Damn AFK in av....

[Icetech]

So bout 3 mins ago, im in AV im happily killin... taking back coldtooth mine.. i take it back then runoutside and am leaving.. i see a pally and warrior going back in.. i 1shot the pally then start fighting the warrior.. my toons arn't healing me.. well.. like 3 are.. then 2.. then 1.. imw atching their casting bars drop.. l;ike WTF so then.. all 4 followers get ported to shat, where they are bound and get a deserter flag.. my main guy stays right there no problem in AV...

So WTF.. does PVP not count as not afk? or should i make sure to hit my spacebar from time to time? or did i just get dicked? i did notice with keyclone that moving your team ot casting totems doesn't take AFK off in a normal town and such?

[dodger6988]

I have noticed that if I dont hit space bar every now and then all my toons goto afk since I have unbound so many of their keys. I try to remember to jump every now and then especially when i am traveling or in town.

[Icetech]

why is it though that casting spells doesn't reset the AFK timer?

[Vyndree]

why is it though that casting spells doesn't reset the AFK timer?

Test it.

/afk then heal someone as you normally would.

AFK flag stays.

/afk again and then press spacebar.

AFK goes away.

[puppychow]

afk flags go away for me whenever i cast spells on my shamans. perhaps its instants that don't clear the afk. Putting someone on /follow though definitely doesn't clear AFK.

whats really fun in AV is if someone starts harassing you in chat about being a multiboxer, you can use all your chars to report them as AFK. It only takes 3 or 4 to give them the debuff. I find it very satisfying to suddenly see them yell in chat about who is the **** that marked them inactive.

[Icetech]

i don't think casting removes it at all.. will play with it tomorrow.. lesson learned. i was in the middle of fighting when they got booted.

Had fun today at other expense though. i kept taking SFGY and making hour long turtles goofy mood...

[Jaese]

AFK goes away when I reset /follow. Or maybe it's the /focus reset, not sure as it's all in the same macro for me.

However, I bunny-hop (damn FPS (Tribes--skiing) habit) all the time so I really don't have an issue.

[Svpernova09]

if you /afk in any BG you automatically get ported to your hearth location and get tagged with deserter.

Entering combat is supposed to clear any AFK reports others may have done on your team, but it will NOT clear the AFK tag if your team has been idle. you'll have to jump / move to clear it.

[Glord]

Slash commands don't clear AFK. So, if you're casting using /cast macros, that might be the problem.

[Naylix]

I must admit, I haven't encountered the problem, but I jump alot though... it's just.... so addictive... bounce bounce bounce...

Anyway, if it's slash commands only that dont clear afk, and "normal" spells from your spellbook does, you could just hit watershield every minute or so (no reason to make that into a macro)

I'm running my warlocks mainly now, so I haven't checked on the shamans... and can't check this from work