AFK macroers blocking Recall locations ...
Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 5:56 pm
50% rant/ 50 % whine/ 50% proposal:
I don't need to be suddenly set-upon by 3 PKers only to find out that my escape Recall Rune location is being blocked by someone who is afk macroing Hiding in town ...
Short solution: I reMark all my escape Runes to some location that will almost never be susceptible to such activity.
However, I really don't think I should have to do this: if the player weren't afk, I could meet the character and request he/she clear my location; the player either agrees or disagrees, and life proceeds consequently. The fact that the player is afk renders this solution impossible.
The point is accountability: the macroing player's actions are affecting the play environment of other players, yet the offending player is unavailable to participate in any form of resolution.
It seems to me that this must warrant a kick: afk-macro all you want, but if any of your characters' behaviours interferes with other players, in any fashion, and you have chosen to be unavailable for resolution by being afk, you get kicked, period; next time, choose your afk-spot with a little more consideration/sense.
Is this unfair? Absolutely not: the "offending" player is the one who has chosen both to afk-macro, and has chosen the location for doing so.
When such an occurrence is accidental, it isn't that much of a big deal, even if it results in "catastrophe"; yet I think many people can easily apprehend how such behaviour can be used with deliberate malice. Ordinarily, such deliberate griefing offers either no redress at all, or redress only after a generating an absolutely humongous "headache" for all parties, including staff ...
My proposal eliminates these possibilities altogether.
Just to present everything in its proper context: no existing shard rules are being broken in the scenario I have described; it doesn't happen (to me) very often, and has yet to coincide with any "PK-escape" attempt (so, it hasn't gotten me PKed); I have no complaint with the actions/behaviours of staff.
I merely think that shard rules should be revised in the following fashion: whenever afk-macroing causes any inter-player dispute, afk gets kicked; no penalties, or "warnings", inflicted against the afk-player (they should recieve an explanation, however).
SS
I don't need to be suddenly set-upon by 3 PKers only to find out that my escape Recall Rune location is being blocked by someone who is afk macroing Hiding in town ...
Short solution: I reMark all my escape Runes to some location that will almost never be susceptible to such activity.
However, I really don't think I should have to do this: if the player weren't afk, I could meet the character and request he/she clear my location; the player either agrees or disagrees, and life proceeds consequently. The fact that the player is afk renders this solution impossible.
The point is accountability: the macroing player's actions are affecting the play environment of other players, yet the offending player is unavailable to participate in any form of resolution.
It seems to me that this must warrant a kick: afk-macro all you want, but if any of your characters' behaviours interferes with other players, in any fashion, and you have chosen to be unavailable for resolution by being afk, you get kicked, period; next time, choose your afk-spot with a little more consideration/sense.
Is this unfair? Absolutely not: the "offending" player is the one who has chosen both to afk-macro, and has chosen the location for doing so.
When such an occurrence is accidental, it isn't that much of a big deal, even if it results in "catastrophe"; yet I think many people can easily apprehend how such behaviour can be used with deliberate malice. Ordinarily, such deliberate griefing offers either no redress at all, or redress only after a generating an absolutely humongous "headache" for all parties, including staff ...
My proposal eliminates these possibilities altogether.
Just to present everything in its proper context: no existing shard rules are being broken in the scenario I have described; it doesn't happen (to me) very often, and has yet to coincide with any "PK-escape" attempt (so, it hasn't gotten me PKed); I have no complaint with the actions/behaviours of staff.
I merely think that shard rules should be revised in the following fashion: whenever afk-macroing causes any inter-player dispute, afk gets kicked; no penalties, or "warnings", inflicted against the afk-player (they should recieve an explanation, however).
SS