233 [COAT] User_1145141919810 [COAT] Member 1,182 posts 10,094 battles Report post #1 Posted March 6 I don't know what happened these days,but almost in every matches there'll be 1~2 AFK on my side.Some of them have very bad statistics. AFK is unsportsmanship. Please stop this! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
623 [LEAK] Harpoon01 Alpha Tester 6,604 posts 2,477 battles Report post #2 Posted March 6 yeah GEEZ it is not even weekend Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
66 [LBAS] K135Blitzkrieg Beta Tester 213 posts 4,131 battles Report post #3 Posted March 6 (edited) May be they just took too long to load the battle, after update, sometime it took me nearly 5 minute to just load the battle not mention random freeze in match Edited March 6 by K135Blitzkrieg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
47 [LLBC] Hey_Potato Member 273 posts 1,220 battles Report post #4 Posted March 6 (edited) Not mentioning suspicious ship that plays like an AI bot. After checking the players stats which is slightly better than my signature photo below & his kagero WR at 32%. At first he seems afk for like 3 mins, then started sailing and stopping behind an island and parking 1.5km next to my chappy. Like bots which auto stops at certain points, then charging into enemy dd which he seems to know where it is, then smoking up. It seems like his ship is only attacking the nearest ship like bots do. The nearest enemy ship was a GK which he started to shoot at it openly and it was not the enemy chung mu which was the nearest then because after he started shooting there was no return fire by chung mu at 7km range from GK........it really seems to confirm my suspicion. Typical predictable bots pattern.... P.S. Not sure whether to report this player or not. Still keeping that replay last night. If you want to check that player you can PM me Edited March 6 by Hey_Potato Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
233 [COAT] User_1145141919810 [COAT] Member 1,182 posts 10,094 battles Report post #5 Posted March 6 38 分鐘前，Hey_Potato 說： Not mentioning suspicious ship that plays like an AI bot. After checking the players stats with a WR of 39% and his kagero WR at 32%. At first he seems afk for like 3 mins, then started sailing and stopping behind an island and parking 1.5km next to my chappy. Like bots which auto stops at certain points, then charging into enemy dd which he seems to know where it is, then smoking up. It seems like his ship is only attacking the nearest ship like bots do. The nearest enemy ship was a GK which he started to shoot at it openly and it was not the enemy chung mu which was the nearest then because after he started shooting there was no return fire by chung mu at 7km range from GK........it really seems to confirm my suspicion. Typical predictable bots pattern.... P.S. Not sure whether to report this player or not. Still keeping that replay last night. There was a match yesterday:A Fubuki,the only Fubuki in this 23 BB+ 1 DD game,refuse to cap and hang around at the edge of map all the time.......... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
47 [LLBC] Hey_Potato Member 273 posts 1,220 battles Report post #6 Posted March 6 Just now, User_1145141919810 said: There was a match yesterday:A Fubuki,the only Fubuki in this 23 BB+ 1 DD game,refuse to cap and hang around at the edge of map all the time.......... I have seen such players but they do not play like a typical predictable pattern like bots do in coop or scenarios. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
204 PGM991 Member 1,124 posts Report post #7 Posted March 6 I found some strange ship that sitting at spawn point half way through match BUT start moving when it got spotted and even shoot back at closest target. bot these days are smart... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
103 [-BRO-] Somedude_Yudachi Member 534 posts Report post #8 Posted March 6 I still go optimistic towards a team with AFKers since I won a game when two cvs in my team sunk meanwhile enemy's cvs were still alive OR Execute all AFK ships before enemy detect them 1 Ordrazz reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
47 [LLBC] Hey_Potato Member 273 posts 1,220 battles Report post #9 Posted March 6 (edited) Again met this kagero with same play style. AFK for the 1st 3 mins then it will auto go to a CA behind an island (CA is me of course) and stop there. After that it will turn around and go to the nearest enemy 1st. Wonder if its WG testing bots on live server.... I dont think a 2.5k battles player in a kagero will play exactly that same way every time. Its really like a programming logic...... I know there is no naming but should i post his name here so when you guys meet the same bot maybe you all can see for yourself? Anyway that name will appear on the last 3 pages of the players leaderboard. Just take a look at my signature below. Edited March 6 by Hey_Potato Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
