When I have time away from real life I like to spend that time playing Dust. Its still fun for me. But it's not fun when I play with AFKers like you. Get a life.

Not down with Internet slang, what's a AFK

Away from keyboard.

Really though Cheeseburger is 100% correct. AFK players ruin the experience for people who are actually playing a game. Instead of creating solutions to the "pub matches aren't fun issue" you are making them worse for everyone. If I could team kill you when you were AFK I would, with a vengence.

I'm making this thread in the hope that it shows CCP / Anti-AFK'ers the multitude of reasons behind AFK'ing. Please do not view it as people trying to justify or explain themselves. If you AFK, you AFK. I do it, and I know there's others that do it too. This thread is not to "CALL OUT AFKERS FOR RUINING THE GAME", just to show everyone why it is that we do what we do.

Post why you AFK in this thread. I'll start off with my own reasons.

The game has gotten stale and punishes you for not playing.

If you don't like it, why do you care about SP then?

I do like it. This is a great game, with tons of potential. That potential is what makes me want to hoard SP for when the new content comes out. MAV's, racial suits, jets, Eve / Dust integration... There's tons of places that this game is going to improve on that I won't be able to enjoy if I don't collect SP.

So why not play the game then?

Because, in its current state, it's boring. Pub matches are endless cycles of pubstomps and FW is a glorified pub match. PC is a bit better, but still uses the same maps and game modes. I guess you could say I burnt myself out, however if I leave, I miss out on tons of SP that I could've gained for extremely little effort, which brings us back to point one.

TL;DR - Post why you AFK. I do it because I see that the game will improve, but the SP system is too punishing for me to leave until it happens.

EDIT: I should also add that this is not a gripe thread. Please make your own threads for those topics. I'm only looking to put on display why people AFK for everyone to see.

I will keep a list of reasons here. I will bold / underline ones that appear frequently.

REASONS POSTED:

SP system doesn't reward you for effort, and rewards too much for no effort.
Grinding removes part of the fun aspect of the game.
Matchmaking.
Joining games that have almost ended.
Joining games with multiple AFK'ers.
Prolonged sessions become progressively boring.

I think you guys should get a girlfriend, a job, or a life, so that you learn to value your time and the time of others who actually try to play this game those that develope this game and get some fun out of the little time we can spare playing and relaxing after fullfilling our daily duties.

I dont mind you social outcast afking, thinking your ******** action is spoiling someone elses game, or thinking you can blackmail CCP with your sensless actions.

But publicly showing off your silliness by trying to justify your actions on these forums hits a new record low on self-pityness that you wont even find on a chimpanzee.

Believe it or not, there are people having **** load of fun playing dust, with or without you wannabe mercs afking, it only changes the odds of winning for those that play. And what a glory it is when you win against all odds.

No go in peace and HTFU ;)

Couldn't AFKers tell you to HTFU too. See what happens when you use that stupid little phrase to try and support your viewpoint against players who don't agree with you

Technically, I don't "AFK" in that I sit in the MCC for the whole match, but I will call in one of my dropships and practice flying and landing for a whole match and not contribute to the team. Gotta practice somehow. :/