Better AFK kick idea

[SooperDoop]

The 15 minute timer is nice but lets face it, this will only take care of newbie afk'ers. Smart people will put a weight on one of their movement keys or put a rubber band around the left joystick to circumvent the AFK kick.

Instead, put a 15 minute Ship/Lobby timer in place. If you do not start a mission within 15 minutes your ship will be targeted by ground forces, ultimately blowing up you and your ship. Doing this will force users to actively participate in democracy or die as the cowards they are hiding in their ship.

[Nick Walker II]

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[Koostec]

This is an awful idea

[Chroniver]

Lol no.

Those people who want to cheat the system will find a way to start and cancel missions then, while legit users who are just taking their time inspecting stratagems and options will get punished.

Lets all actively participate in democracy and just log out when we're done while the devs handle the server loads.

It will stabilize eventually anyhow.

[SooperDoop]

Originally posted by Chroniver:

Lol no.

Those people who want to cheat the system will find a way to start and cancel missions then, while legit users who are just taking their time inspecting stratagems and options will get punished.

Lets all actively participate in democracy and just log out when we're done while the devs handle the server loads.

It will stabilize eventually anyhow.

I dont understand how it could take longer than 10 minutes to prepare for a mission. If a player is reading below a 3rd grade level, possibly.

Starting and canceling a mission would not reset the timer as you are still on your ship.

[Captain Pothead]

Idea: Fix game.

[UNN Fleet Admiral O'Reilly]

Better AFK idea below:

If you don't kill a bug under 1 minute you should be kicked from the game.

Is that simple!

For Democracy,
From Your SUPER SUPER Citizen

[Chroniver]

I've been in a lot of missions where the host decided to go to the toilet or make a cup of tea or whatever.

Obviously most people leave the match then, but blowing them up for it is ridiculous.

Sorry man, it's a bad idea. Especially because servers will stabilize as the player count finds a balance. Then we're stuck with a mechanic to blow up ships afterwards :p

[Elvi]

Originally posted by HonestGameRant:

Originally posted by Chroniver:

Lol no.

Those people who want to cheat the system will find a way to start and cancel missions then, while legit users who are just taking their time inspecting stratagems and options will get punished.

Lets all actively participate in democracy and just log out when we're done while the devs handle the server loads.

It will stabilize eventually anyhow.

I dont understand how it could take longer than 10 minutes to prepare for a mission. If a player is reading below a 3rd grade level, possibly.

Starting and canceling a mission would not reset the timer as you are still on your ship.

People can do whatever they want to do in the game, much to your dismay I suppose, as long as they are actually doing something activelly.

15 min timer is good enough, if nothing else, it gets rid of the quite a few people who just forgot they still have the game running and I doubt many people will actually go to macros or rubberband, ther is really no need for penalties and rushing people, this is not a world destroying problem.

[Plagues]

I mean this AFK timer isn't going to change anything. These kinds of no activity for 15 minute timers are so easy to get around. People have been doing it since the '90s. It should be a 15 minute timer of not interacting with anything. Any ♥♥♥♥ menus starting missions firing a gun anything.

[Eudicots]

Originally posted by HonestGameRant:

I dont understand how it could take longer than 10 minutes to prepare for a mission. If a player is reading below a 3rd grade level, possibly.

Sure if you aren't playing with friends. Some people actually take time to strategies or explain things to new players. Players also mess around with the mini-game on the ship either for fun or to practice stratagems. Why should people get punished for using one of the game's features?

[SooperDoop]

Originally posted by Chroniver:

I've been in a lot of missions where the host decided to go to the toilet or make a cup of tea or whatever.

Obviously most people leave the match then, but blowing them up for it is ridiculous.

Sorry man, it's a bad idea. Especially because servers will stabilize as the player count finds a balance. Then we're stuck with a mechanic to blow up ships afterwards :p

It would just be a cutscene of sorts and a kick to the menu. A player wont lose anything over it except their connection to the server. AFK is AFK no matter what you are doing.

[Dr. Phoenix]

Originally posted by Takafuro Nokoko:

Better AFK idea below:

If you don't kill a bug under 1 minute you should be kicked from the game.

Is that simple!

For Democracy,
From Your SUPER SUPER Citizen

Thats even worse idea after another.

Better idea is to get rid of afk timer and increase the server cap to a few million so everyone can get on.
Then we wont have a problem with this in the first place

[Jonathan J. O'Neill]

Originally posted by Dr. Phoenix:

Originally posted by Takafuro Nokoko:

Better AFK idea below:

If you don't kill a bug under 1 minute you should be kicked from the game.

Is that simple!

For Democracy,
From Your SUPER SUPER Citizen

Thats even worse idea after another.

Better idea is to get rid of afk timer and increase the server cap to a few million so everyone can get on.
Then we wont have a problem with this in the first place

It's not a server issue. It's a netcode issue. That's not a simple solution and will take time to fix. Meanwhile, a time limit on how long you can stay on your ship is effective and simple.

[Zerx44]

I think the 15 min is a bit shorts cant take a break with out having to rush it, could get kicked waiting for your friend to get online ect, i get whys its there but 15 mins is just to short

[Jonathan J. O'Neill]

Originally posted by Zerx44:

I think the 15 min is a bit shorts cant take a break with out having to rush it, could get kicked waiting for your friend to get online ect, i get whys its there but 15 mins is just to short

If you're there, waiting for a friend, you're at the computer and can keep the AFK timer from triggering.