QoL Request: Disable the AFK/Leaver Penalty until the Lag/Disconnects are fixed.
Please, no kidding, no jokes, nothing. Just turn this function off until the lag/disconnects are fixed.
Posted Jul 8, 2019, 1:17 AM UTC
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Have they even acknowledged the lag this time? I remember when the T6 reputation lag issue first started, they acknowledged it and then found a fix. This time I haven't even seen them acknowledge it at all?
Are they just running silent this time? I didn't even see the reduced zone sizes in the patch notes. It seems weird.
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As far as know, not a word
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I just took a look at Kaels comment history and he did say they were looking into it 5 days ago. It was a long holiday weekend so I wouldn't expect much movement since then.
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true. hopefully they solve it soon
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Nope, not a word. It's been game breaking these last two weeks. I've logged in, cycled rep across toons, and done the summer event daily. When it started becoming unplayable I noticed that the ground TFO's seemed to be unaffected for the most part, but every space TFO, with Khitomer in particular, resulting in enough rubber-banding to slingshot a rock into orbit.
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Hey folks - I'll look into getting this turned off. Not sure if we can, but I'll try.
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thank you so much!!!!!😎😎😎
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You’re good people. Oh, and I’m still wishing for the everybody-in-the-TFO-knows-this-got-bugged-so-let’s-agree-to-end-with-no-penalty thing people contemplated a few months back.
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While you're at it, Cryptic, show some semblance of actual human decency and remove the leaver penalty for anyone but the first person dropping from a TFO.
That, or remove all maps not actually balanced for the current pew-pew STO environment form the rTFO rotation.
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"Hey guys! report player number 3 unless he leaves the TFO so the rest of us can leave!"
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can't report me if I never load in to begin with. 😝
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Ugh for me its worse when you do the whole TFO then get a SNR and drop and when you get back in you can't claim the reward.
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I get those too, but more on the KDF side for some reason.
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I just want to know if this is server overload from reducing or switching servers, too many players, or their ISP sucks.
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might be all three. 🤔
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He might be talking about the timed out thing
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just a little bit ;)
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But the lag is a feature
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🤨
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Yeah. Didn't they install new hardware last fall just to make sure the lag stays up to speed?
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I think they should D O W N L O A D M O R E R A M
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I need to ask. But all of you that have lag issues, is it US side only or are players in Europe and other places experiencing it too? Cause I really haven’t any issues so far.
I am running the game in full screen windowed mode it tends to help when I had lag back in the day. If on console I can’t offer advice.
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I'm from Australia. Lag, disconnects and rubber-banding are unbearable, for me at least. I've given up TFOs for the time being, but even the basic races on Risa are practically impossible. It's horrible.
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no idea how bad it is for other parts of earth or console players.
I'm wondering if spectrum and cryptics ISP aren't playing nice.
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I've been suffering here in the UK. Bad.
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or the application crashes on PS4. i got STO crashing like 3-4 times a day lately - at least once per day while in queues or while loading them.
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They need to fix thiS ASAP it has been going on for months now, unless they want every1 to ragequit.
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I keep getting disconnected from the game during map changes and picking up AFK/Leaver penalties. This wasn't an issue until a month ago.
e/ when I get returned, I'm placed in whatever map I was in prior and not into the match I was disconnected from.
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I'm not AFK. I'm being removed from the TFO team before I can get logged back in and returned to the prior map.
If I get a crystalline, I normally get an AFK penalty because I'm not able to get back into the game before it ends.
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SNR will put you out of business and back at the login screen somewhere between 15 and 146.15 seconds.
Varies how long you're staring at that damned number though before it does.
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I'm normally sitting on loading screens for anywhere between a minute and 3 minutes.... unless it's starbase one. That damned TFO loads up like a dream everytime.
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I'm fine with the penalty. On days where my lag is bad, I just don't do TFOs.
If you lag out it sucks for the rest of us in the TFO. And if you keep jumping into TFOs with bad lag, that's on you. And you should be penalized for failing the group.
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I'm getting the penalty from getting disconnected from the game and not getting back in before the game kicks me from the TFO.
how is that on me?
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Because if you're having a bad lag/connection day, just don't play a TFO.
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If the fucking issues aren't on his end. why the fuck should he be the one punished for them? Cryptic needs to FIX THE PROBLEM or disable the penalty since 9 times out of 10 the penalty is being applied because the servers themselves are taking a shit.
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You're right. Just don't play the game! lol
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Day after day it's starting to get to me.
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Though consider that from a dev point of view rather than a player one that's a really bad solution.
"oh shit, most days they're simply not playing because it would be shitty with the lag".
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paging @ u/ambassadorkael