Warfare & Tactics

Just stick to high sec, nullbear.

Not WoW.

But Jesus would I have fun terrorizing the **** out of systems with an AFK Tag- This would be a silent buff to solo/small gang PvP as it would let us know exactly who is docked up and who is actually active.



Everytime I see this, I laugh uncontrollably, stick to LowSec scrublord.

Guys, think about idea, not about numbers. But some people will always play dumb and decide to throw away whole idea cause one number is not ok. Clap clap. Forget numbers, play with ideas. Look for solutions. If you want to decline idea, state reason based on more than just a model number. And at last, this thread is not about cloaky afkers. Its about AFK flag in general. Not only for tactical purpose, but also for social purpose.

You seem too attached to this so called good idea. You talk about looking for solutions, to what? If people are afk, why does it matter to you? Why are you suggesting the additional load on the server because every so often the server has to check if people are present? What social value is there? If my friend is afk, he won't respond to my chat. No need to add extra code.

Also, as pointed out, there are simple ways to make it seem like someone is present.

So really, instead of asking us to talk about ideas, give us a valid reason to have an afk flag, a valid reason tgat justifies the code time required and any extra overhead in server checks this would impose.

Also, if this is not about afk cloakers, then would your solution still be fine if having any active module negated the afk flag?

Lastly, what gives you the right to know if I am afk or not? Sure, you may argue it is a useful bit of knowledge, however what gives you the right to that knowledge? Perhaps I went off to the bathroom and don't want an afk flag indicating it was a long break? What if I do not want the war target camping me in station to know I stopped playing to watch tv. Perhaps I find it useful for them to waste their time camping me in. If they know when I'm present, I can't as easily bore them into dropping the war dec.

So really, by what right do you claim this knowledge should be available to all?

Excuse me? I just put out an idea that AFK flag could be visible. I have never said it has to be. Thats the difference betwean discussion and statement. Now I am ready to see and think about others opinons as long as they really think and add something valuable into discussion. Not just attacking people for their ideas as you do. Hawk.

So far, manualy set AFK flag for corp chat channel is a good idea. Noone had an argument with it.

there is absolutely no way EVE can tell if someone is actually AFK or not without a webcam on every monitor and someone watching each cam.
the idea is not only silly but inherently unenforcable.

in fact, it would serve to benefit to 'afk' people who are in fact not afk since their targets would assume they are not at the screen.

the only good thing you can do to this thread is lock it up .

--Edited to rephrase better--

Can you give a few examples of those games with public AFK indicators? Of course I haven't play all the games, but I can't recall any on the ones that I tried.

And on the games where afk players disconnected automatically, generally there are easy work-arounds for them.

What you are advocating is getting rid of emergent gameplay. The emergent gameplay is using an AFK cloaked character (either alt of main) in order to wage psychological warfare on the people in that system. It is a very effective tool at that. I had a friend that used to log in, go to an enemy home system and cloak up his ship (I think it was a tempest) then go off to work. When he returned he would manually scan down the belts using Dscan and inevitably catch someone ratting in a belt and blow them away. (This was before anomalies were introduced.)

Dude AFK yourself... permanently.

Also.. NO. That is all.