Battlegrounds - Abuse of the AFK system

[Ualaa]

I'd think...

A debuff AFK timer off the bat.
Which goes away, when you cap a graveyard/flag.
Or are at one which hasn't been destroyed/captured.
Or you are at Galv/Belinda, guarding/slaying.

And comes back, when you leave a tower, captain, graveyard etc.
And begins to count down again.

But which goes away, if you engage the enemy.
Which would include healing friendly who are in combat with the opposite faction.
Or being damaged by the opposite faction, etc.

Often enough that you're forced to be involved in something that is beneficial to your team.
Short enough that you cannot be alt-tabbing in and out.
Long enough that if you aren't afk, you'll never be flagged afk.

Well, it would be nice anyway.

[daviddoran]

ya.. and when all five of your characters get different images you'll be pissed off. lol

well as long as you were immune to getting it again after a few applications, id be ok with it.

[Ualaa]

If you could be hit with the tag, marked by other players, only once per BG and then were immune, that would be nice.

Alternatively, if a player marks you as AFK more then once, and you're not AFK, they should get a penalty of some sort.

[suicidesspyder]

I say u should be marked afk until u as horde reach ibgy or as alliance reach shgy. Although, when doing this you will be mark for 3 minutes of inactivity after that. Why ok most bots or afkers dont leave start am i right. Well say they do they get past that position then go afk. Then for some odd reason they get killed by other side sent back to start area. Well obv they have 3 minutes to get into combat or bye bye.

Ive seen some people purposely move to bal and galvs area then go afk there. Then thats all they do get there go afk and nothing. I got afk for 1 min cause some play happened on a sports game i get booted. Also if your in pvp it should be once afk gone but 3 minutes will allow some of us some leway to get somewhere.

As for lets say arathi if your not in combat or sitting at a flag u should get booted. I see there lots going afk in start or running down sides of mountains. You should be booted within a min of the game starting if you have not passed by the first area or in combat. When i mean first area i mean within 40 yards of it.

WSG i have never seen afkers cause its either they get killed and rez camped or get attacked within a minute.

SOA you must get to the gates or thru not to be counted afk. Only people i see afk there stay on boat or get in water behind boat so they dont die.

Other then that i dont know what else could be done or like said if you are reported afk there must be something that pops up that you have to click. But when it does its always a random pop up not in the same area.