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Got hit w/the AFK n MU event for closing rifts and powering the station?
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i Have 7 alts doing this event just today i got hit by the AFK 4x. Doing it on my alts who dont have uber gear and dont kill things n few hits and if i get into a fight pretty much doing that one fight for rest of the 10m or i just flat out die. So to be more helpful to the team i close rifts and power the station up and attack the last boss. now i was told you have to do x amount of dmg to get credit well thats BS due to me helping in other ways like closing rifts when other ppl are attacking the mobs as well power the station up not sitting there like a bump on a log.
Now i have had few alts who sat at a dish just powering and closing rifts with in range and not moving until the station is up to 5 and go around closing rifts let other ppl tick off mobs and i close rifts and move on.
Just erks me that i have to go around and doing x dmg to get credit and TRIBBLE on everything else cuz it just there for S&G's. today wasted over an hr of doing something and not getting anything cuz i rather help my team out then just blow TRIBBLE up and worry about nothing else.
I had a team that just blew things up by looking at them had a rift i closed at 12'clock by the time i got to the station they had the boss dead and he was at 6'clock.
They need to change it from got to do TRIBBLE amount of Dmg to also include oh he shut down rifts and/or power up the station because as of now gonna TRIBBLE on everything in MU event just go pew pew so i wont get hit by the damn AFK.
Also dont know if this is a factor but most of my teams had nothing to do n avg of 3m some was at 5 some was at 1 but at 3-5m seen people as well me just stop flying until time ran out dont know if AFK will hit you for that.
Now i have had few alts who sat at a dish just powering and closing rifts with in range and not moving until the station is up to 5 and go around closing rifts let other ppl tick off mobs and i close rifts and move on.
Just erks me that i have to go around and doing x dmg to get credit and TRIBBLE on everything else cuz it just there for S&G's. today wasted over an hr of doing something and not getting anything cuz i rather help my team out then just blow TRIBBLE up and worry about nothing else.
I had a team that just blew things up by looking at them had a rift i closed at 12'clock by the time i got to the station they had the boss dead and he was at 6'clock.
They need to change it from got to do TRIBBLE amount of Dmg to also include oh he shut down rifts and/or power up the station because as of now gonna TRIBBLE on everything in MU event just go pew pew so i wont get hit by the damn AFK.
Also dont know if this is a factor but most of my teams had nothing to do n avg of 3m some was at 5 some was at 1 but at 3-5m seen people as well me just stop flying until time ran out dont know if AFK will hit you for that.
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it was bad enough when some people were AFK at the starting point
some others kept coming on and flying into the safe area and not doing anything
They make a wondrous mess of things. Brave amateurs, they do their part.
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They just get less sober.
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They just get less sober.
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What setting are you doing this on? If you're doing this on Normal, I'm a little suspicious of your metrics as I would think even with MK I gear and not using any BOFF powers, you could still survive three or four ships and kill them in less than 10 minutes.
Which means you're doing these maps on Advanced or Elite.
And if that's the case, why are you taking your admittedly undergeared alts into Advanced and/or Elite maps?
Is it just for the Terran Gravimetric Inducers, there's better ways to obtain those.
I recommend you just do the missions on Normal, and then your undergeared alts can fight, avoid the penalty, and still close rifts and the like.
Good luck!
http://www.arcgames.com/en/forums/startrekonline#/discussion/1221687/afk-in-mirror-event-while-completing-objectives/p1?new=1
Feel free to chime in.
Another question is, are AFK'ers still being awarded the rewards??
+1. I have seen lower geared players tried to do both, closing rifts and fighting the adds, and died multiple times. I respect and enjoy playing with these "lower geared players." As soon as I was done with my closing rift and killing the adds at one corner, I rushed to help them fighting the adds and closing the rift. If they continued to get shot by the adds, I use threatening stance 3 and attract fire command (engineer).
But why I suggest the AA console for you, OP, is because the Terran ships will beat themselves up attacking the AA. This is damage credited to you, since they count as your pets, and you don't need to shoot or even stick around. I think this might solve your problem, if used cleverly.
And in this case warn your DPS heavy min maxes at the start to please let someone else have time to get a few whacks in before they obliterate mob groups. lol ease off myself on the 2 toons/ships able to do that.
This is super odd considering the actual stated mission objectives. hmmm
I ran the MIA event last night closing rifts, moving, controlling foes with scramble sensors, and healing myself, and not firing a shot until the boss fight (which I usually do), but was not hit with an AFK penalty. Sorry to hear you were hit, perhaps it was because you were not moving. In fact, there was a person in the MIA who flew away from the fight to a far corner of the map and parked in one spot for the match, only to fight the boss-no closing rifts or powering up stations. I hope they got hit.
If damage is being used as the only marker to determine participation then that is a mistake as the path of least resistance for some in MIA is not to fight a losing increasing DPS battle, but to close rifts.
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Sorry I disagree. It might be wonderful if you have an über kitted out T6 ship, but think for a moment on those players who have the last free ship. In my sons case a Cruiser. He does not have Ultra rare shields weapons, turns are measured in light centuries! He at least participated, was busy right through the game, and then told "Thanks your efforts were not good enough!"
So this time, he did not do what he was good at, powering the relays to save the station, but got zapped a few times.
Really is being destroyed considered participation? I think a global look should be in order.
There is no perfect system, there will always be slackers, and people that try.
Don't lump those that try, with not great kit with those that have the kit, but don't try.
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I have an alt that is using gear similar to what u describe (nothing über), but it's never tried to only do the non-combat portions of the map. In my mind only closing rifts and powering satellites when it's safe to do so is not participating.