That map will show you where your bounty is afk'ing, just go over there and take him out.
I think what he was trying to say is that they go AFK in the base, thereby making it impossible to kill... er... "arrest" them.
yup, you can't kill anyone inside the hospital. they just AFK there and annoy the hell out of anyone that gets them as bounty.
who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
This was brought up in several threads in the past. I've PM'd CuppaJo about it... and she's passed it along. I'm not holding my breath.
Currently roleplaying, badgehunting, and laughing at the PvPers of CoX. lol, PvP.
Truedusk - Human Rogue
All is fair in PVP.
"I'm not scared of anyone or anything Angie. Isn't that the way life should be?"
Jack Hawksmoor, The Authority.
How about you just petition them?
Purposely camping in the hospital and thus denying bounty actually does get a response from the GMs, often in the form of the macro-ed account being logged out thus freeing up the bounty...
Any other zone but SC it's fine....but in SC it could actually be seen as a form of griefing...
Now! This is it! Now is the time to choose! Die and be free of pain or live and fight your sorrow! Now is the time to shape your stories! Your fate is in your hands!
I have to agree. I have petitioned this several times and always gotten a like response. The GM's I've spoken to do not approve of this in Siren's Call, and tend to boot the player from the zone.
They don't approve of running programs to keep you logged in. Standing in the hospital, while you're sitting there watching TV or talking on the phone or chatting with friends, and periodically pressing spacebar isn't a violation. I did it for my 5-hour badge.
Best solution is to put the bounty on a 15-min timer. Then an AFK'er won't lock up people's bounty and it will automatically switch to someone else. It's the system that needs changed, not peoples' behaviors.
-Sandolphan
"When heroes fail, the Angels will save you."
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How about you just petition them?
Purposely camping in the hospital and thus denying bounty actually does get a response from the GMs, often in the form of the macro-ed account being logged out thus freeing up the bounty...
Any other zone but SC it's fine....but in SC it could actually be seen as a form of griefing...
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I petitioned one this weekend. Got the emails thanking me and stating they can't say whether or not any action is/was taken against the person; and no confirmation as to whether it is an exploit or not.
Personally, I think if someone is in the base, in the hospital, in range of the drones for 15mins or more, then it should check to see if they are bounty for anyone, if so then set a new bounty for those people.
I'm on virtue as well and this drives me nuts. One thing I've observed, and it may be due to the fact that there are just more heroes about, but the hospital AFKers seem to always be heroes. Ive yet to hear on broadcast complaints of villians being AFK in our hospital - but nightly there are heroes AFK with bountys on them tucked away in the hospital.
Am I wrong in this perception or is this something others have found?
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Nope... that seems to be what I've experienced as well. Typically this happens with badge hunters and on the CoH side of things... the only new badges are in the PvP zones.
Currently roleplaying, badgehunting, and laughing at the PvPers of CoX. lol, PvP.
Truedusk - Human Rogue
Nerf standing still in pvp!
Badge exploiters are evil!!!
uh..that was sarcasm...this thread cracks me up.
moronic over-simplification of issues is even funnier.
who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
You always say such nice things to me.
I think you need a hug.
This is a case of pvp'rs trying to nerf the pve'rs who are standing still waiting for a badge. lol
Heck, I try to kill those pve'rs too. It's an interesting issue the devs gave us and makes for some good comedy.
It's more fun to laugh than throw insults mon. Try it!!
where in the PvP book says you gotta kill you're bounty target? o_O
go kill other players, they have bounty too ya know, it may not be as much as your target, but they still have it.
It's really a moot point I'd say.
Hell, I just stood in the helicoptor chatting w/ people when I did my badges.
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You always say such nice things to me.
I think you need a hug.
This is a case of pvp'rs trying to nerf the pve'rs who are standing still waiting for a badge. lol
Heck, I try to kill those pve'rs too. It's an interesting issue the devs gave us and makes for some good comedy.
It's more fun to laugh than throw insults mon. Try it!!
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and here i thought you started it.
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where in the PvP book says you gotta kill you're bounty target? o_O
go kill other players, they have bounty too ya know, it may not be as much as your target, but they still have it.
It's really a moot point I'd say.
Hell, I just stood in the helicoptor chatting w/ people when I did my badges.
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killing 3-4 of your bounty, vs killing 10-15 people to get an SO...not really.
it's so easy to declare other people's activities as "moot" where as something arguably a lot more useless (badges) is something that you (badge hunters) have to do...worthy enough to interfere with other people's business.
it is afterall a PvP zone...i think PvP should take priority.
this is not even particularly about badge hunters. this is specifically for base AFKers lookin to grief. they would just stay in the hosp, even after they got the badge, just to prevent the opposing side from a fair chance at their bounties.
if you want to badge camp, fine. but stay in your comp and look answer requests for you to step outside the hosp so people can take shots at you...so as you're not interfering with the game that's going on.
who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
So really "all is fair in PvP" except when people go AFK in a safe zone?