233 [COAT] User_1145141919810 [COAT] Member 1,182 posts 10,094 battles Report post #10 Posted March 6 1 小時前，Hey_Potato 說： Again met this kagero with same play style. AFK for the 1st 3 mins then it will auto go to a CA behind an island (CA is me of course) and stop there. After that it will turn around and go to the nearest enemy 1st. Wonder if its WG testing bots on live server.... I dont think a 2.5k battles player in a kagero will play exactly that same way every time. Its really like a programming logic...... I know there is no naming but should i post his name here so when you guys meet the same bot maybe you all can see for yourself? Anyway that name will appear on the last 3 pages of the players leaderboard. Just take a look at my signature below. Again,this time a BOT YAMATO. It will speak illogical radial command trying to prove it is human lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
241 Skarhabek Member 1,105 posts Report post #11 Posted March 6 those noob AFKers NEED to play CV! it will teach how to play WoWs and AFK at the same time! i am playing BB, run dungeon lvl 300, and open facebok or detik or etc at same time..... too bad they nerf dungeon silver after certain level.... and FPS wows seems dropped very heavily.... so no more WoWs+dungeon run THEY NEED TO FIX FPS ASAP... i cannt afk howling sheeeet Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
40 [LBAS] cplbao Member 353 posts 5,012 battles Report post #12 Posted March 6 the quality of the fake bots are so bad I feel like afking Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
61 [HKACC] MissMeMiss [HKACC] Member 252 posts 2,830 battles Report post #13 Posted March 6 I've been in many times in the situation ... 1. Thrown to login screen and cannot re-login. ... 2. Non progression's Loading Screen to battle and wait for 30 min, nothing happen. When match end, auto back to port screen. ... 3. Similar to no 1, but now decide to restart the PC. Need about 10~15 minute procedure. So I'm back to the game (if my ship not destroyed first) after half-match progress. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
69 [WOWMY] RimauLaut [WOWMY] Member 347 posts 16,863 battles Report post #14 Posted March 6 17 hours ago, Hey_Potato said: Not mentioning suspicious ship that plays like an AI bot. After checking the players stats which is slightly better than my signature photo below & his kagero WR at 32%. At first he seems afk for like 3 mins, then started sailing and stopping behind an island and parking 1.5km next to my chappy. Like bots which auto stops at certain points, then charging into enemy dd which he seems to know where it is, then smoking up. It seems like his ship is only attacking the nearest ship like bots do. The nearest enemy ship was a GK which he started to shoot at it openly and it was not the enemy chung mu which was the nearest then because after he started shooting there was no return fire by chung mu at 7km range from GK........it really seems to confirm my suspicion. Typical predictable bots pattern.... P.S. Not sure whether to report this player or not. Still keeping that replay last night. If you want to check that player you can PM me Send that replay to WG support. Let them decide. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
166 [DBN1] Pocket_Fox Beta Tester 823 posts 4,955 battles Report post #15 Posted March 7 14 hours ago, PGM991 said: I found some strange ship that sitting at spawn point half way through match BUT start moving when it got spotted and even shoot back at closest target. bot these days are smart... I've seen the same. Had a Fuso that sat in spawn, did nothing, as soon as the enemy came close (which was end game) it began to move and fired at the closest target. A full HP BB, while a cruiser on literally 88HP was only 1km further back from the BB.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
396 Spotter WG Staff 461 posts 525 battles Report post #16 Posted March 7 Hello all, I've heard you pleas, let me assure you that we will not let this issue slide. I appreciate your patience, but know that we will clamp down on these players for their actions. We shall re-awaken the red button sooner than you think.... 1 User_1145141919810 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
78 [ANZAC] j0e90 Member 340 posts 11,472 battles Report post #17 Posted March 7 11 minutes ago, Spotter said: Hello all, I've heard you pleas, let me assure you that we will not let this issue slide. I appreciate your patience, but know that we will clamp down on these players for their actions. We shall re-awaken the red button sooner than you think.... So why when I read this post did the line "It's alive!!!!!" Run through my head? Dunno, anyways Spotter it would be great if some definitive action took place, more than a few of us are in the cynical, resigned acceptance mindset, which is not good for the player base long term. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
