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Thread: Do you think the new found afk-abiliy of combat professions will affect us?
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Ylis
Wed Aug 31, 2005 2:10 am
#1
AFKing combat is very unpopular with combatants, or so it would seem by all the threads I have seen petitioning it. Since there is now a much larger player base against afk in their particular professions, do you think this is the first step towards addressing this issue for all professions?
Discuss
Discuss
Electro
Wed Aug 31, 2005 9:11 am
#2
It isn't new found *shrug* It's been going on for a long time. To wit: afk loot campers in the Akuan caves... AFK Jedi Grinders... AFK meatlump campers... etc. A LONG TIME. More than a year that I have been aware of anyway.
I don't think this will impact the entertainer situation at all. Had the developers wanted to eliminate AFK they would have done so by now.
I don't think this will impact the entertainer situation at all. Had the developers wanted to eliminate AFK they would have done so by now.
Doriana
Wed Aug 31, 2005 3:13 pm
#3
At this point I would settle for AFK giving no benefit / mechanics to other players.
I don't mean "a 1% bonus instead of a 2% bonus," because more and more I'm feeling like that's just a slap in the face. I mean no benefit. I could deal with that, even if I didn't like still having AFKers around.
But alas, SOE likes buffbots more than they like live players. So looks like my time here is coming to an end soon.
I don't mean "a 1% bonus instead of a 2% bonus," because more and more I'm feeling like that's just a slap in the face. I mean no benefit. I could deal with that, even if I didn't like still having AFKers around.
But alas, SOE likes buffbots more than they like live players. So looks like my time here is coming to an end soon.
Message Edited by Doriana on 08-31-2005 06:14 PM
Chessack
Thu Sep 01, 2005 12:00 am
#4
Nope. SOE will not ever end AFKing. There is a simple reason.
They made huge chunks of the game a boring grind, to make it take longer and force you to pay them more money. As a result, the game is basically too boring to play, for many people. They are willing to keep paying because they can advance without the boring game play (why they would want to is an open question, but people tend not to think rationally about these things). If SOE gets rid of AFKing, everyone who is bored but willing to keep paying so they can get a Jedi, will quit.
SOE cannot afford to take AFKing out of the game now. I still wish they would get rid of it, but I know they can't. They've built too much of their account volume on allowing it.
C
They made huge chunks of the game a boring grind, to make it take longer and force you to pay them more money. As a result, the game is basically too boring to play, for many people. They are willing to keep paying because they can advance without the boring game play (why they would want to is an open question, but people tend not to think rationally about these things). If SOE gets rid of AFKing, everyone who is bored but willing to keep paying so they can get a Jedi, will quit.
SOE cannot afford to take AFKing out of the game now. I still wish they would get rid of it, but I know they can't. They've built too much of their account volume on allowing it.
C
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