Gotcha.
Suck it up carebear and keep your whinefest at the helipad, you CAN go kill other people- it is a PvP zone after all- not a "Hunt and kill your bounty ONLY" zone!
All IS fair in PvP!
Even NOT PvP'ing.
"I'm not scared of anyone or anything Angie. Isn't that the way life should be?"
Jack Hawksmoor, The Authority.
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So really "all is fair in PvP" except when people go AFK in a safe zone?
Gotcha.
Suck it up carebear and keep your whinefest at the helipad, you CAN go kill other people- it is a PvP zone after all- not a "Hunt and kill your bounty ONLY" zone!
All IS fair in PvP!
Even NOT PvP'ing.
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why do people with horrible logic insist on arguing.
first of all, people saying "all is fair in PvP' doesn't make it true.. (nor have i ever said it)
whether it is true or not, is irrelevant, AFKers aren't PvPing...you said it yourself.
and if it is true, it applies to PvP..ie, click power1, power2, heal, jump, run, blah..etc and not how you interact with other people as people. to annoy people is not part of the game. you seem to confuse PvP in the game, and ethics in real life.
carebear, i believe, is a term used for people who likes to make rules for PvPing in zones...again, irrelevant since AFKers aren't PvPing.
I never claimed that the purpose of the zone is to kill your bounty exclusively, it is however, part of the game, and a good part of it.
again, i'm complaining on how people AFK on bases with the purpose of preventing people a fair chance at their bounties. AFKing in bases adds nothing to the game, and there are people doing it with the intent to annoy.
WHY!!! WHY must idiots be able to speak!
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I play a hero I go AFK in SC, and get tells all the time...."come out and play!!" "You are my bounty!" "Get out of the zone if you are not gonna PVP."
I get the 5 hour badge and leave the zone....all is fair in PvP.
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oh, i see you're one of them, figures.
who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
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So really "all is fair in PvP" except when people go AFK in a safe zone?
Gotcha.
Suck it up carebear and keep your whinefest at the helipad, you CAN go kill other people- it is a PvP zone after all- not a "Hunt and kill your bounty ONLY" zone!
All IS fair in PvP!
Even NOT PvP'ing.
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why do people with horrible logic insist on arguing.
first of all, people saying "all is fair in PvP' doesn't make it true.. (nor have i ever said it)
whether it is true or not, is irrelevant, AFKers aren't PvPing...you said it yourself.
carebear, i believe, is a term used for people who likes to make rules for PvPing in zones...again, irrelevant since AFKers aren't PvPing.
I never claimed that the purpose of the zone is to kill your bounty exclusively, it is however, part of the game, and a good part of it.
again, i'm complaining on how people AFK on bases with the purpose of preventing people a fair chance at their bounties. AFKing in bases adds nothing to the game, and there are people doing it with the intent to annoy.
WHY!!! WHY must idiots be able to speak!
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Idiots are allowed to speak so you can hear the sound of your own voice retard.
Anyone has every right to be in any zone if they meet the lvl requirement- the PvP zones are not any different. How do you know why they are AFK- is it just to deny you their bounty? If someone has NO interest in PvP but wants the 5 hour badge, they can do that- just because it puts a crimp on your getting that specific bounty does not prevent you from PvP'ing with other players.
You are a carebear! You want to make rules for people who are in a PvP zone, even if they are AFK.
Get over it and move on, go find someone else to kill- you will still be a big man in your own eyes.
And I hate to burst your little ego bubble but until the DEV's state otherwise-
ALL. IS. FAIR. IN. PVP.
Sucks to be you baby.
"I'm not scared of anyone or anything Angie. Isn't that the way life should be?"
Jack Hawksmoor, The Authority.
i see that you're impervious to reason
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How do you know why they are AFK- is it just to deny you their bounty?
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here it is again (Quote from sunburst)
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I play a hero I go AFK in SC, and get tells all the time...."come out and play!!" "You are my bounty!" "Get out of the zone if you are not gonna PVP."
I get the 5 hour badge and leave the zone....all is fair in PvP.
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and again, this is not about badge hunters. this about people who refuse others their fair chance to play the game properly.
a normal person who doesn't want to PvP but want the badge will just let people take their bounty, and continue to get their badge.
a griefer would be proud of the fact that he refused people their bounty in an unfair way and that he annoyed those people.
see the difference?
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And I hate to burst your little ego bubble but until the DEV's state otherwise-
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the devs did say otherwise. The devs said to petition people in bases after 15 minutes to be removed from the zone. sadly, petition takes about 2 hours...so that's way too long
just because you can enter the zone, doesn't mean you can do whatever you want. the same way you can't go into the hive, and start training monsters to raiders.
