herrshaun

Wicked Nasty Engineer
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The only problem I really seem to have playing on Skial is how quickly the auto-AFK kicks in. Countless times I have gotten up for a second to use the bathroom and came back to find that my AFK bot has charged headfirst into the enemy team and gotten me killed several times. It has gotten to the point where I have to consider whether to leave the server and risk not gaining re-entry every time I need to use the bathroom, which is insane. I understand why the auto-AFK is a thing, but the interval is just way too short.

I suggest that we increase the initial interval to something like 10 minutes, which will give people who have been playing for at least an hour a chance to relieve themselves without having to think about what their bot AI is going to do. I further suggest that if the same player goes AFK again within a certain timeframe, there are diminishing returns on the amount of time before the auto-AFK kicks in again. This way, people who have been playing for a while can take a break, while people who are just trying to abuse the system are subjected to a shorter wait.
 
Since my previous post was not received very well, let me now specify that this would be very useful on neverending maps like the 24/7 2fort and Turbine.

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The only problem I really seem to have playing on Skial is how quickly the auto-AFK kicks in. Countless times I have gotten up for a second to use the bathroom and came back to find that my AFK bot has charged headfirst into the enemy team and gotten me killed several times. It has gotten to the point where I have to consider whether to leave the server and risk not gaining re-entry every time I need to use the bathroom, which is insane. I understand why the auto-AFK is a thing, but the interval is just way too short.

I suggest that we increase the initial interval to something like 10 minutes, which will give people who have been playing for at least an hour a chance to relieve themselves without having to think about what their bot AI is going to do. I further suggest that if the same player goes AFK again within a certain timeframe, there are diminishing returns on the amount of time before the auto-AFK kicks in again. This way, people who have been playing for a while can take a break, while people who are just trying to abuse the system are subjected to a shorter wait.
 
Ten minutes ? Never ending or not, that's huge, even more so if you're talking about a full server and active players are queuing to play while you've been AFK taking their spot

Just leave and take your break, then queue again and check the option to join when there's room. It sounds like you just want to keep your spot in the leaderboard, which is pretty vain
 
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