{"id":12704,"date":"2021-02-16T02:09:19","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T02:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/valorant-devs-go-after-afkers-with-patch-v2-03"},"modified":"2024-07-19T09:23:26","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T09:23:26","slug":"valorant-devs-go-after-afkers-with-patch-v2-03","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/fortnite\/valorant-devs-go-after-afkers-with-patch-v2-03","title":{"rendered":"Valorant devs go after AFKers with patch v2.03"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Teamwork is key to success in Valorant, Riot&#8217;s 5v5 tactical shooter, sadly, it&#8217;s often common to find yourself at a disadvantage due to a player leaving the match for inactivity with the developers preparing harsher punishments for those that go AFK a bit too much.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/playvalorant.com\/en-us\/news\/dev\/valorant-behavior-detection-and-penalty-updates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In developer update<\/a>, Sara Dadafshar and Lea of the Social and Player Dynamics team shared that, starting with patch v2.04, a more concise set of penalties will make their way to the game.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Warnings<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">XP denial for the games in which you were AFK&rsquo;d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Small deductions from your ranked rating for pre-game dodges<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Deductions from your ranked rating for in-game AFKing (Patch 2.03)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Increased queue restrictions<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Barred entry from ranked games<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">VALORANT game bans<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Chat toxicity in Valorant&nbsp;<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-cf.ginx.tv\/imgcdn\/5dw_2npnPtY3Xe4XEV7vJDhb8l1Xjywju9cFI1O48ZM\/rs:fill:0:0:1\/g:ce\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ2lueC50di91cGxvYWRzL3ZhbG9yYW50X3VwZGF0ZV9uZXcuanBlZw\" alt=\"valorant afk penalties\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" loading=\"lazy\"><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">(Image: Riot Games)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Coming with patch v2.04, text-based offences will also be targetted with more strictness. &#8220;We&rsquo;ve introduced more nuance to the system, and penalties escalate with both the frequency and severity of the offence,&#8221; the update states.<\/p>\n<p>The penalties include:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Warnings<\/li>\n<li>Comms bans<\/li>\n<li>Extended comms bans<\/li>\n<li>Ranked queue bans<\/li>\n<li>Game bans<\/li>\n<li>Extended game bans<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There is still a big important point worth mentioning according to the devs: &#8220;Our current text evaluation systems can&rsquo;t discern who started the rage war. If we see you saying awful things, you&rsquo;ll get flagged, no matter who threw it down first.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/valorant\/valorant-v2-02-patch-notes-run-and-gun-nerfed-rank-changes-more\">Valorant v2.02 patch notes: Run and gun nerfed, rank changes, more<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The recommendation is that you report the harassment immediately rather than directly engaging with it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Valorant reporter feedback<\/h2>\n<p>Finally, scheduled for patch v2.05, players will be notified when their report has been acted upon, reassuring them that the systems in place are working properly,<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Version 1 of this will require you to be logged into the game client to receive the feedback, but we&rsquo;re on our way to a system where we can notify you outside the game.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For more on Valorant, check out the leaked mode that will come with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/admin\/post\/edit\/Valorant%20leak%20reveals%20Escalation%20game%20mode%20coming%20in%20v2.03\">patch v2.03 called Escalation<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teamwork is key to success in Valorant, Riot&#8217;s 5v5 tactical shooter, sadly, it&#8217;s often common to find yourself at a disadvantage due to a player&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1973,"featured_media":12705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fortnite","genre-fps","content_type-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - 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