Macroing to prevent afk kick

@randomii666 A bit overkill, just putting something on the keyboard holding down a button is enough to avoid AFK kick in this game. It sucks that people abuse it though.

@rk1-turbulence sagte in Macroing to prevent afk kick:

@randomii666 A bit overkill, just putting something on the keyboard holding down a button is enough to avoid AFK kick in this game. It sucks that people abuse it though.

Not anymore...when just afk you get lazybearded
Now when you just twist, just jump or whatever, you get sleepybearded

@randomii666 I mean honestly it's annoying to have an afk ship in arena as they don't Contribute to the fight but at the same time someone going afk for gold and level 50 isn't a big deal you'll know if someone went afk most of their arena time when they say they are level 50 and can't hit the broad side of a barn with cannons and can't kill a player.

@schwammlgott said in Macroing to prevent afk kick:

@rk1-turbulence sagte in Macroing to prevent afk kick:

@randomii666 A bit overkill, just putting something on the keyboard holding down a button is enough to avoid AFK kick in this game. It sucks that people abuse it though.

Not anymore...when just afk you get lazybearded
Now when you just twist, just jump or whatever, you get sleepybearded

That's too bad. Once in a while I do need to step away for a few minutes, I guess I'll have to use a macro next time then. This is why we can't have nice things...

@rk1-turbulence said in Macroing to prevent afk kick:

@schwammlgott said in Macroing to prevent afk kick:

@rk1-turbulence sagte in Macroing to prevent afk kick:

@randomii666 A bit overkill, just putting something on the keyboard holding down a button is enough to avoid AFK kick in this game. It sucks that people abuse it though.

Not anymore...when just afk you get lazybearded
Now when you just twist, just jump or whatever, you get sleepybearded

That's too bad. Once in a while I do need to step away for a few minutes, I guess I'll have to use a macro next time then. This is why we can't have nice things...

You will not be kicked for being away for a few minutes. The system allows for plenty of time to take a bio-break, smoke, or fix a snack. The problem is that some players leave their crew short-handed while they bathe the kids, cook dinner for the family, cut the grass, walk the dog, take long calls, or the like. What may seem like just “a few minutes” to the person attending to real life, can be half a match or more in Arena.

@tre-oni said in Macroing to prevent afk kick:

@rk1-turbulence said in Macroing to prevent afk kick:

This is why we can't have nice things...

He says, in the same post he says he'll macro

If that's what it takes, sure. This is a game I play for hours in one sitting and since things happen outside the computer sometimes I have to step away and I don't want to stress about the AFK timer while I do. As long as I'm either playing solo or have the crew's understanding and permission to do so I don't see why you'd have an issue with that. It's just too bad we have people abusing it and ruining it for the rest of us, which is exactly why we can't have nice things.