Author Topic: Afk timer (Read 1327 times)

acfireguy26 · « **on:** November 03, 2007, 09:31:40 AM »

Saw this suggestion in another thread and and thought it was an excellent suggestion. Put a time limit on afk ppl. If there is no activety for 10-15or20 min boot them from arena. This will help with eny and max amount of ppl in arena. If no input fom joystick or keyboard they get booted. So no more ppl waiting in twr running up eny and filling arena with dead weight.

Spikes · « **Reply #1 on:** November 03, 2007, 09:47:10 AM »

I'd love it to happen...30 mins of no input and they get booted to the lobby.

thndregg · « **Reply #2 on:** November 03, 2007, 10:06:10 AM »

I'm even guilty of long AFK stints. Last night was a good example as I had company banging on the door as I was playing. (grrr...

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I'm for a time limit until boot.

acfireguy26 · « **Reply #3 on:** November 12, 2007, 02:15:14 PM »

I realllly would like this implemented.

whiteman · « **Reply #4 on:** November 12, 2007, 03:39:51 PM »

love this idea, 15 min's and bye.

If i walk by the computer and my brother is sitting in the tower I log him.

waystin2 · « **Reply #5 on:** November 12, 2007, 03:40:51 PM »

In order to render judgement on this one (yes I am guilty), I would like to know if AFK'ers in the tower have an effect on ENY. What is the facts on this? Where's Lusche when you need him?

1Boner · « **Reply #6 on:** November 12, 2007, 04:12:25 PM »

I like the idea alot!

But will it affect guys who are using auto pilot or auto climb?

I am in auto climb sometimes for 1/2 hour to get buffs to alt.

Is the game getting any input from my stick or board that would prevent me from getting booted?

Curiously yours,

Boner

whiteman · « **Reply #7 on:** November 12, 2007, 04:24:09 PM »

I would think guys in flight would be excluded, then the problem is up a jeep and hide some where.

1Boner · « **Reply #8 on:** November 12, 2007, 04:33:34 PM »

Or guys would pick a plane, then just sit in the hanger.

Great Idea but probably not as easy to solve as we would think.

Latrobe · « **Reply #9 on:** November 12, 2007, 05:57:57 PM »

Gonna throw my 0.02 in.

I would love to have the afk boot added. Last night rooks were getting hammered bad and I did a quick look at "Country Status" and noticed half the rooks were sitting in tower and we were starting to have eny problems. Checked back with it few minutes later and it was still the same, half rooks in tower and eny rising. If we had the afk booter then those rooks would have gone bye bye and our eny would have gone down.

For the problem with side-switchers when the war is about to be won we could have this. Say when one country starts getting close to winning (90% or more of their bases, 20% of each enemy) then no one can switch to that country, they'll just get a message saying "War soon to be won by that country. You may not switch now" or something like that.

Probly some flaws in that idea that I can't think of now, but I don't see anyone else coming up with ideas

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E25280 · « **Reply #10 on:** November 12, 2007, 07:01:02 PM »

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Originally posted by waystin2
In order to render judgement on this one (yes I am guilty), I would like to know if AFK'ers in the tower have an effect on ENY. What is the facts on this? Where's Lusche when you need him?

ENY is calculated based off of total number of players, not players in flight.

This prevents a side from getting around ENY restrictions by having 30 players sit in a tower and launch all at once via a mission of low ENY planes.

raider73 · « **Reply #11 on:** November 12, 2007, 07:26:56 PM »

well i think the boot thing is good but complicated because you need to make it so if your not doing anyhtign u get booted how about if your in a fighter for more then15 mins not fighting u get booted unless moving around in air and does not apply for Tanks and Bombers:aok

falcon23 · « **Reply #12 on:** November 12, 2007, 08:53:21 PM »

A really great idea..And to answer the question again,it ONLY applys to those in the tower,and not in air..(out of the tower)..

I would also like to say that a safety net after the allotted time,however long it is,could cause a reminder to come up on screen and one would have to click it,something that says,,unless clicked you will be booted,something like that,and be delayed for like 15 seconds to possibly being a one min warning...????NO click,DAS BOOT"

Kevin

Ghosth · « **Reply #13 on:** November 13, 2007, 07:21:46 AM »

If you have it apply to only people in the tower. People will just park planes in hanger at back fields and do the same thing.

I don't think you'll ever see HT coad this one, simply because you'd have a bunch of upset customers after they get booted.

I don't know what the right answer is. But when HT figures it out he'll let us know.

Tiger · « **Reply #14 on:** November 13, 2007, 09:49:01 AM »

This would have been most helpful last night. 40 tower queens sittign around while ENY skyrocketed