The Plague of players that AFK

[ASharpPencil]

WG... you need to start do somting with that.

Every game there is 1 of them.

 

Do we need to start link images over here and shame members so you start deal with that???

 

 

[xXx_Blogis_xXx]

did 4 games at morning , get 3 afk,,

[principat121]

The more afk, the more EXP for you!

 

You should be glad and grateful for those afk players!

[The_Tyke]

I have to say I rarely see them myself.

 

Is this a high tier problem?

 

I stay low/mid tier, I see plenty that take an eternity to connect, but in an average day of playing might see just a single afk'er

[Jethro_Grey]

I have to say I rarely see them myself.

 

Is this a high tier problem?

 

I stay low/mid tier, I see plenty that take an eternity to connect, but in an average day of playing might see just a single afk'er

 

I see them rarely myself and it usually isn't a big deal, considering 1/3 of the team are potatoes anyway and die at the first sight of an enemy ship.

 

And not everyone is afk by choice, as connection issues are still a thing.

Wanted to get my fwotd with my Yamato, started a game...and loaded for an eternity.

Than i got the message that i will be transfered to another server once the battle my ship is not participating is over.

And what game it was, first win of the day and no damage done and no xp gained and i'm pretty sure i got reported for being afk.

 

So yeah, carefull with those "afk players are a plague" threads, not everyone of them doers it deliberatly.

[Robert_Parsons]

Yep not everyone is AFK cause they have gone to sleep at the keyboard. For some strange reason my first game of the day always takes a long time to load up. I personally dont report AFK at the start of a game as because of the huge number of reasons why someone might not be as quick of the mark at the start than others. If they are AFK for the whole game then maybe worth reporting.

[RenamedUser_92906789]

Ive had couple of games lately that got stuck on loading screen (whole division). I had to kill the process and restart the game.

[MeTaLMooSe]

I don't see many.

When I do its hilarious to see all your fellow consorts absolutely forget the game objective and start whacking the free pinata!!

[EdiJo]

Yep not everyone is AFK cause they have gone to sleep at the keyboard. For some strange reason my first game of the day always takes a long time to load up. I personally dont report AFK at the start of a game as because of the huge number of reasons why someone might not be as quick of the mark at the start than others. If they are AFK for the whole game then maybe worth reporting.

 

Well, I see that simply - there can be 3 possible causes:

 

1) client computer

2) network issue

3) server problem

 

Assuming that typically 10/12 players in a team load properly, we can exclude the (3).

Also, we can exclude (2) as being server's fault - most probably it is the player's network problem. Too slow, too faulty to play.

And we end with (1) which can be blamed on the client software (again, not probable when most of the team loads properly), but most probably it is either too slow hardware or generally trashed other installed software and/or OS.

 

I play on a 4-years old laptop, with cable TV network link - and I really dont think anyone should be forced to acquire a 10Gbps fiber connection and 10k$ game rig, but there is some minimum we can tolerate...

 

So, apart from rare issues when multiple users report a problem, IMO being AFK is directly the player's fault. I report AFK's as often as I can, and pity it doesn't have any effect apart from lowering their useless "karma".

[ASharpPencil]

I play 6-7 games a day, I get at least 4-5 games that 1 member did 0 exp all game.

It can be T9 BB or T 4CV

 

[Solo_Wing_Potato]

 

Well, I see that simply - there can be 3 possible causes:

 

1) client computer

2) network issue

3) server problem

 

Assuming that typically 10/12 players in a team load properly, we can exclude the (3).

Also, we can exclude (2) as being server's fault - most probably it is the player's network problem. Too slow, too faulty to play.

And we end with (1) which can be blamed on the client software (again, not probable when most of the team loads properly), but most probably it is either too slow hardware or generally trashed other installed software and/or OS.

 

I play on a 4-years old laptop, with cable TV network link - and I really dont think anyone should be forced to acquire a 10Gbps fiber connection and 10k$ game rig, but there is some minimum we can tolerate...

 

So, apart from rare issues when multiple users report a problem, IMO being AFK is directly the player's fault. I report AFK's as often as I can, and pity it doesn't have any effect apart from lowering their useless "karma".

 

Had a game in my Warspite a while back, got in game and had enough time to think 'why are my turrets not rotating' when I crashed out the game.   My internet had gone down and it took the provider a day to sort the issue.  When I could log on again I found I had been reported multiple times for an issue I had no control over whatsoever.   Ever since then I will not report someone if they are afk.......you have no way of knowing the reason why thy aren't in game.  

[_cosmo]

Yeah, mostly they are having trouble lading the game. They do eventually turn up and play. Unfortunately, it seems the ones in my team that miss the start are mostly dds. But i do confirm the first game barely loads in time for me as well. The following ones i get in game wiith 20+ seconds to spare(Game's on hdd). 

[EdiJo]

I play 6-7 games a day, I get at least 4-5 games that 1 member did 0 exp all game.

It can be T9 BB or T 4CV

 

 

I sometimes warships.today'ed such a guy, and quite often it is an account with quite many games, terrible win-rate and close-to-zero damage.

