The AFK Police

[Bionic_Flea]

Or give each door a longer cool down after anyone clicks.  I'm not sure what the magic number should be, but if each door took a few minutes to recharge, that would encourage folks to "work the block" and not just a single hotel.

[Skyhawke]

Last time one of my characters "worked the block", the PPD got involved. Learned there are certain things a Hero ID doesn't cover you for...

[Bob]

11 hours ago, Troo said:

 

Whatever. I'm bored with this.

😕

[Bob]

2 hours ago, Bionic_Flea said:

Or give each door a longer cool down after anyone clicks.  I'm not sure what the magic number should be, but if each door took a few minutes to recharge, that would encourage folks to "work the block" and not just a single hotel.

Then the event itself would just be fairly garbage is the thing.  I am not sure the solution is to cater to people who are too lazy or selfish to participate in hopes that they 'might' stop being lazy and/or selfish.   The only realistic solution we have is that the leader of a group removes blatant leechers.  Most choose not to, because the selfish people bark the loudest.

 

I still opt for shaming these people in game if that is how they want to play things though... kind of what kept servers functioning in the 2000s in mmorpgs.  Act a fool, be labeled a fool.  Works that way in all aspects of life.

[Bionic_Flea]

1 hour ago, Bob said:

The only realistic solution we have is that the leader of a group removes blatant leechers.  Most choose not to, because the selfish people bark the loudest.

 

That is not a solution at all.  Whether in the league or out, AFK Masterminds will continue to get stuff if their pets are attacking and getting attacked.

 

1 hour ago, Bob said:

Then the event itself would just be fairly garbage is the thing. 

 

Is the event clicking the same 15 doors (or however many the PI Hotel has) ad infinitum for a month?

 

1 hour ago, Bob said:

I still opt for shaming these people in game if that is how they want to play things though

 

You are free to do so, but you can't shame the shameless.  I don't think they give a hoot about what you or any other player thinks.

[Krimson]

4 hours ago, Bionic_Flea said:

Or give each door a longer cool down after anyone clicks.  I'm not sure what the magic number should be, but if each door took a few minutes to recharge, that would encourage folks to "work the block" and not just a single hotel.

It's the one building that is the root of the issue. Changing door timers would affect the entire event, whereas replacing the motel with a building that has four doors would have a more powerful impact. The essence of Trick or Treating is to go from door to door, not camp in one spot. So my solution is to remove the one camping spot and make players use their movement keys for a change.

[Bob]

4 hours ago, Bionic_Flea said:

 

That is not a solution at all.  Whether in the league or out, AFK Masterminds will continue to get stuff if their pets are attacking and getting attacked.

 

 

Is the event clicking the same 15 doors (or however many the PI Hotel has) ad infinitum for a month?

 

 

You are free to do so, but you can't shame the shameless.  I don't think they give a hoot about what you or any other player thinks.

I don't think the AFK masterminds are the biggest issue though, and if the devs ever find out the 5 masterminds hogging PI 1 on certain servers all belong to a single IP, then they will ban those accounts.  Other than that, the overall problem as I see it, is that most people in general are not participating in the 'farm' and simply are sitting against the wishes of everyone else.

 

I don't like the event.  I think it is terrible.  First time for me doing it, and people hyped halloween up to be some big thing in this game, but now I just assume it were the afkers saying that crap, because all that has happened is that group content has slowed down tremendously for everything else.  I would be fine if it ended today.  With that said, I'd want the option to speed up the reward gains by clicking more doors as I would do, not be forced to wait around a lot more time in hopes that maybe lazy people will stop being selfish.

 

Get their chat handle, blast it, and if those moronic rules did not exist here or on discord, we should post it.  Has little to do with them feeling the shame, but rather feel the consequence of them simply being known as someone not to group with.  Not a perfect solution, as no solution is, but it is an option.  Instead, the moment it is brought up in most ToT teams, people get annoyed at the idea of 'calling others out'.  Also worth saying that even those with no sense of shame, can still get bogged down mentally by that crap, as they should. 

 

 

Anyway, my only real point originally was that changing the event to be even more passive would just make it even less rewarding for everyone else who is actively playing.

3 hours ago, Krimson said:

It's the one building that is the root of the issue. Changing door timers would affect the entire event, whereas replacing the motel with a building that has four doors would have a more powerful impact. The essence of Trick or Treating is to go from door to door, not camp in one spot. So my solution is to remove the one camping spot and make players use their movement keys for a change.

Such areas do exist, like in KW there is a spot that is arguably 'better', but is widened and requires movement.  The reason people wont join those groups in mass is because the tagging becomes a serious problem in a league.  In a single team, its no problem, everyone sticks together, but that simply wont be the case.  So for this "farm" to work properly for a league to exist, it needs to be condensed.  

 

With that said, I personally think having it be a raid based thing is dumb anyway.  It simply devalues all other forms of content for XP/influence gains (excluding specialized farms or market play) for the entire month it is active.  

[Ravenplume]

6 hours ago, Skyhawke said:

Last time one of my characters "worked the block", the PPD got involved. Learned there are certain things a Hero ID doesn't cover you for...

 

Exchange it for a Rogue i.d.  You can freely work the blocks there...or perhaps hit the big time with Ms. Jones's team at the Giza.  :)