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Why is "AFK" a reportable offense if no action is taken?

I had a killer teammate in 2v8 who was AFK the entire match, from start to finish. Their aura never moved.

I made an in-game report and followed up with video evidence.

The report was declined:

Whilst we appreciate your support for the game and your desire to make the game a more enjoyable experience, it is with regret to inform you that we are not able to process your report.

Please note that any players who remain afk for too long in the game will be automatically disconnected and any disconnection in-game will be handled by the disconnection penalty system. Hence no further action will be taken on reports.

This is demonstrably false in so many ways. The killer was not disconnected, I did not get a killer bot to replace them, and being AFK is listed as an offense.

So either the code that handles being AFK for "too long" (whatever that means) is not working correctly, or this person was gaming the AFK system by moving just a bit every so often to avoid being kicked.

In either case, action should be taken.

Shame on you, BHVR.

Comments

  • Crucifilth
    Crucifilth Member Posts: 2

    bros reporting someone for being AFK, yikes

  • TheWheelOfCheese
    TheWheelOfCheese Member Posts: 674

    When I'm waiting 15 minutes to get a game, absolutely. The least you can do if you're queuing killer in 2v8 is play the game.

  • Kl0bürste
    Kl0bürste Member Posts: 17

    didnt matter. The mode is so absurdly survivor sided that you would have lost anyway.

  • TheWheelOfCheese
    TheWheelOfCheese Member Posts: 674

    I don't disagree, but that's still not the point. If I want to play solo I will… play solo. The point of 2v8 is to get silly plays with your teammate, not watch them stand in one place the whole match.

  • Spare_Them_Mori_Me
    Spare_Them_Mori_Me Member Posts: 1,673
    edited 9:57AM

    Half of this forum (being generous here) simply ignore whatever the topic is and just plop something like

    "No matter. Survivor sided. Reee" Bhvr needs a forum 'irrelevant post' filter.

    Anyway, I tried my first killer game yesterday for 2v8. Waited in queue 17 mins, as expected. Killers washed and game was over in like 6 minutes.

    If I wanted the actual play time of 1/3 of the wait time, I'd stand in line at an amusement park. Im glad they tried this mode again, but just no thanks.

    And now we can't report anything pretty much. It honestly doesn't bring in any money so. Can't say Im surprised.

  • oxygen
    oxygen Member Posts: 3,325

    Pretty sure the one way people have been able to actually get suspended for being AFK is if it's a consistent pattern that points towards basically afk farming iridescent shards. Not an isolated game, but repeatedly queuing up just to be afk over and over.

  • Nazzzak
    Nazzzak Member Posts: 5,651

    At least you got a response to your report lol I've gone to the effort a few times of recording/uploading survivors teaming up with killers to troll and reporting them. I don't get a reply and no action has ever been taken. Some stuff may be "against the rules" but not enough for the devs to care so honestly, unless it's a hacker then I wouldn't waste time reporting anything.