Guild Wars 2

we ever gonna do something about constant people going afk in spvp???

Yeah I just played a match where some guy just AFK in the starting room for what seemed like the entire match. I’d understand if you have to go to the bathroom or something for two minutes but anything longer than that is just stupid. You are hurting your team and just letting the other team zerg everyone on your team and every time I respawn I have to look at that stupid person sitting like a lame-duck in the starting area.

gwawer.9805:

Yeah I just played a match where some guy just AFK in the starting room for what seemed like the entire match. I’d understand if you have to go to the bathroom or something for two minutes but anything longer than that is just stupid. You are hurting your team and just letting the other team zerg everyone on your team and every time I respawn I have to look at that stupid person sitting like a lame-duck in the starting area.

exactly why i posted this, had 2 people sitting there afk entire event, just to have them in the next even also afk so i left for another group

Are you guys talking TPvP or hotjoin?

I think they are talking about hotjoin..
cus lets face it not many afk in TPvP 4v5 happens yeah but that was a queing time problem thats now gone with the new paid 1v1

This was a big problem in GW1 where matches involved randoms. Leechers and bots for leeching were common. If there’s a way to get glory without putting forth any real effort, there will always be people who try to take advantage of that. That being said, I don’t know if people who just stay in base get any points, so I can’t say for sure that’s what the OP was witnessing, but either way, people idle for 2 minutes should be automatically kicked from the match and replaced.

urinfamousr.7631:

we ever gonna do something about constant people going afk in spvp???

I’ve seen up to five people afk and it impacts the game and my view of the spvp in general.

I understand bio breaks that you just can’t manage to wait for but this going afk for several games in a row messes up the “balance” as well as the scores… and the laughing/scorn/ridicule from those who “win” in such games is disgusting.

anet get it together!

atheria.2837:

urinfamousr.7631:

we ever gonna do something about constant people going afk in spvp???

I’ve seen up to five people afk and it impacts the game and my view of the spvp in general.

I understand bio breaks that you just can’t manage to wait for but this going afk for several games in a row messes up the “balance” as well as the scores… and the laughing/scorn/ridicule from those who “win” in such games is disgusting.

anet get it together!

if you look at the screen shot there are only a possible 4 afk

cus the person taking the screen shot is one of the players with 0 points.. just saying..

EDIT: also 1-2 of them could of just joined that match..

I do agree tho a afk kick would be nice

going afk for a min or 2 is needed sometimes, but its always best to type “brb!” and “back!” so everyone knows
but yeah, AFKing a whole match is stupid, if you dont want to play then leave!