Guild Wars 2

I would like to know what the official stance on afk’s leaching and ruining other players games! Hope their pc’s melt!!

1. Tell the afkers that losing a match with less than 100points will give you -3 pts on leaderboard. (Not sure if it is still the case now though)

2. Watch them do their best again. Lol

Not all are smart enough to catch on though. Still better than wasting your breath raging at these sore losers.

Since it’s obviously just another test season, why aren’t Anet turning on Dishonor in full effect?

Drop kick AFKers out of a match soon as possible, strip them of rewards and give them dishonor tag – if a player is AFK the entire minute before match start, auto kick and put in a replacement ready and willing to put in an effort.

Add a specialised option to Player Reporting, as you had in GW1.

Leeching
Reporting a teammate for leeching gives that player 2 dishonor points. If at least half of your team reports this player, a further penalty will be applied preventing any faction or XP gain in this match. If, however, a third or less of your team reports this player, you will also be given 2 dishonor points for issuing an unsupported report. Players with 10 or more dishonor points are temporarily prohibited from participating in PvP.
WARNING: Abuse of the report feature may lead to your account being banned

Even had measures to ensure that false reports got reversely penalised; so you mostly ensure that only AFKers get reported and not those that has someone raging at them over something else.

Maybe if Anet actually try to balance certain classes would lead to more players actually participating? WHy bother going against 3 turrent engies or D/D ele, or playing necro/mesmer/ranger against teams with 3 thieves?

Anets offical stance on leeching/afking and ruining matches.

“22.While participating in Plaver-vs-Player (PvP) gameplay, you will not participate in any form of match manipulation. Match manipulation is defined as any action taken to fix or manipulate the outcome of a match or alter or manipulate the rankings or ratings of the ladder. This also includes disrupting other people’s game experience by not actively participating in matches in good faith, a.k.a leeching.”

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/legal/guild-wars-2-rules-of-conduct/

Use the ingame reporting tool and report as a bot. A GM will be summoned and taken action as needed.

Good luck!

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