I think it's safe to say that OOO's system is a tad strict, but they had to do it. Put the blame on AFK players, they brought this on themselves and, unfortunately, you. If people didn't mass AFK, then OOO wouldn't have to lay down the law, we would be able to do things like run down to the delivery guy real quick. And I eat blueberries to "maximize my game".

And for three rings, you might wanna reconsider this system. It is better than nothing, and I havent been considered AFK by the system, but allot of people who claim they arent seem to be.

Think like this;
There are 10 terrorists in the city.
You make a terrorist catching system.
It catches 20 people, and there are no more terrorists in the city.
Therefore; it had 100% accuracy, becuase it caught all of terrorists, or at least stopped them, but it's really only 50% accurate, becuase it got 10 other people.

So yes, the system is unreliable dispite catching all the AFK players (to my knowlage), but in the end we wouldn't have to put up with this if there werent any AFK players. Or terrorists.

"On topic, it IS actually OOOs fault for the AFKers. They shouldn't have made gear that was only obtainable through playing a game that not all of us find enjoyable."
I'm certianly dissapointed that they implimented this game. But it's people like you who scare me, you see. Becuase you think it's ok to break an obvious rule just becuase you "don't like" something. And that's what terrorists do, they don't like people, so they blow them up. Or in your case; you don't blow them up. In PVP at least, AFKing is just wrong, and people like you do it anyway becuase you act like your getting back at the man or something. The OP at least wasn't deliberately AFK farming, he's just an innocent bystander who got laced in with you guys cause he had to go pick up a package.

Just saying,

http://myfacewhen.com/14/

If you don't like PVP you can buy the proceeds (Mod Calibrators, recipes, etc) from the people who enjoy PVPing at the Auction House, right?

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@Skaiwalka

heheheya, ^5
Unfortunately, there's a lot of that on these forums. The first time I posted, BOOM flamed. It was about the CE economy, from my perspective of a noob. I got a lot of trolly, chany responses, and I vowed to quit....which I didn't. The problem was that the game I was ACTUALLY waiting for still wasn't out. I had to game, however, so I just stopped posting.

After I had built 3 5* sets and numerous 4*s that I lost interest in, I figured I was not a noob anymore and came back. Lo and behold, the SAME posts were coming through, and the same nasty responses to them.

the same posts. Over and over. From the first month of the game's alpha to now. Says something, doesn't it?

We're also going to hear the same posts about AFK in perpetuity, and the same rabid detractors, lashing out because of minor irritations to their personal gaming style, and not thinking of a wider audience.

I have to say....it's sort of funny. You know who's doing all the pro-OOO attacks on these boards? Players who earn their CE through online game economies, like buying low/selling high, crafting, etc. Not putting a dime IRL into the game. Why? Most of them aren't old enough to handle finances. They're old enough to dismember an economy online with unethical financial practices...but they're not old enough to pay the bills of the devs.

And...guess who the devs have been listening to? Me, and AFKer who's spent $100+ on CE? Or the 15yo on Steam who LOLOLOLOLOL LRN2PLAY when someone complains about the CE price jacking?

you're thinking of the BN audience, not the SK audience. The Bomb Network is not Spiral Knights AT. ALL. Yet, it's being backed and supported by the staff and players like you.

How it's not Spiral Knights:

No advantages from wearing your best armors and weapons. SK has no XP system, just gear. BN negates gear by it's nature.
Nothing besides bombs that do not exist in the rest of the game. No swords or guns...
No necessary mist or CE to play.
The mechanics of gameplay don't strictly follow either game, which is why so many are complaining about pathing and lag.
Good players can play it all day long, winning the entry fee for their next runs. After they get their prized bomber masks that do nothing in-game, they can play and play and play while not even spending mist.

You can play it all day long without supporting the larger SK economy AT ALL.

It's a parasite.

BN is the cancer that is killing SK. AND it happened in the summer too. lulz were had!

You're not saying you LIKE cancer, are you LeQuack?

See, I can use associative fallacies for slander too, Mr. "AFKers are akin to terrorists! WAIT I DIDN''T ACTUALLY SAY THAT! YOU'RE PUTTING WORDS IN MY MOUTH!"

WELL, Mr. "I'm backpedaling on my defense of BN", The only thing that AFKing was breaking, rule-wise, was POSSIBLY the spirit of the game. I say POSSIBLY because there's a lot of people like me who actually don't like playing games we don't like, but we want to access items that we've been able to kill mobs and bosses for previously. These are the first recipes that playing SK won't help achieve at all, unless you're willing to pay the high cost of unbound weaponry...which is something I would rather build.

What else isn't in the spirit of the game?

Selling elite weapons in the AH.
Anchoring.
Level jumping via guilds or friends.
Not killing bosses.
Alts for crafting.
Sell Mod Calibrators.

Why do I say these are against the spirit of the game? It's profiteering with less effort, or manipulating the communication system for profit, or selling a product to people who didn't earn it.

The thing is, the AH was made for selling items and weapons...the 3* binding patch hurt it, then Punch showed up and does it for huge amount of CE. Anchoring techniques are talked about on the forums and chatted about in open chat. There's a "join" function in the interaction menu. The Paid Players function exists. Mod Calibrators aren't bind. All these things that are in the spirit of profit and not hard work and grind are not in the spirit of the game, and you won't find stuff like this ignored or supported in other systems this readily.

AFKing fits in the same group of activities, and the other activities are not punished. Therefore..they're in the spirit of the game, I guess.

As far as the actual topic goes... You can stand around for AT LEAST 5 minutes before your character "goes to sleep".
You have AT LEAST another 5 minutes before you get disconnected for inactivity.

Now, it could actually be longer than that. But I know that I've been away from my game for a good 10 minutes, and I was still logged in.
This was last night.

So, there's no problems with "fast disconnects".

I do notice it's less time to disconnect due to idleness, in clockworks and in haven. I understand that OOO doesn't want people chilling on servers and taking up resources when they're gone for hours, but it does seem a little too short right now. Most of the other online games I've played give at least a half hour leeway. Seems a good amount of time in case of phone/visitor/food/bathroom/cat on fire situations.

At the very least, I don't think another five minutes is unreasonable.

Heres what i do... take 8 heavy coins and put it on your W key, it works to prevent getting DC, if you are not at crossroads you should not be doing this however