[EdiJo]

 

Had a game in my Warspite a while back, got in game and had enough time to think 'why are my turrets not rotating' when I crashed out the game.   My internet had gone down and it took the provider a day to sort the issue.  When I could log on again I found I had been reported multiple times for an issue I had no control over whatsoever.   Ever since then I will not report someone if they are afk.......you have no way of knowing the reason why thy aren't in game.  

 

I recall having a crash during loading a game maybe 2 times in last few months. I just restarted Windows, it took maybe a minute on my old laptop. Small (for the OS only - and for WoWS files of course ;) ) SSD drives have prices comparable to several packs of cigarettes now, and really there is not much excuse to join PvP with a machine which takes ~10 minutes to get back to the game, sorry.

 

If one has network problems...

1) if the problems are a norm - sorry, you first fix your network, then join multiplayer games

2) if the problem happens rarely - you recover from those few lost "reputation points" easily (pity that AFK-ing isn't penalized automatically, btw) 

[ShuggieHamster]

I've had some bad loading times recently when normally I've got 20 seconds free at the start. But they tend to be one offs and my load times go bad to normal.

I've seen as many as 3 ships sitting unmoving as the team heads out but normally they load in after a couple of minutes tops.

 

everyone has had internet breaks and slow performance days ... so I never report or shoot at afkers and advise anyone demanding reports or shooting at suspected afkers to stop. normally righteous ire vanishes when they consider a dodgy internet connection.

[EdiJo]

I've had some bad loading times recently when normally I've got 20 seconds free at the start. But they tend to be one offs and my load times go bad to normal.

I've seen as many as 3 ships sitting unmoving as the team heads out but normally they load in after a couple of minutes tops.

 

everyone has had internet breaks and slow performance days ... so I never report or shoot at afkers and advise anyone demanding reports or shooting at suspected afkers to stop. normally righteous ire vanishes when they consider a dodgy internet connection.

 

Even 20 seconds late for a DD in Domination mode usually means disadvantage for the whole team. Chaos, lack of decisions, being late at cap points. And very often I see DD inactive for 1 or 2 minutes, which usually means game over, if enemy knows what to do and doesn't have AFKs in their team too.

 

If you don't have a computer which can afford playing WoWS, you don't play (or play co-op)...

 

No, not "everyone has internet breaks". And if they happen, you simply play something else, not requiring constant internet connection.

 

[Capra76]

My suggestion: before reporting check out the players profile on WT, if they're stats are okay or better assume it's a one off outside of their control and move on, if their stats are bad then it's likely a recurring issue and a report is deserved.

[StringWitch]

(pity that AFK-ing isn't penalized automatically, btw) 

 

It is. They get 0 XP/credits (or like 100 if they're a bot and their guns shoot when someone comes near).

[EmilyFara]

I more often see BBs hiding from the enemy behind our carrier rather than being AFK. But to be fair, I hardly ever see that either.

[Chopchopchop]

My suggestion: before reporting check out the players profile on WT, if they're stats are okay or better assume it's a one off outside of their control and move on, if their stats are bad then it's likely a recurring issue and a report is deserved.

 

Using stat to judge a player?? I had a far better net work 2 months ago, and now I get disconnected a lot more and load a lots slower. Am I then should be reported and be ban?? 

[ShuggieHamster]

 

Even 20 seconds late for a DD in Domination mode usually means disadvantage for the whole team. Chaos, lack of decisions, being late at cap points. And very often I see DD inactive for 1 or 2 minutes, which usually means game over, if enemy knows what to do and doesn't have AFKs in their team too.

 

If you don't have a computer which can afford playing WoWS, you don't play (or play co-op)...

 

No, not "everyone has internet breaks". And if they happen, you simply play something else, not requiring constant internet connection.

 

 

slightly intolerant there dude ... not everyone has superfast internet in their area or even at times a stable infrastructure

hope you dont have any phone line issues in your area = you'll have to quit WOWS otherwise you'll be the worse kind of hypocrite.

[albinbino]

Never report AFK players, it is not thier fault, happens to everyone. Especially if you see AFK players that have flags on thier ships, you can know that they also are angry for thier flags being wasted in battle if something stopped them to play.

[thisheep]

To my mind I dont give a damn about the AFK guy life. It is not my fault if his baby is crying or if his mommy is calling for dinner. He is not in game and most of the time it will be an issue for both teams. I hate AFK even more than TK simply because I see far more of these players who do not care of the game. A teamkiller is, most of the time, a troll or a guy who wants to annoy people. 

 

The AFK are disrespectful people , they will answer you "I have a life and you dont", "I have IRL priorities". When I start a game I make sure that I have the time to end it and this is respect for the other players. 

 

Yes sometime you need to AFK, yes sometime an AFK in my team means more damages for me but I will report anyway. Any people who tryhard a little the ranked will understand my point I think. 

[Capra76]

 

Using stat to judge a player?? I had a far better net work 2 months ago, and now I get disconnected a lot more and load a lots slower. Am I then should be reported and be ban?? 

 

AFAIK the reports do nothing and will not result in a ban, but if a player is trying to connect to a game knowing there's a high chance he'll be disconnected then he is putting his team at a substantial disadvantage and the other players have every right to be aggrieved.

[olmedreca]

First game of the day does load significantly longer, probably some stuff that logically should have been loaded on initial startup only gets loaded then joining first match. I usually just don't play CV on first match due that, as those early seconds feel most important on that class.