AV Anti-AFK is defense discriminating

#0 - Aug. 9, 2007, 3:20 a.m.

Q u o t e:
"A new feature for reporting players as being AFK in battlegrounds by right clicking has been added. When enough reports are registered, a 30 second debuff will begin to count down. Once the timer is up a new debuff will appear that will prevent the player from gaining any honor while it is on. This debuff can be negated as soon as the player engages in combat. "

-Source, WoW EU

Which I also interpret as, the people who stop the odd 1-2 player strikes on towers and GY's are no longer capable of earning the honor they deserve. Players that defend the towers and whatnot are contributing to a bonus 20 honor per tower or GY.

However these new anti-afk measures mean if it takes the opposing player a couple mins to run back to your defending point, you are in danger of losing honor due to "That guy" that just reports anyone he sees not on the frontlines.

Personally I enjoy staying defense and stopping the attacks on GY's and towers. I now fear that I will lose mid-game honor points because people 'think' I'm AFK, or not benefitting the game.

Nethaera

#7 - Aug. 9, 2007, 5:28 p.m.

Q u o t e:

-Source, WoW EU

Which I also interpret as, the people who stop the odd 1-2 player strikes on towers and GY's are no longer capable of earning the honor they deserve. Players that defend the towers and whatnot are contributing to a bonus 20 honor per tower or GY.

However these new anti-afk measures mean if it takes the opposing player a couple mins to run back to your defending point, you are in danger of losing honor due to "That guy" that just reports anyone he sees not on the frontlines.

Personally I enjoy staying defense and stopping the attacks on GY's and towers. I now fear that I will lose mid-game honor points because people 'think' I'm AFK, or not benefitting the game.

Engage in any kind of combat (healing, attacking a mob, etc) and you no longer have the debuff. It seems rather unlikely that people are going to be reporting others for defending the tower either. Remember, you need to be reported enough to get the 30 second debuff, then after the 30 seconds counts down and you haven't engaged yet, THEN and only then will you not gain honor with another debuff. That said, engaging in combat gets rid of the debuff immediately.