AFK Penalty | Forums

[SansTheSpecter]

I don't know if a thread about this already exists and I'm not going to go sifting through 720 pages to look for one just so I can add my 2 cents. With that out of the way, the AFK penalty is a problem. I (about 16 mins ago) just had my mouse die. I found a spot to hide, went towards the drawer in the house that contains batteries, searched for some for about 30 seconds, found some and came back, but as I came back I saw the matchmaking penalty notification. It penalized me for being AFK and going to get batteries so I could resume playing. The process of all of this took 2 minutes at the ABSOLUTE maximum (this is being very generous because I think and feel like I was only gone for a minute), and I get a 15 minute matchmaking penalty over it. Ubisoft continues to lose respect over dumb stuff like this and will continue to lose mine if things like this persist.

[DFQN1]

And the moral of the story:
Only play with a wired mouse.

[UbiInsulin]

While I understand the matchmaking ban was frustrating, this game has a problem with AFK players until the AFK penalty was put in place.

And it's probably worth mentioning that running out of power in your mouse is a fairly rare circumstance. This shouldn't impact you too often going forward.

[guest-4xn53EA8]

While I understand the matchmaking ban was frustrating, this game has a problem with AFK players until the AFK penalty was put in place.

And it's probably worth mentioning that running out of power in your mouse is a fairly rare circumstance. This shouldn't impact you too often going forward.

Bs. There are other ways of dealing with afk farmers, but you decided to implement the worst.

[DFQN1]

Bs. There are other ways of dealing with afk farmers, but you decided to implement the worst.

Which ways?

[illya_02]

If you think your battery is going to die,back out of the match in the first 30 seconds,you won't receive a MM penalty.That said,it's not fair to your team to have you AFK for more than a minute because your mouse died.A bot can do better.One minute is more than enough to turn the game by capturing points.