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My NDA as a privateer allows me to do this, but work in progress disclaimers regardless. One of the silliest losses ive had in a long time. 2k base xp on loss and actively fighting on the third flag at end (having got the other two). Please note the plane kills as well as the ship kills :) Wp other team anyway :)

The reason is almost certainly this: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/552990/view/6368678185299597546 "We’re giving away 5 USD in Steam Wallet credit to new and inexperienced players who manage to gain only one in-game achievement! To secure your 5 USD credit, all you have to do is earn the Warrior achievement (win 50 Random Battles) within the event's time frame." There have been a number of Steam users trying to cheat the achievement thing :)

I just feel like we are going round in circles here. I have stated this repeatedly but seems I will have to do so again - in the problem game I mentioned I was not afk at any point. I was never alt-tabbed out. I was active and moving for literally the whole match. I dealt damage. I capped the enemy flag. I did not hit teammates with any ordinance. I did not leave the battle early. I was penalised as "inactive and unsporting" despite all this. Really dont see how I can make it any clearer. Explaining how the system works (or rather should work) isnt really addressing why this new system is plainly bugged/broken in some situations (as I and others have mentioned). Edit: The response that I got from support was the same (less than helpful) copy-pasted explanation of how the new system works (or rather should work) which also conveniently ignored the fact that in the game in question I did not fulfil any of the criteria for the penalty that I received. Ive reopened the ticket so we shall see if they bother to watch the replay this time.

Sigh. So you are unwilling to believe the issue exists because you havent been a victim of it? It doesnt seem hugely prevalent but that doesnt mean people havent experienced it. Also to say "its not common so it doesnt matter" really isnt helpful. I kind of know what im talking about when I say that I was not inactive during the game in question and never minimised the game client etc for its full duration. I submitted a ticket with the replay and results screens a couple of days ago (no response as yet) but since I was playing a test ship (as mentioned above) im not allowed to post the replay publicly, not that I feel I should have to justify myself to you regardless of you labelling this as "user error". I would be happy for some WG forum staff to have a look at the replay (PM me and I will give you the ticket number) and they can publicly "out me" to explain the issue in question. Not that I did anything that would warrant an inactive penalty (as explained in detail in previous posts).

Thats nice. I have double your battle count and have never had this issue either apart from the one time mentioned above after the changes to the penalty system were implemented. During the match in question (and getting a bit tired of reiterating this) I never alt-tabbed out, was active for the whole game, dealt damage etc etc etc (see previous posts). Others seem to have had the same problem manifest in their games also while (guess what) playing the full match without interruption and never alt-tabbing out. Im glad you havent experienced this issue but not sure its particularly relevant since the issue plainly exists regardless of whether you have been a victim of it.

Yeah that may be the cause for some people but certainly not in my example (as mentioned in the posts above). I didnt alt-tab out of the game at any point and didnt crash or DC then rejoin. I was moving, dealing damage, sunk an enemy, didnt land any hits on friendlies and even capped their flag while being active for literally the whole duration of the game and get hit with this "inactive unsporting" penalty for no apparent reason when the match ended. Sounds like others have had the same as well. Once again, plainly there is something amiss if this happened.

Hi, Im not being funny but 7 pages, 150+ posts and this is the response? You arent even answering the question that the OP, myself and many others raised. This thread was NOT about crashing and re-joining, although dont get me wrong - this is also something that needs to be addressed since these things happen and if a player makes every effort to rejoin the match after a freeze/crash then it seems a bit unfair to penalise them if they manage to return after a short amount of time. This wasnt the question however. What it was about was being active for a whole game (without disconnecting etc), at no point being afk, moving throughout, dealing damage, sinking ships, capping flags and so on, and still being told you were "inactive and unsporting". I've had this happen once so far since the new "system" was introduced (as mentioned some posts above - not a spectacular game but 50k damage, moving for whole match, 1 kill and capping the enemy flag doesnt sound very inactive I hope you would agree) and plainly others have had the same issue. If this is happening then its blatantly not working as intended. Any response about the actual problem raised by the OP and many others?

This is nothing to do with what the OP was talking about, or anything to do with what others have mentioned in this thread either. The issue is being active for the whole game with no crashes/dcs while moving, dealing damage, capping objectives, sinking ships etc etc for the duration of the match and still getting this inactive unsporting conduct penalty for no apparent reason. Please lets not derail the point of the thread. But thx for flagging admin since this really needs an official response.

I had a game crash the other day and I couldnt rejoin in time for "reasons" and got a penalty for leaving the battle early (I had to manually stop the game and try and reload but not quickly enough it seems) but thats sort of fair enough - I was certainly afk in the view of my teammates and I assume the game client. However the issue I raised above (and the issues others seem to have had) is being penalised when active for the whole game while dealing damage, sinking enemy ships and capping objectives while never once tabbing out to do something else, and was still told this was unsporting conduct and given 0 xp/silver. Theres definitely something wrong if this happens. I raised a ticket with the replay of my problem game and would urge others to do the same if they get hit by this. And still no official response about this.