223 [CLAY] Max_Battle Beta Tester 668 posts 8,348 battles Report post #18 Posted March 7 So annoying. Was just in a 2 CV a side game. One of our CV sat there doing nothing until game was half over - didn't respond to communication. When did do something, only launched planes and then planes went to back of map until an enemy ship came close then "it" attacked. I was DD and needed air cover - constantly spotted by enemy planes because it was 2 CV vs 1 CV effectively. I don't care WHAT the reason is, this ruins games. Really annoying. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
396 Spotter WG Staff 461 posts 525 battles Report post #19 Posted March 8 16 hours ago, j0e90 said: So why when I read this post did the line "It's alive!!!!!" Run through my head? Dunno, anyways Spotter it would be great if some definitive action took place, more than a few of us are in the cynical, resigned acceptance mindset, which is not good for the player base long term. I'm also affected by this issue. Even though I'm more of a Coop guy, apprarently there are still AFK players there too..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,323 [SIF] RalphTheTheatreCat [SIF] Super Tester 3,824 posts 4,103 battles Report post #20 Posted March 8 20 hours ago, Spotter said: Hello all, I've heard you pleas, let me assure you that we will not let this issue slide. I appreciate your patience, but know that we will clamp down on these players for their actions. We shall re-awaken the red button sooner than you think.... One thing that may appease the community is if there was some form of update in this thread here and at least giving them the impression something is being done rather than deathly silence It started off and then just died. No staff responses....nothing. Bearing remarkable similarities to the apathy that WOT had over AFK and cheating. The last notification of player sanctions was April 2016. Nearly 2 years and 106 posts from players after that and nothing from WG in there. . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
203 [NFB] PeterMoe1963 Member 993 posts 7,415 battles Report post #21 Posted March 8 On 3/6/2018 at 6:44 PM, User_1145141919810 said: I don't know what happened these days,but almost in every matches there'll be 1~2 AFK on my side.Some of them have very bad statistics. There is a sticky thread here on WG acknowledging AFK. When you see AFK ships, report them. But be careful, sometimes a ship looks AFK, but then it starts moving at one stage. I have sometimes dropped out of the server and it took a few minutes to log back in. Overall, I don’t think I see more than one “real” AFK in about 50 games, I mean, a ship that at one stage is killed by the enemy team without resistance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
86 [911] Moldavia Member 354 posts 9,048 battles Report post #22 Posted March 8 18 hours ago, Spotter said: I'm also affected by this issue. Even though I'm more of a Coop guy, apparently there are still AFK players there too..... You can get it a lot on PT too - when you need to win (say) 5 battles for the live reward, people will just get into a battle, esc out of it and enter another one with a different ship. Repeat until you luck out 5 times. Last PT session I was in a game with 4 afks on our team (we didn't win!). I'm not sure why they do it on their live accounts though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
21 [EX0] Lowyat Member 216 posts 11,477 battles Report post #23 Posted March 9 On 3/7/2018 at 5:40 AM, MissMeMiss said: I've been in many times in the situation ... 1. Thrown to login screen and cannot re-login. ... 2. Non progression's Loading Screen to battle and wait for 30 min, nothing happen. When match end, auto back to port screen. ... 3. Similar to no 1, but now decide to restart the PC. Need about 10~15 minute procedure. So I'm back to the game (if my ship not destroyed first) after half-match progress. i used to encounter issue No. 2 at certain cafe. My assumption is the cafe's system read/write access for the terminal isn't friendly enough for WOWS(or not enough rights for the terminal). So when i changed to a different cybercafe it worked fine. usually takes 10 mins or halfway on the match when i encountered that issue last time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
379 [MRI] Thyaliad Member 1,332 posts 8,817 battles Report post #24 Posted March 9 Not all of them maybe afkers. A number of them the game may have had their game crash or take a long time to load. I am seeing quite a lot cases nowadays - at least 1 afker on either team every few battles. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
379 [MRI] Thyaliad Member 1,332 posts 8,817 battles Report post #25 Posted March 15 Oh yeah fix your game WG. Just had not one, but two players afk/game crashed in a match today. (Actually 3, the Colorado was active in the first 5 minutes or so, then went AFK/crashed/whatever) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
