The Amanda's Letter add-on for The Pig has been Kill Switched due to an issue with incorrect RBT count.
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Okay, AFK players are an actual problem right now.
Everyday I'm getting a lot of killers and survivors just AFK. The frequency is no joke too I have never seen the game get this much AFK players throughout the years.
And these guys aren't getting punished for it. It's not fun for the unfortunate people in the match and they have their time wasted. I don't know if In game reporting does anything since I'm pretty sure it's just a blanket to comfort people and use it to vent.
No leniency. Suspend them for a whole day and escalate from there.
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I couldn't blame them. Higher MMR is basically just the antithesis of fun.
That being said, I've encountered approximately 0 AFK players since the Anniversary Event.
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Everyday I just get people that DC. Makes playing the game so much fun, said no one.
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Please avoid using high MMR when none knows his exact MMR. Based on forum topics almost everyone thinks he is godlike player.
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It is acceptable to use it in this context because high-skill DBD is universally understood to be very unfun and boring, ergo, it makes sense to avoid it at all costs
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Personally i wouldn't say the afk people are the problem, the real problem is the dumb sbmm which they should've never put in this game.
You had afk persons with the old matchmaking but that was indeed less than you have now.
Unfortunately bhvr rarely listen to the community and just do whatever they want, even if it means destroying the game.
If they had said we will test sbmm for a few months and will see if it works or not, and actually listen to what the people say during that time.
If it doesn't work or the majority of the people think it should not be in this game, than they should remove it.
But unfortunately they said the implemented sbmm and that it is gonna stay 🤦🏻♂️
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Last time I reported a cheater with every evidence they wanted attached they didn't reply until it was two weeks later asking for more details and I couldn't care at that point, I don't have the autobiography of every cheater I found in a folder somewhere would be doable if they replied the next day but two weeks? Ya no. I'm not gonna do the same thing for every AFK players I come across. They might as well start paying me for doing their job for their worthless report system in post game interface.
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Ah yes. Justifying people for wasting everyone's time in the match because SBMM. SBMM is not the problem. This is the only the game I have come across that protects people who ruins game for other people Jesus Christ.
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Lot of afk players, killers and survivors... Which are actually bots farming shards.
Selling account economy.
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bots farm shards and sell account for a price cheaper than the survivor/killer expansion pack :/
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I certainly agree that the forums seem to be filled with a large percentage of the highest MMR players.
Even Otz doesn't compete at the level some on here claim to be.
Imagine the ego it takes to self apply a high ranking to an invisible number.
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I wish the bots from the tutorials could be swapped in when someone DC's or is AFK. I often get important phone calls or unannounced visitors and have to go AFK for a few minutes.
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It can be unfun and boring at any level. A single mistake is more than enough to win/ruin game and make it boring.
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Certainly is fair and true. And I respect many opinions of those on the forums. Especially those I have seen for 2 years as a member and 3 years as a reader.
But, I just struggle believing everyone on here is Otz or Cope.
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No, I don't mean they can't. I just believe many also fail to acknowledge their own misplays and like to blame it on MMR. And I always ask, do you win more than you lose as killer? Only 2 people have ever answered.
I saw a post where a person said they had 200 hours as killer and they were "high MMR". Sorry, but I can't help but be skeptical.
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That's fair, and yours is an opinion I respect. I agree that if you want to maintain that high MMR you have to be more ruthless. I personally don't care anymore.
Idk what my MMR would be. I know I played for 4 years and watch more streams than anyone I know. It's on at work lurking, then on when home on my big screen, just as I do my daily life. So I see and hear a lot.
I think the game is pretty well balanced currently. Bad RNG happens to both sides and certainly can swing the odds.
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Low MMR player dont AFK cause they can have fun
High MMR player does it way more often because the gameplay there aint fun at all
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My experience disagrees with u. I saw AFK, ragequit and all other stuff even with players less than 40h. Tilt has nothing to do with skill.
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I certainly agree, that given equal skill, maps and rng are often the deciding factor in who wins.
Honestly, I'd play Auto Wreckers and Macmillans on loop all day either role. My two favorite maps.
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Yeah, people like to hate on streamers for some reason. I will have to check you out. I prefer small communities. Like I said, I tend to lurk a lot and watch from a distance.
Same name?
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I see where you get the idea that i justify the afk persons, i clearly missed to place the word "real" in the first sentence.
The afk people are not the real problem is what it should've been, my mistake for doing 2 things at the same time and not reading before posting.
But yeah i don't justify it at all, my point is that more people are doing it because of the sbmm.
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Exactly, I hate getting lost in chat. Plus they don't need my support. I will swing by!
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First DC penalty needs to be 30 minutes like SMITE is/was.
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Awesome!!! I love to hear it!! I enjoy positive supportive communities!!
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I mean it's pretty obviously people are doing it for sbmm. Regardless there should be no leniency for this type of behavior there is almost no excuse for this unlike DCs.
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Yeah i know and i agree, there should be a harsh punishment for these things.
I too hate it when it happens, so i just go and rush through the gens and get out asap and in to the next.
But a punishment for being afk should definitely happen.
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Killers don't get punished for afk because it's what most survivors want. Only a few report because it's the perfect game. Do gens, shift w, vault repeatedly, click your flashlight at the killer, taint slide for the full egc.
Why would they ever report what is essentially a dream match?
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Don't blame players for following the incentive, blame MMR for creating the incentive.
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AFK players? Really? Thats what this is about? I've experienced none of that but lots of cheating/hackers.
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High mmr is hell for killer true you have no way to know when you have an high mmr but in my experience the 2 or 3 map offering survivor bring in a row is a good example of high mmr
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Any level of MMR is potentially too high for someone. In this context, anyone AFKing is likely trying to lower their own score in order to get to easier levels.
Unfortunately for them, the old rank system had safeguards against deliberate de-ranking. Even with how bare-bones EBMM is, I'd be surprised if there's not something similar soft-locking MMR drops.
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Issue I've seen, from playing both roles, survivors just give up the moment the killer gains any momentum.
Two survivor games yesterday my teammates ran to the killer after being unhooked. DC on first down (with 1 gen left btw), and killed themselves on hook.
My first Huntress game, after two hatchet hits the entire team but one Bill start jumping in and out of lockers. Killed the 3 and let the Bill get hatch. Bill was the only one trying to play.
Yes, I've also had a couple killers DC when the game wasn't going their way. I find those amusing and other survivors are also laughing in chat. When a teammate quits/DCs the game doesn't end. In my view, three survivors just got the shaft because one couldn't take it.
If you're not capable of toughing out hard matches them don't play.
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I've seen several small-time streamers (not anyone from here or any names I'll mention) who claim to be high or max MMR and then watched their stream to see if that's something that can be observed. It generally seems to be extremely average gameplay bolstered with extremely strong perks/addons and a zero-fun-allowed playstyle. But the chases on either side in terms of how quickly they can end them/make them last is really nothing special.
But then the people they're up against do seem tough to beat, and their queues seem longer than the norm so maybe they are up there. In which case determination to win probably plays as much if not more of a role than "skill".
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