AV deserter buff bug?

I was just removed from AV ? I was not inactive in the AV. It had actually just started i was in front of the pack. Some how i got kicked out and given the deserter buff ? What gives i thought you had to be inactive to be kicked ?

Can some one please explain to me how you are kicked when your not inactive ?

If you receive enough votes to be kicked, then you’re kicked without the opportunity to mark yourself active in the BG. If you feel that this should work differently, the Classic General forums would be a better place for feedback :wink:

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So if enough people mark some one afk because they are trying to get their guildies in the same queue thats fair ? Come on blizzard that should be changed…

If you can think of a concrete change to the mechanism to prevent this sort of action, Blizzard is always open to suggestions. :slight_smile:

You want the developers to see this, but the Support forums are a set where such information is not collected. Posting your ideas constructively (don’t just say “this should be changed,” give an idea how you think it could work better) is paramount to seeing forward momentum.

No one said it was fair, but it is the best iteration of the system that we have to-date. It’s impossible to please everyone.

To answer your title, Deserter isn’t a bug. The system cannot be coded in such a way to distinguish between someone who was removed from the battleground, someone who disconnected from legitimate connection issues, or someone who pulled an ethernet cable to simulate a disconnection, etc. That, too, has gone through numerous iterations.

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I mean the way it should work is if enough people flag you afk it should at least start a 30 second count down to see if you engage in killing a NPC or another player. If that is the case then it should not flag you.

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That is the case, though. You get a 60-second debuff within which to initiate PvP combat to remove it. What you experienced was the next threshold, where you’re immediately removed after reaching a higher number of reports.

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That is the way it currently works, for one report. I’m not sure if it’s 30 seconds or a little longer.

But if many people are reporting you, it acts like a Vote to Kick in a regular dungeon. Ultimately, if people don’t want you in their group, Blizzard isn’t going to force them to do it.

Ah, I think we have touched on your particular mis-step. Yes, there are many PvP’ers out there who do not take kindly to people trying to game the system, even on the same side. And if you are trying to get people to drop or trying to order them around, it’s a double target on your back.

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Except it can’t be worked that way. The way to try to get guildies all in the same battleground happens before the battleground starts. Using voice chat like Discord they count down and click to join all at the same time. Theoretically most if not all of them should get into the same battleground. There is no way to retroactively have someone join the same battleground, which is what you are speculating. They would be placed in the next available battleground, most likely not the one their guildies are in.

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???

Be in AV 314
It’s full
Premade raid leader: “Everyone vote kick rubyrod to get john doe in here”
john doe is already queued for AV 314
rubyrod gets booted out
john doe enters av 314 in the newly available spot

Except that you don’t get to choose what one you get put in.
John Doe from premade raid leader’s guild will not automatically get into the same battleground.

There’s literally a list of BGs by number you can choose to join or at the top of the list you can choose the first one available. How exactly is this new or interesting information, simply use your eyes.

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must have been for ally premades if you get 5 people from the same serer they will kick people to get their friends in.

just watch swiftys stream on twitch he joined a group that does it,

To sate my own curiosity, how is the targeted player informed they have the 60-second debuff applied and need to PvP (other than noticing it at the top of your screen)? Is there a system message on the screen or in the chat frame? Does the targeted player get a system or chat notice that there’s a vote to kick them?

It’s been so long since I’ve done any serious PvPing in general, but if memory serves, the debuff icon is the only warning you have.