Attacking Monsters with an Avatar While Being AFK.

[Sarick]

I've made it very clear what was on my mind, and have repeated it several times. Sarcasm may be your defensive mechanism, but it's my way of saying "you can't fix stupid, so you might as well blend in."

The issues I see aren't like red stop signs, they're simple guidelines. Unfortunately, any fool can make things more violent or complex than dealing with them. It in my case it takes a bit of genius, and courage to travel in the opposite direction. This is why I think people shouldn't sit around and ignore these issues. Based on the BST and SNM attention the developers gave it's very clear a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Step back and look at it this way, we can't fix everything ourselves but, nothing reduces the odds of getting things done by ignoring them.

[Sarick]

No, I really don't. My best guess would be that even if someone did report the afk SMNs to the GMs, that information was lost in bureaucracy and nothing ever came of it. Instead, I'm thinking the STF managed to trace RMT funds all the way back to some afk SMN in grauberg, then noticed a ton of other SMNs doing the same thing. One thing lead to another, big public announcement, overblown community reaction.

Very nice response. You seem to think information lost in bureaucracy. This isn't entirely true, the issues that affect players are only noticed if the a small group of dedicated players can convince the developers to do something about it. The automated help desk messages and lack of immediate action support this as fact. To sum things up, when it gets the attention of the developers only then will the they make a big overblown public announcement and take an issue seriously like the SNM AFK farming.

[Sarick]

I'd seen it and heard of it happening, but never have done it myself. I still see no reason to care and I won't be playing policewoman unless SE starts cutting me a check.

Like almost everyone else on this game. I assume they feel the same way until it disrupts their ability to play in a productive community. It's obvious there's no honorable reason to do otherwise unless the above conditions are met.

[Meyi]

I like having my avatars attack whatever is attacking me. One less thing I have to cycle through and command my pet to do.

[Tsukino_Kaji]

I like having my avatars attack whatever is attacking me. One less thing I have to cycle through and command my pet to do.

How very un-bst of you.

[Meyi]

How very un-bst of you.

I had BST at 75 for a very long time, back when it was solo only and everyone still hated us. I never liked that my pets would attack whatever was attacking it rather than what I told it to/wanted it to fight.

[Yinnyth]

Very nice response. You seem to think information lost in bureaucracy. This isn't entirely true, the issues that affect players are only noticed if the a small group of dedicated players can convince the developers to do something about it.

You seem to have this all figured out, so you're the one I will ask: How small, and how dedicated? Could I get the devs to make changes to Dynamis if I had 12 people who agreed with me as long as they were dedicated enough? 24? 48? How many people would it require for me to make the changes to the game I want?

It took what...? 1000+ people refusing to update their payment method for over 2 months before SE decided to postpone the deadline? SE has an agenda. If player desires coincide with their agenda, it's more likely that desire will be granted. The further you are from that agenda, the more people you require. Even if 90% of players tell SE to make PUP 2000x stronger than any other job, they'll probably ignore the request thinking that we're all insane. But if 10% of players mention that people are cheating in Nyzul, they'll probably spend resources attempting to stop that (because it coincides with their goals for the game).

Now, what % of players do you think oppose absentee players getting banned? And how strongly do you think SE opposes absentee play? And how easy do you think it is to determine if a person is afk when killing chigoes? Monitoring Grauberg seems like a slam dunk for the STF and GMs to me.