CAPTAIN'S BLOG

Well, it's about time!, btw where do they mention this? also hope the mechanic is not as simple as a timer for AFK since I've been in STF where the AFK is actually active, just not doing anything to help the mission, some even go cloak and park to take photos!!! last time I lured a cube to the AFKer and at least he/she opted to fire at it instead of going cloak

I was soured on PvP after my first experience with it. Of my five man team, only two of us were doing anything. The other three were just sitting where they initially came in and doing nothing. Needless to say it was a massive victory for our opponents, a KDF team, all of whom were attacking us five-on-two and ignoring our so called "teammates." It was many months before I did another PvP and I still don't do them very often.

I would have loved for those three idiots in my first mission to have been penalized for their total lack of effort to help their team.

Like all other forms of exploits, the people that really want to do nothing will figure out a way to exploit it.

Personally I think it would be better if the GMs had taken a more active role in this, as many people have reported AFKers to no avail.

An automated inflexible system probably isn't the answer but it's better than nothing.

This is going to hit me hard in some cases. 2 hour penalty! I have this problem where I get hit by lag about half way through the group mission, and it prevents me from helping. Of course to other people it's going to look like I'm AFK since I can't move.

I hope they keep it that if you hit at least once you get rewards, cause that's all I seem to be able to do sometimes.

This is stupid! There are times you need to pop out of the room for a few seconds and yet they penalize you. It is a joke!

I blame that on lag I get a penalty when the screen loads so slow that my team members are already halfway though the game and when the load screen gets finnished it lags

What the...??!?

I've been bashing my spacebar to the brink of extinction in a fleet action just now, and yet i still got a 2 hour AFK- penalty. 2 Hours??!? There goes my evening of play... :(
I hate AFK-ers and leechers just as much as the next captain and it's good that something is being done, however, this option that Cryptic chose doesn't work.
Fortunatly, there is a fierce competition in F2P MMO's

this afk system is so stupid i went away from enemy's to heal and then the mission failed and i got a random 2 hour pentley WHAT THE FUCK

I was in an advanced mission. I was following the team and fighting and halfway through the mission I got the AFK notice and was the. Given a timer countdown and the mission ended. How is an all determined?
Why was I penalized when I was participating in the mission.

This 'solution' is retarded. It is not specific enough.

Just now I was a full 3 seconds slow to start a team-mission, simply helped out the rest of the mission, ended it, and still received the 2 hour penalty.

This does not work. It needs serious tweaking.

I entered a PvE and the dialog box about the mission would not go away, I could not move and just sat at the spawn point not being able to exit and was given a 2 hour AFK FOR A BUG IN THE GAME, They should atleast ask people what happened so they could let them know

The AFK Penalty has a severe bug which needs to be reviewed with the latest update. I did not even know of this until a week ago. I have played this game for over 5 years. I have only had it happen with one of my seven characters. I find it arbitrary and insulting to be considered AFK especially when in general I have exploded and am waiting to respawn.

I have been AFK 2hr banned at least twice now. I was involved with all fights. I think there is a serious bug/iusse with the AFK programming. Please look into this. Sucks when you go play a multiplayer game and then get banned for 2hr, just for playing it.

Last AFK ban was Federation Fleet Alert. If that helps at all. PvE

Got slapped with an AFK ban for... what I can only assume is 'not dealing sufficient damage'. Started a PvE match and was flying around, shooting at things, but one guy must've been way over powered because everything was crumbling at his whim like he was blowing over a house of cards. I didn't die, I wasn't terribly laggy, and I had no other issues except that I was lucky to get maybe two or three shots in on -anything- before everything was obliterated in this one guy's wake.

In short, OP guy comes in, wrecks shop, and I get hit with an AFK ban?! WHAT THE CRAP???????

Just got penaltized because the higher lvls killed everything before I could get to... thanks...

Well good... I thought I was wrong. I do the same thing, in a light escort and between a bit of lag and lots of overpowered allies I get a two hour ban. Frustrating,

I just got hit with the AFK ban because due to a shitty server, my ship kept rubber-banding and I couldn't deal that much damage nor control my ship very well.

The 2-hour AFK ban is starting to annoy me. I'm using a Science vessel and my Bridge Officer Skills are all geared towards support/repair. I follow my teammates around healing those who need it while having my weapons set to fire auto on whoever they are fighting. I've already been AFK banned several times! o_O

It's ridiculous how a determinant for "active participation" is damage output. They SERIOUSLY needto tweak their AFK penalty code.

Yeah I just got AFK banned despite the fact that I was obviously making inputs, doing damage, and flying all over the dang map.

I dont like this because i was actually playing and fighting and i still got AFK penalty WHEN I WAS NEVER AFK AND I WAS MOVING AROUND AND DESTROYING ENIMES im so mad right now

This is bull. I was playing "crystalline cataclysm". I wasn't AFK. The mission took like 2 minutes. It's a special event on xbox so it was laggy as hell. So I was staying 9.5km from the structure. I'm in an advanced lobby with a t5 ship loaded with antiproton beams and consoles. But I get no prize and a 2hr BAN? ARE YOU F'N KIDDING ME? I WASN'T AFK!!!!! DID SOME LOSER REPORT ME???? 2 HRS???? F OFF!! Perhaps at 9.5km I might have hit alternative targets off primary. But I was not AFK and I am angry as hell. Mission lasted 2 minutes. How do I challenge this?

Hey, if STO wanna play %$*%^(*k, whaddya think about simply disputing the charges to pay for the Zen and subscription, citing failure by STO to fulfill their responsibilities?

I just got a two hour ban (AFK) even though I destroyed enemies and helped out and was only placed in for two minutes. It's an extremely dodgy system that kind of needs to be pushed through with a Law Suit,or some form of punishment towards the DEVS for allowing it.

Time for this crap to be reported as a bug in the game if people are AFK unfairly. To get an AFK after killing the boss of a level, plus playing it as it should be by mission requirments is annoying and certainly the result of faulty programming. All unfair AFK should be reported as an in game bug.

I got the penalty just now because I experienced lag while joining CCA and the other players killed the entity before I zoned in.

I would tend to agree. I got an AFK for Azure Nebula. I had a stealth cruiser with an EPIC XV stealth module and cloaking device. Personally freed 9 ships and got an AFK? For playing the mission wisely? Doo Doo!