Guild Wars 2

I have noticed there is now a 10 second log-out timer in WvW.

Although this has resulted in at least one kill for me on land, I found that people logging out underwater still get away with it. At the same time, the ‘graphic’ of the player keeps swimming but his hit-position remains fixed, so it’s tough to keep firing on the player. Added to the fact that there is no underwater downed-stomp mechanism, anyone underwater is pretty much free to ALT+F4 as normal with no penalty.

10s is a good start, but if the player is in combat, why is it only 10 seconds? This still rewards ALT+F4 players who log out, but they just have to do it sooner than later. Adding to the down-state time it takes to kill someone, really people just have to ALT+F4 at half health rather than later.

If someone is in combat, the logout timer needs to be much higher to prevent any use of ALT+F4 to escape from combat.

IMO the underwater downed state needs a fix. It takes far too much time to fully kill a player underwater vs. on land. You should be able to finish underwater.

Can someone explain to me the mindset of a person who would log out to avoid paying 1s in repair fees?

With the bots and hackers in the game and your worried about a log out timer??? Let the devs concentrate on important issues. They can field the petty stuff later