What about reporting AFK players in Battlegrounds?

Xarc

I play Battlegrounds quite a bit, but I admit that sometimes I decide to stop playing the round.

This can be due to several reasons:

- The match is too unbalanced (3v4, or a really significant imbalance)
- My teammates aren't playing the objective and I die alone on a flag in a 1v3... so there's no point in continuing
- In the case of a completely unbalanced game and a round that's already lost, if you're playing for the rankings, getting killed can give free medals to your opponents. So I decide to stall or, if possible, jump off a cliff or into a pool of predatory fish.

I know this is frowned upon, but the game allows it.
I often get told, "I'm going to report you!"
The problem with that? There's no rule against being AFK.


What do you think? Is the system good as it is, or should it be changed?

Vulkunne

Back when I was playing BGs regularly, we had a few people once in a while who went AFK. There was one who did this (notably) and only when I was grouped with him, like if he were on another Team, another match then he'd play but not otherwise. Also, just for fun, on the couple days when he would show up whatever team I was on consistently won against him too.

I understand what you're saying but it really can be taken as something really offensive and wasting everyone's time. I'm not saying you intended that, I'm just saying there was nothing worse than being grouped with someone who didn't care. Now that we've had this conversation, I do thank you for bringing this up because it reminds me about something else.

Anyways, yeah, they need to address the issue with Team's being able to quit and re-draw if need be.

Weesacs

You're correct, nothing happens when you report AFK players.

That aside, the issue can be solved within the current format of BGs by applying two easy fixes ...

1) Automatically teleport players onto the field from spawn point after 10 seconds

2) Automatically respawn dead players after 10 seconds.

This way, the game finishes quickly if its unbalanced and everyone can move on with thier gaming.

If you"re sitting in spawn just wasting time and all your team mates are dead then you're just a troll ... in this instance, expect to get some verbals thrown at you.

ShutUpitsRed

Can't stand wall-standers. You can vote-kick people out of dungeons for any reason, so why not BGs?

MyGTX

hello j**g14

Iriidius

Weesacs wrote: »

You're correct, nothing happens when you report AFK players.

That aside, the issue can be solved within the current format of BGs by applying two easy fixes ...

1) Automatically teleport players onto the field from spawn point after 10 seconds

2) Automatically respawn dead players after 10 seconds.

This way, the game finishes quickly if its unbalanced and everyone can move on with thier gaming.

If you"re sitting in spawn just wasting time and all your team mates are dead then you're just a troll ... in this instance, expect to get some verbals thrown at you.

So in a crazy king battleground where the winning team kills the loosers nearly instantly and avoids taking flag to avoid bg to end they can kill every player on loosing team 45 times?
Guess this will motivate them very much and not make them leave battleground.

Weesacs

Iriidius wrote: »

Weesacs wrote: »

You're correct, nothing happens when you report AFK players.

That aside, the issue can be solved within the current format of BGs by applying two easy fixes ...

1) Automatically teleport players onto the field from spawn point after 10 seconds

2) Automatically respawn dead players after 10 seconds.

This way, the game finishes quickly if its unbalanced and everyone can move on with thier gaming.

If you"re sitting in spawn just wasting time and all your team mates are dead then you're just a troll ... in this instance, expect to get some verbals thrown at you.

So in a crazy king battleground where the winning team kills the loosers nearly instantly and avoids taking flag to avoid bg to end they can kill every player on loosing team 45 times?
Guess this will motivate them very much and not make them leave battleground.

That scenario would then highlight the unbalance issue that the game suffers from. Maybe if that happened and enough people complained then they would fix the issue.

Or as you mentioned, people could just leave the battleground. That happens just now anyway, so nothing changed.

manukartofanu

These are obvious issues that were discussed right after the release of BG. I won’t look for all the threads, just as an example:
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/667942/zos-please-get-actual-top-pvpers-for-pvp-development

Xarc

I suggested in another thread 2months ago, to give players the opportunity to vote to forfeit as a group
This can solve the problem when the game is corrupted (2vs4, 3v4, or a really significant imbalance).

Rather than wasting everyone's time or seeing players like me who prefer to AFK or commit INGAME su*c*de rather than get chain-killed in 1vs4...

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/683541/battleground-add-the-ability-to-forfeit-as-a-group#latest