AFK farming is becoming a problem in PvP

[Avery]

i've been coming across quite a few people online AFK farming to rack up easy wins, and it's really hampered every single game i was in.
in case you don't know what i'm talking about: players are queuing up for matches, then going AFK, sitting in their spawn the entire game. the reason they do this is to try and rack up wins while they're AFK, to unlock cosmetics, veterancy level, etc. they are unlocking cosmetics and leveling up without having to lift a finger besides queuing up.

the reason this works is because there is no anti-AFK (one of the most BASIC features of multiplayer games...) there is no votekick system, and there isn't even a report system. so there's absolutely 0 chance of facing any kind of issue when AFK farming pvp in this game. it's incredibly annoying to be down 1 or more team members when your team size only consists of SIX people, and you can't even report them or votekick or have anti-afk kick in.

has anyone else come across people sitting in spawn the entire game or most of the game? you'll notice an AFK farmer by them sitting at spawn usually with 0 kills, 0 assists, and multiple deaths (from spawncampers) for most of the game. we at the very least need some basic anti-afk measures. (preferably something that can't be bypassed with the most rudimentary auto-clicker) i've even played ROBLOX games with better anti-afk measures, for ♥♥♥♥'s sake.
https://imgur.com/a/afk-farming-example-sm2-pvp-6MO4Qne

[Tellz]

+ need a system of reports and kicks

[-GK- Paladin]

We don't need a kick system, just anti afk would do fine. Vote kick is wide open to being abused and is another whole can of worms. Devs have said private lobbies are coming. So in the end this will be the best solution outside of anti afk. Edit: I forgot people will just use a macro to afk farm or even just a weight on key. So maybe a report system too.

[Bedlam]

Just report their profile on steam, tell them what's goin' on and in what game, and hope for the best outcome. It's hit or miss, they might issue a warning or do nothing. That's all we've got for now, until the devs FINISH the PvP mode.

[Infrasound]

how do they win 5v6?

[Avery]

Originally posted by -GK- Paladin:

We don't need a kick system, just anti afk would do fine. Vote kick is wide open to being abused and is another whole can of worms. Devs have said private lobbies are coming. So in the end this will be the best solution outside of anti afk. Edit: I forgot people will just use a macro to afk farm or even just a weight on key. So maybe a report system too.

a votekick system could definitely be abused yeah. the main thing that ticks me off about this whole situation is that there's NOTHING we can do about AFK farming right now. the lack of even having a votekick for this just feels like salt in the wound. i think the lack of reporting is the most frustrating part, because that's usually one of the most basic features when dealing with in-game exploits.
i think the best way to deal with this would be an anti-afk that kicks someone for being gone for, maybe a minute. hopefully the anti-afk they implement will not just keep track of player actions, but will also track movement. so that way it'd be a little bit more difficult to get around the anti-afk system.

[Avery]

Originally posted by Bedlam:

Just report their profile on steam, tell them what's goin' on and in what game, and hope for the best outcome. It's hit or miss, they might issue a warning or do nothing. That's all we've got for now, until the devs FINISH the PvP mode.

i want dreadnought assault from sm1... i got like 130 hours in sm1 pvp and all of it was in seize ground because i could never find a server running any other gamemode... and now in the sequel we don't even have any of the cool gamemodes from sm1... i wanna play dreadnought assault!!

[Avery]

Originally posted by Infrasound:

how do they win 5v6?

it is much harder to rack up wins in a 5v6, yes. however, this hardly affects the person AFK farming. since they're AFK, they put it no work or effort, and could literally be doing anything else or not even be at their computer while they AFK farm this game. even if they win 1 out of 6 games they farmed in, it could still be worth it for people who AFK farm. the main appeal is that you can rack up a couple of wins with absolutely no effort.

[DeathShade]

Vote kicking, a timer system of non-action or non-scoring to remove players would be good.

[Avery]

Originally posted by DeathShade:

Vote kicking, a timer system of non-action or non-scoring to remove players would be good.

yeah it'd be especially great if we got a more sophisticated anti-AFK. something that tracks actions a bit more intelligently, so it's harder to bypass with a simple autoclicker or macro.

[DeathShade]

Also temporary Banning would be great and if they continue to be a little cretins it should eventually evolve to a permanent ban.

[DeathShade]

Originally posted by lumen:

Originally posted by DeathShade:

Vote kicking, a timer system of non-action or non-scoring to remove players would be good.

yeah it'd be especially great if we got a more sophisticated anti-AFK. something that tracks actions a bit more intelligently, so it's harder to bypass with a simple autoclicker or macro.

Indeed a very much needed thing but with vote kicking it should help keep most of the trash out.