http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=3773279814&sid=1

This is just plain insulting. Calling reducing the number of reports a "fix" is ridiculous. It just shows how little Blizzard understands about the BGs. If they think that reducing the number of reports will change anything in the BGs, they have never played a single one.

It's this type of "fix" that is not just a waste of time, but insulting to those of us who want AFK free BGs. It shows the lack of understanding the developers have for BGs.

Stop using bandaids on a sucking chest wound and do something about the problem. Enough with us making us do your job for you and not giving us the tools we need to do it right.

/agree

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Q u o t e:
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=3773279814&sid=1

This is just plain insulting. Calling reducing the number of reports a "fix" is ridiculous. It just shows how little Blizzard understands about the BGs. If they think that reducing the number of reports will change anything in the BGs, they have never played a single one.

It's this type of "fix" that is not just a waste of time, but insulting to those of us who want AFK free BGs. It shows the lack of understanding the developers have for BGs.

Stop using bandaids on a sucking chest wound and do something about the problem. Enough with us making us do your job for you and not giving us the tools we need to do it right.

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So making it easier to stop people from leeching off your honor isn't good enough? Thats like finding out how to make a cake with half the ingredients, but you are still complaining about having to go to the store and buy stuff

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So making it easier to stop people from leeching off your honor isn't good enough? Thats like finding out how to make a cake with half the ingredients, but you are still complaining about having to go to the store and buy stuff

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You have a sucking chest wound. I give you a bandaid and say, "There, that should do it. I'll be back in a few months to see how you're doing"

Are you happy with me?

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You have a sucking chest wound. I give you a bandaid and say, "There, that should do it. I'll be back in a few months to see how you're doing"

Are you happy with me?

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Worst analogy ever.

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You have a sucking chest wound. I give you a bandaid and say, "There, that should do it. I'll be back in a few months to see how you're doing"

Are you happy with me?

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Bandaid is better than nothing, even if it doesn't completely fix the problem

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Bandaid is better than nothing, even if it doesn't completely fix the problem

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Except that now Blizzard gets to sit back and say, "Look, we fixed the AFK problem for you."

It's just like the GMs in AV. Ever report a botter? They tell you to report them AFK. It's Blizzard's way of covering their ass. They get to say that the problem is fixed except that it isn't.

This makes it worse because now they can say they're doing something about the problem even though the problem is not being solved.

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Q u o t e:
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=3773279814&sid=1

This is just plain insulting. Calling reducing the number of reports a "fix" is ridiculous. It just shows how little Blizzard understands about the BGs. If they think that reducing the number of reports will change anything in the BGs, they have never played a single one.

It's this type of "fix" that is not just a waste of time, but insulting to those of us who want AFK free BGs. It shows the lack of understanding the developers have for BGs.

Stop using bandaids on a sucking chest wound and do something about the problem. Enough with us making us do your job for you and not giving us the tools we need to do it right.

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It's an improvement over what it was.

A vast improvement.

Be grateful, and politely ask for more.

Or be quiet.

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Explain to me how blizzard can stop someone from Afking?

Every option they have i can exploit to get the honor i need, not saying i afk because generally i don't but short of having a GM sitting in the BG they can't do anything that i can't get around

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Which is what I've figured out and why I support hiring GMs to monitor BGs for AFKers. It's the only real solution.

Being realistic and whining NEVER go together.

It's like bratwurst and cherry pie.

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It's an improvement over what it was.

A vast improvement.

Be grateful, and politely ask for more.

Or be quiet.

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I agree with the alt.

That's a rarity, and thank you.

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It's an improvement over what it was.

A vast improvement.

Be grateful, and politely ask for more.

Or be quiet.

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That's my point, this is not an improvement. Remember this?

"What they learned from AV: Map differences are cool but they put balance into question (Alliance bridge is an example). Players can be AFK, and Honor is given away for just being there. And while NPCs are cool, they're also quirky. We're making a lot of corrections, more on that in a bit. AFK "is going to be fixed." Applause from the crowd."
http://www.wowinsider.com/2007/08/04/liveblog-world-of-warcraft-pvp-panel-at-blizzcon/


That's from Blizzcon. They thought the reporting mechanism would solve AFKing in AVs. My question is this: is AFKing worse or better than it was 6 months ago? I say it's worse. Now we have people AFKing in all BGs and blatantly doing it in AV.

But the Blzzard developers actually thought their solution would fix AFKers. It didn't. That was 6 months ago and the problem has only gotten worse. This "solution" will only put off another fix another 6 months. In that time, AFKing will not get any better.

As for how many GMs it would take... not as many as you think. They don't need to be in every BG all the time. Hire a team of them to sweep through and hand out account bans. A few weeks of that and people will start playing again.

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Q u o t e:
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=3773279814&sid=1

This is just plain insulting. Calling reducing the number of reports a "fix" is ridiculous. It just shows how little Blizzard understands about the BGs. If they think that reducing the number of reports will change anything in the BGs, they have never played a single one.

It's this type of "fix" that is not just a waste of time, but insulting to those of us who want AFK free BGs. It shows the lack of understanding the developers have for BGs.

Stop using bandaids on a sucking chest wound and do something about the problem. Enough with us making us do your job for you and not giving us the tools we need to do it right.

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Not once in that entire statement did you give a reason as to why it's insulting, nor did you give a way they could fix it that would please your grubby needs.

You may as well have just typed "Blizzard, you suck." to save people's time.

it ain't much. it has been slow in coming. blizz needs to do more.

they need to police their BGs instead of putting the onus on their paying customers

and they need to ban the leeches; outright and forever

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it ain't much. it has been slow in coming. blizz needs to do more.

they need to police their BGs instead of putting the onus on their paying customers

and they need to ban the leeches; outright and forever

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This.