Guild Wars 2

I just played 5 games in ranked and in 4 of those i had a team member willingly afk.
In 2 cases the team member never left our spawn, just doing enough to not get a dc (though one had a short dc to return quickly and afk some more).

All members agreed to report them for botting but the AFKer just show up two matches later, sometimes even anouncing that they will go afk.

I’m not even talking about those guys who give up like they never learned to lose at board games as a kid. Though I wish players would just man up and play til the match is over.

I’m not a hardcore pvp player. I just want to play some matches and have fun in game. I’m not bitter, when we lose. The other team just played better.
But I’m angry, when these AFKer ruin the fun and for today I won’t be playing any more matches.

Well personally Im semi-mad at the half-baked player that just decides to go afk for whatever messed up reason but, Im more mad at Anet because they should’ve seen this coming and/ or should know about this considering that Anet employees actually play their own game.

So is the fact true that Anet just leaves PvP for long periods of time and hopes for the best?

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Reporting does nothing and it never will. AFKers don’t bother me. Hell I do it myself when we’re down an ungodly amount and there is no way to come back because people are either 1) double and triple capping uncontested points, 2) running into the zerg, and dying, repeatedly without rotating out to something uncontested, 3) not standing in circles because everyone and their mother is zerker spec and melts instantly, or 4) road fighting instead of capping when only one point is capped.

My issue is with people that come into ranked testing new builds or unfamiliar professions. Or people that queue KNOWING that their connection is bad. I had a teammate using Amtrak wifi yesterday. Suffice it to say she was lagging incredibly bad and was useless. What did she do after that match? Queued up for another. Lastly, people that queue and willingly enter a match knowing that their time is limited and they may not finish. All of these types of people are just extremely inconsiderate.

AFKers that quit trying because a match is unwinnable due to the above antics? Whatever. It’s rarely an issue when the match is competitive. It’s the above inconsiderates that get my goat.

The way to fix this is coding a matchmaking system that produces more competitive matches and gating ranked play to those that at least have a modicum of experience in spvp. Maybe something like needing 20 wins in unranked per profession to unlock ranked for that profession.