When did reporting AFK become instant?

[Metzies]

Shit happend always.

[Mort459]

Call me a dick but i also do this. there is no reason to have less then 100k or no resi at level 85 when you can buy a decent crafted pvp set.

Random BG's are for gearing... why waste the gold on a crafted set when you can gear up, have a good time, and learn how to play your class doing randoms? That's my opinion at least. And as it is a public queue system, I have every right to do that.

This problem could probably be fixed by not allowing multiple people in a queued group to report the same person. It's really not fair that a group of 5 can dictate what an individual must do in a RANDOM BG (I can't stress this enough, it's a RANDOM BG, if you want to rage about poor execution then go play rated BGs). If I feel like defending, or feel like attacking, I should be able to. And if you queue with a group of 5 for RANDOM BGs and need to "kick baddies" to win, then you're bad to begin with. When my poorly geared PvE guild run 5-man randoms for fun we win 80+ % of the time, minus AV and IoC obviously.

On the other hand, if 3 (or 4 or whatever) people independently think you need to be kicked, well then you probably deserve to be kicked.

[Ballem]

Just no. These are numbers completely out of the blue. You for sure do NOT get booted for two AFK reports. When doing BGs with other people and we find someone really being AFK it takes a lot more reports to get him out.

So please stop posting random numbers as facts.

This.. I think it's a bug, as I've been top of the charts in dmg, flag returns, and have been kicked WHILE holding a flag running through mid. It happens every now and then. Just shrug it off, cause it's nothing we can help.

[allakaboom]

Are you sure you were reported AFK? Many people have been getting kicked just as a bug. Nothing to do with being reported.

[Kavoo]

Spamming report afk will eventually get people kicked instantly.

[Yunru]

I gota love this button. Now we just need a addon who autodetects bots and report them.

[Dazu]

Never seen this, only the debuffs. Sounds more like a bug tagging you as /afk while in the battle which does cause an instant kick + debuff. Maybe post it in bug reports forum on the blizz website?

[gutnbrg]

it has nothing to do with ur gear or not being SUPER PROZORS....my mage has full s10 with 4k res and its happened to me too....

[Auralan]

It's hardly new, others simply didn't think much of you so they kicked you out.

Not too nice? Maybe but there is no socialism in WoW and one can obviously choose not to boost others.

It's more than 2, definitaly.

Because grinding gear in a random bg is now receiving a boost? Oh please, how else will people get gear... world pvp? Lol!
What are those kicking elitists doing in a random bg in the first place? Maybe they got kicked from their rated team and want to grief others, who knows. Anyway, what I'm trying to say: don't expect people to be all that fantastic in a random freaking BG, lol.

On topic: this is obviously a problem, but every system is bound to have some flaws in it. I welcome this change if it can kick botters faster. What surprised me, is that the first action taken for so many, is posting about it on an unofficial forum. I'm not getting the impression here that many also make a ticket in the game, on bnet, or start a thread on the official forums. This won't get fixed by QQ'ing about it here.

Edit: by the way, 5 man instances have a new system for kicking at the moment. Blizz explained in recent blue posts (check the tracker, not going to hold everyone's hadn and link it) that the vote/kick system has restrictions if people who went in queue as a group. For example: 3 pre-grouped people will need the vote of the 4th to kick someone. I think it's only a matter of time before this is implemented for battlegrounds as well, which would solve a larg part of the problem. At least judging by these posts, people see a lot of groups from the same guild / realm kicking people.

That being said, with the real-id cross realm invites in place now, there might actually be a lot more pre-made groups then people realize. You know, since you can't really tell if they're cross realm friends or not. Some food for thought right there.

[Deleted]

From the other thread:
One of the times I ressed and I did a chains of ice to a rogue, and started running then got instantly kick. People report people getting graveyard camped AFK? Horrible idea.

This just came in:

[Kick] has now been improved and removes the opponent from the Battleground or Arena when used.

OT: Happened to me on my alt as well. I got the Idle debuff first, got into combat, got the Idle debuff again. I got into combat again and got removed from the BG and got the Deserter debuff. On another occasion I directly got kicked instead of getting an Idle debuff first. I ticketed this and the GM told me that if enough people report you AFK you will get removed from the BG.

[Deficineiron]

Happened to me on WSG.I just get in our flag room and mage with shaman waited there.Mage write I will be kicked if I won't go away.I didn't get it cuz he didn't know english well.So I was kicked in like 10 sec after this.I think its raid leader kick

if you run into this again, it is worth screenshotting.

More generally, if this is the best blizzard can do to speed up action on bots/afk'ers, it is terrible. Giving players unrestricted ability to grief without apparent recourse is just a recipe for unlimited abuse, some of which is being described in this thread.

I have speculated maybe bots will be programmed to join in the fun reporting random players afk, or reporting top-performers afk.

[Nathanyel]

I ticketed this and the GM told me that if enough people report you AFK you will get removed from the BG.

Seems like the GM didn't even understand what you said. They spoke about the normal/traditional function of "report AFK".

[chrisisvacant]

You make comments like that across the internet, IRL I'd get assault on a minor if I struck you. Quit acting tough behind a computer screen. I'm rude, I openly admit that. I am an asshole, and proud of it. Still doesn't change the fact that if I hurt some emo bitches feelings he has the ability to boot me from a BG when I'm tripling his HK's and doing 4x his damage. Yeahhhhh.

Good. Then I guess you'll learn to keep your mouth shut and be more respectful to people.

[Zygersaf]

I think if more thatn 1 person votes for you AFK then it is instant :/

[ZeroWashu]

Spamming report afk will eventually get people kicked instantly.

That line killed a kitten, you be ashamed of yourself.

[Deleted]

Basically this just happened no more than a min ago.

I join a WSG and we're a moderately geared group some ruthless but mostly the basic S10.(cept for my alt she has 4/5 main peices and a PvP trinket) about 2.5k Resil or so.

After the 1:45 start up the gates open and as soon as I take ONE step out of the room I'm insta-kicked with a 15 deserter mark. I.E I was kicked cause I wasn't SUPER PROZORS IN 5/5 RUTHLESS.

Question is..when did blizzard make "Report AFK" Instant?

obviously you didnt went afk for 15 sec as you say and 3 pll report you 3 reports = instant kick and i like it