Just had the same issue the OP mentioned. I freely admit im not much of a sub player and am only playing the ones that are in test atm but in my last game played (t6 Brit sub, work in progress disclaimers) I landed 11 torps, dealt 50k damage, sunk one enemy, capped the enemy flag, was moving and steering for the whole game and at no point did I alt-tab out of the game. I didnt need to dive during the match so im wondering if that had something to do with it, and since I went through the middle on Hotspot I didnt have anything to attack for quite a long time - the enemy there got sunk/scared off by the rest of my team due to my spotting. I was even conscious of the "inactive" thing so I made sure I was steering throughout the whole match to avoid straight lining to the enemy flag. Have we had any official response on this yet because this is obviously not working as intended (and looking at a lot of other posts above its plainly not an isolated incident)? I genuinely have no issue with the penalty system when its warranted, but this (and the examples from other people above) obviously does not fall into that category.

Theres a fair few ships with helicopter pads already. Please dont give them ideas ;)

Would be interested to take a look tbh, but on principle I have no intention of cashing in my tokens to get the subs from the armoury early access thing. No disrespect to the people who actually enjoy playing subs (for whatever reasons) - good luck to you. Not for me though.

Couple of crazily close games the other night proving that it aint over till its over. The first as bottom tier Graf Spee I flipped the fourth cap with the other team on 970pts with about 40 seconds on the clock and we overtook their score with 2 seconds left (won on time out with 978pts). The second required more of a fight. Halfway through the game this is how things looked: Really didnt look too hopeful. Remaining Edin and myself in Oland were facing three pretty much full HP ships (the other three were 50% ish hp). With 20 seconds left things looked like this: The last torp landed and was enough to push our score just past the enemy team. Obviously full respect to the friendly Edinburgh for an epic win. Never accept defeat until its actually over :) Apologies for the wall of screenshots but seemed best way to document the match and for accidentally posting this in the "which forum members" thread originally. o7

Sorry - posted in wrong thread. Delete this pls :)

I got greedy and tried to set fire to your Riga after he had dcp'd from a double flood I set on him. Almost got away with it but seem to remember your Repu citting me through the stern while I ran for it. Our Wooster played really well and helped me get B early in the match which gave our team momentum. Congratz on top spot and gg :) o7

Many thanks for sharing this. I spread the love on other forums also (with appropriate thanks to you and the OP on NA) and the code seems to work on Asia, so many have benefited.

Had a few funny games recently but this stands out: Edit: 1662 base xp. T7-9 match. And actually triggered the Kraken ability on Yamamoto which gave me enough HP to take on the NC near end.

This problem was actually sorted a few days ago (link to the relevant Steam forum thread below) not that the OP seems to have noticed. https://steamcommunity.com/app/552990/discussions/0/3360272265741844877/ Not quite sure why the rather unwieldy poll was needed in preference to just contacting support but judging by his other posts he seems to enjoy making them.

It was in the random bundles during the French heavy cruiser early access event but no idea about availability after that.

Wont be responding to the poll since it lacks the option to say "no thankyou", and yes I appreciate that its very unlikely that subs will be removed (or moved to their own mode) but it still shouldnt be a case of put up and shut up about how a lot of the player base feel about them. By responding to the poll above people are forced to give a tacit "subs are fine" response due to the lack of any option to say otherwise in the majority of the questions. I would question the validity of a poll that effectively asks "would you like to be punched in the face or in the groin?" without the option to request not being punched at all. To summarise, nope.

Hilarious amount of medals/achievements in recent Rooke game. 2556 base xp :)

Its honestly one of my pet hates in the game since even in a DD you are spending at least 3-4 minutes sailing to the other side of the map during which time you really arent contributing anything apart from weakening the flank you spawned on. I appreciate the spawns arent completely mirrored for both teams but as with an early middle rush on Two Brothers you are almost certainly causing your team to be outnumbered somewhere. Certainly would echo the above about heading to where you will be most useful to your team if the rest are leaving flanks or pushing in a train but otherwise I would recommend sticking with the people you spawned with.

Not quite sure why people assume Aquila isnt useful against DDs. From experience of playing it a lot in test its not like striking a DD with German AP rockets which obviously dont do a lot - the sheer volume of rockets it puts out coupled with very quick prep/aiming time mean that you will likely hit if you have half a clue what you are doing and the damage is actually pretty good (although no fires ofc). The torps as mentioned above are slow but hit hard and their slowness plus decent range means you can quite easily crossdrop targets. It wont be for everyone but im not sure it deserves the tag of "worst T8" especially from people havent played it.

I confess to having far too much fun in secondary specced Giuseppe Verde - its hilarious being able to smoke cap in a BB (situationally ofc) while spraying SAP secondary fire around. I do tend to enjoy the "path less travelled" I suppose since I also enjoy a lot of ships/lines that are considered bad which is maybe my masochistic tendencies manifesting themselves :)

Respect as always @Estaca_de_Bares especially since you were playing radar Edin (the only way to play Edinburgh imho ;) Game was over too fast sadly but nice win for us :) You always seem to see me when im in Duncan (insert your own joke here). See you next time.