, but no everyone else thinks alike, and bottom line, anyone can do whatever anyone wants with its character as soon it spawns, havind said that, the consecuenses of whatever they do should be a factor wherether being punished or rewarded.
Xocoyol Zaraoul Zumari Force Projection Caldari State 310	Posted - 2013.06.10 23:44:00 - [23] - Quote So you are going to AFK to rack up SP and ISK for more AFKing, instead of playing the game and earning even more SP and isk (Only nincompoops lose money) so you can enjoy the next round playing... So why bother playing if you AFK for the sake of AFKing? I don't have the time nor the will to leave myself AFKing just to AFK some more, there are far more entertaining things in life and I'd rather play. But hey, to each their own, whatever floats your boat. /shrugs
TheAmazing FlyingPig Crux Special Tasks Group Gallente Federation 758	Posted - 2013.06.10 23:49:00 - [24] - Quote Xocoyol Zaraoul wrote: So you are going to AFK to rack up SP and ISK for more AFKing, instead of playing the game and earning even more SP and isk (Only nincompoops lose money) so you can enjoy the next round playing... So why bother playing if you AFK for the sake of AFKing? I don't have the time nor the will to leave myself AFKing just to AFK some more, there are far more entertaining things in life and I'd rather play. But hey, to each their own, whatever floats your boat. /shrugs I AFK so I don't fall behind all the other players in terms of SP in lieu of a rollover system. If you read my post, I underlined the main point of AFK'ing, being that this game punishes you for not playing by permanently putting you behind a ton of other people. I continue to do this, even though I burnt myself out, because I know better stuff is coming in the future, and I don't want to be left so far behind when it comes that I won't be able to enjoy it. Again, a rollover SP system would (almost) completely alleviate this problem, both the AFK MCC'ing and the problem of "if you don't play now, you'll regret it later". Hell, there were some months I'd pay for an Eve sub just to keep the queues going, even though I didn't play it.
Knightshade Belladonna WH0 G1VSA FL0CK GLOCKS 346	Posted - 2013.06.11 00:01:00 - [25] - Quote I once went afk for 3 months at start of chromo after reset.. I came back with over 3 mil sp, just sayin...
DUST Fiend OSG Planetary Operations Covert Intervention 3600	Posted - 2013.06.11 00:28:00 - [26] - Quote Rupture Reaperson wrote: DUST Fiend wrote: Why I AFK in the MCC: I don't No one should be rewarded for not playing. If I don't play, I don't cap. I haven't capped in almost a month now, and that's fine by me; I haven't played. Well thats your perrogative and you are free to follow it, but no everyone else thinks alike, and bottom line, anyone can do whatever anyone wants with its character as soon it spawns, havind said that, the consecuenses of whatever they do should be a factor wherether being punished or rewarded. IMO of course. You're completely right. CCP just needs to make the game interesting enough so that way they can make proper mechanics that support actually playing the game, since people will be more interested in the game that they're playing than the number that's slowly rising :/
FatalFlaw V1 ISK Faucet Industries 88	Posted - 2013.06.11 00:53:00 - [27] - Quote You MCC afk'rs are going to ruin it for the hard working MCC snipers... Honestly I can't blame anyone for getting bored with this game. Im still fairly bored with it myself and only started playing again while waiting for my respec to happen. What I have to ask though, is why do you feel like you need to keep playing and accumulating every possible skill point? I barely even played since release and I have over 5 mil from passives and no active boosters. It seems once you hit 10 mil you should have multiple loadouts with max skills. Why not just buy the passive boosters and avoid wasting time and a slot on your team?
Buster Friently Rosen Association 653	Posted - 2013.06.11 00:59:00 - [28] - Quote TheAmazing FlyingPig wrote: I'm just some random nub blah blah blah from an airbore swine. There's only one reason to AFK. That reason is, is that you're a selfish douche who thinks you're more important than the other 15 members of your team that you are screwing over. If the game is boring, don't play. This game already gives you passive SP. How big a douche do you actually have to be in order to still AFK? None of your justification is meaningful because it's all about you. You, you you. In the meantime, you are part of the problem by helping ruin the game for people that actually do want to play. Please leave.
Cosgar The Unholy Legion Of DarkStar DARKSTAR ARMY 1296	Posted - 2013.06.11 01:26:00 - [29] - Quote DUST Fiend wrote: Why I AFK in the MCC: I don't No one should be rewarded for not playing. If I don't play, I don't cap. I haven't capped in almost a month now, and that's fine by me; I haven't played. Isn't Derpship piloting in the same ballpark as AFKing? It's not like you're gaining WP or anything...
mollerz Minja Scouts 375	Posted - 2013.06.11 02:16:00 - [30] - Quote Buster Friently wrote: TheAmazing FlyingPig wrote: I'm just some random nub blah blah blah from an airbore swine. There's only one reason to AFK. That reason is, is that you're a selfish douche who thinks you're more important than the other 15 members of your team that you are screwing over. If the game is boring, don't play. This game already gives you passive SP. How big a douche do you actually have to be in order to still AFK? None of your justification is meaningful because it's all about you. You, you you. In the meantime, you are part of the problem by helping ruin the game for people that actually do want to play. Please leave. There's some irony here, bitter man. because everyone should do what you you you want, amirite?



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