Sirens isn't just a pvp zone. it's a pvp zone where you hunt your bounty, and hotspots. taking your bounty is part of the game. considering how taking out your bounty yields the greatest reward, i'm guessing it's the biggest part of it.
and agian, why is getting a badge so important that you are willing (and take pride) to annoy the entire opposing faction for the entire 5 hours you're there?
and again....PvP is the act of playing the game where you "play fight" other players, try and defeat them, etc. now the way you treat other people as people...that's part of social behaviour that you should be responsible for as part of society.
you need to tell your mom to cancel your account because this game isn't turning you into a well-adjusted normal person. seriously.
who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
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uh..that was sarcasm...this thread cracks me up.
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your not alone my son.
i dont have enough popcorn for all these [censored] threads.
NERF AFK! jesus christ people have lives you know.
whining is what needs to be nerfed devs when are you gonna get rolling on that.
ne way they partially fixed this "problem." the time badges are now collective not continuous.
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NERF AFK! jesus christ people have lives you know.
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people sitting in their computers hitting the space bar for hours on end says otherwise.
the badge has always been cummulative. it changes nothing.
i think the devs should nerf this notion of "it's possible/exist, therefore it must be OK" logic...
why do people consider they're little soundbytes as some sort of a valid argument, and ignore every other arguments presented.
who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
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NERF AFK! jesus christ people have lives you know.
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people sitting in their computers hitting the space bar for hours on end says otherwise.
the badge has always been cummulative. it changes nothing.
i think the devs should nerf this notion of "it's possible/exist, therefore it must be OK" logic...
why do people consider they're little soundbytes as some sort of a valid argument, and ignore every other arguments presented.
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The only argument you have brought up is simply put-
"Wah, Wah, Little Timmy can't get his kill-on!!"
Show me a link where the Dev's have stated to petition people who have been AFK for longer than 15 minutes and I will concede the argument that you can't go AFK in a PvP zone.
But you have already lost what every argument you tried to bring up, because if someone goes AFK in a PVP safe zone, guess what?
There is not a damm thing you can do about it.
You call it griefing- I call it get a life, and move on to killin' someone else- there are more people in the zone besides your bounty.
"I'm not scared of anyone or anything Angie. Isn't that the way life should be?"
Jack Hawksmoor, The Authority.
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How do you know why they are AFK- is it just to deny you their bounty?
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here it is again (Quote from sunburst)
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I play a hero I go AFK in SC, and get tells all the time...."come out and play!!" "You are my bounty!" "Get out of the zone if you are not gonna PVP."
I get the 5 hour badge and leave the zone....all is fair in PvP.
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and again, this is not about badge hunters. this about people who refuse others their fair chance to play the game properly.
a normal person who doesn't want to PvP but want the badge will just let people take their bounty, and continue to get their badge.
a griefer would be proud of the fact that he refused people their bounty in an unfair way and that he annoyed those people.
see the difference?
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And I hate to burst your little ego bubble but until the DEV's state otherwise-
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the devs did say otherwise. The devs said to petition people in bases after 15 minutes to be removed from the zone. sadly, petition takes about 2 hours...so that's way too long
just because you can enter the zone, doesn't mean you can do whatever you want. the same way you can't go into the hive, and start training monsters to raiders.
Sirens isn't just a pvp zone. it's a pvp zone where you hunt your bounty, and hotspots. taking your bounty is part of the game. considering how taking out your bounty yields the greatest reward, i'm guessing it's the biggest part of it.
and agian, why is getting a badge so important that you are willing (and take pride) to annoy the entire opposing faction for the entire 5 hours you're there?
and again....PvP is the act of playing the game where you "play fight" other players, try and defeat them, etc. now the way you treat other people as people...that's part of social behaviour that you should be responsible for as part of society.
you need to tell your mom to cancel your account because this game isn't turning you into a well-adjusted normal person. seriously.
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And the thread from which you took my second quote is from the "Cheapest kills done by you" thread (or something like that) if you didn't see the irony of my post, you need to stop playing and go back to school.
And to spell it out for you- I have never gone AFK in a safe zone without at least leaving from time to time to kill or be killed.
But I am not going to jump on the "nerf AFK's bus" to prevent someone who just wants the badge and not PvP.
Again- there are other things to do in a PvP zone besides your bounty- you know, like PvP.
"I'm not scared of anyone or anything Angie. Isn't that the way life should be?"
Jack Hawksmoor, The Authority.
OMG!!! i swear, i think people are doing this not for the badge, but just to be annoying!
dunno if it's flaming if i named people so i'm not gonna...but there's this one guy in virtue that i had as bounty for a few times now (i had to rezone just so i'd lose him as bounty, only to get him again few bounties later) not something i like doing as i lose my collected bounty.
please have a /votekick command where people can vote a person the zone for doing something like this, it's just griefing. (i know that word is thrown around a lot in PvP, but seeing as this person seems to just be doing this to hassle people...doesn't that consititute as griefing?)
also get rid of the timer badge in SC. i doubt any PvPers really care for them.
who lives in a pineapple under the sea?