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Getting afk penalty after disconnect

Putting this here because I'm honestly not certain if this is a bug that should be reported, or wai (though in an annoying way).

Anyway, I just did CCA and when the snowflake was a 5%, lo and behold a wild disconnect appears, booting me to the front page. Ah well, I just log in again, no problems and appears in the pve with the snowflake gone of course. But, I have no option to chose marks and when I leave I have an afk penalty. Wtf?
Yeah, I'm pretty sure I did enough damage as I was there for all but those last 5% and habitually rank when I do them on this toon. So, what gives?
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  • salazarrazesalazarraze Member Posts: 3,794 Arc User
    It's happened to me before. It's probably happened to everyone. I would just move on as it was bad luck.
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  • ilithynilithyn Member Posts: 903 Arc User
    Yeah, I'm angry (just mildly annoyed), I was just wondering if it was a bug or that's how it's supposed to go that's all.
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  • giliongilion Member Posts: 686 Arc User
    Ya its a "bug" that has been around for a few years now and Cryptic is aware of it, but they either dont care, or just cant think of a better solution.
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  • warpangelwarpangel Member Posts: 9,427 Arc User
    This has been in forever.

    Unless the queue you're in is long enough you know you'll get back in time (=something with a timer), it's best to just wait long enough before relogging that it doesn't put you back in anymore.
  • crypticarmsmancrypticarmsman Member Posts: 4,115 Arc User
    ilithyn wrote: »
    Yeah, I'm angry (just mildly annoyed), I was just wondering if it was a bug or that's how it's supposed to go that's all.

    There's no way for the server to know if you disconnected due to a network glitch or you decided to kill the STO client on your side purposefully to get out of an STF. It's not a 'bug' per se. And if they did set a detectable condition - you can be sure someone would find a way to use and exploit it to their benefit or to grief STF groups.
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  • thunderfoot#5163 thunderfoot Member Posts: 4,545 Arc User
    It is more than mildly annoying. But until either you or Cryptic control every single piece of hardware and software between your 'puter and their server, it is going to happen at some point. I'm actually surprised I do not get an AFK penalty for disconnects more often than I do. I'd like for this to not be so or be 'fixed' at some point. But I do not have the finances or the time to correct this.
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  • gaevsmangaevsman Member Posts: 3,190 Arc User
    Happened to me a few times, and i think its a bug.. the problem is that it's not easy to reproduce, as it only happens from time to time..
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