The AFK farmers in PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds are already on the developers’ radar. The team is now considering how to effectively deal with AFK farmers.
In recent weeks, AFK farmers in PUBG have been making headlines. Players enter a match and let the game play itself.
Jumping out of the plane, gliding to the ground with a parachute, letting themselves be killed, and then racking up in-game currency – all of this happens automatically.
However, this is apparently going to be addressed soon. The developers are already planning solutions to the problem.
Less BP for AFK Farmers?
The special Gamescom crates in PUBG attracted AFK farmers. Players log into a PUBG match automatically and are rewarded with in-game currency for doing nothing. They bought Gamescom crates, which they then resold for “real money” on the Steam market. However, this method is likely coming to an end soon.
In an interview with PC Gamer , Chang-Han Kim from the Bluehole development team stated that the developers are aware of the problems with AFK players. However, a specific solution has not yet been determined.
“Our team is working to determine exactly what is happening. We know that the number of AFK players is not particularly high. Nevertheless, we want to develop tools or systems to prevent players from just farming BP (Battle Points) and not participating in the match.”
“We could simply adjust the balance of the BP awarded after a match. On the other hand, we could also completely eliminate AFK playing. We have not yet decided in which direction we will go.”
Creative Player Solutions for the AFK Problem in PUBG
Several solutions to this problem are already circulating in social networks from the community. Players suggest that the automatic parachute jump should be removed from the game. However, this would likely only delay the time until a player goes AFK.
An interesting solution is suggested by player “Jon”. He says “Just implement a Captcha check when you want to open the parachute.”
Entering a solution word could at least keep some bots out of the game. But it would probably also affect regular players who have trouble deciphering the word combinations. “Hey Schuhmann, how could you die so early? The round just started.” “Ahhh I can’t write the damn word!”
Another idea can be found on Reddit: “Click on all the images where you see chicken in this dinner.”
The last ideas should be taken with a good dose of humor. We are already curious to see what system the developers will adopt to fix this “problem”.
