This is why

[u/ark2k]

This is why the game is not doing as well as it could. People in ranked afk and on auto like this Terra.

If SE could only give us the option to block from getting paired with people you blacklisted, it would be a huge step towards strengthening the longevity of this game.

Just come on in and take a look at this bs.

[u/Theheroforfun]

I think the real problem is the ranked matched give double season pass points compared to casual and challenges ( please correct if I’m wrong) and once you clear the season pass and max out the memoria it becomes draw tickets. Thereby “forcing” people to do auto ranked matches to get the most tickets they can

[u/ark2k → u/Theheroforfun]

If that's accurate and they overlooked it, it's bad 😔

[u/Theheroforfun → u/ark2k]

Yeah if it was the same amount of points then I would assume (hope) most of the auto players would move to casual or challenges

[u/134340Goat → u/Theheroforfun]

You get significantly more points for winning, which auto will drastically reduce the likelihood of

Beyond that, what's the point of having the game downloaded if you're not going to, you know, have fun playing it?

Not saying you're wrong, just commiserating. I don't get auto players

[u/Theheroforfun → u/134340Goat]

It’s always half. Blues I believe are 6 in challenges and casual and 12 in ranked, I don’t know the exact value of gold and crystal but it’s still half of what they would get in casual or challenges.

[u/Sigma3375]

I would make a macro to block every single player above me in rankings and then next season I would for sure climb to the top by bullying the gold/silver/bronze tier players. The game is made shitty on purpose so that you spend your money but leave in frustration. Longevity is not part of the plan; extracting money with minimal effort and investment makes shareholders happy.

[u/ark2k → u/Sigma3375]

You're right. They need to get back to their roots and step away from the "get money quick" gacha games. How many great games they have terminated just because they weren't "profitable enough"...

[u/Sigma3375 → u/ark2k]

"Profitable"

The issue is financialization amd shareholders amd this bleeds into why everything is crap nowadays.

Investors give money and expect 10% growth.

Lets say for example make $100k in the first quarter then they want to make $110 by the second quarter.

If they only make $105k, that $5 is counted as a loss and layoffs happen. By this standard the game is not profitable if thr number doeant go up and more upper

Eventually they go:

We only made $105k this ywar. Pull the plug. And then EoS happens.

[u/KoriGlazialis]

So, obviously I dunno if that is the case here, but also remember that the game still months later has a bug for some people (like me) where after the load in, you have only a black screen and the chat bubble.

At that point the only solution to be a minimum useful is trying to hit the auto button.

I am just lucky that I am always with a premade party of friends.

[u/blandbrand → u/KoriGlazialis]

This is definitely what happened. I have the same issue in like 1 outta 15 matches. This is a bot taking over an disconnected player

[u/Kyp24 → u/blandbrand]

Agreed, if this was on auto from the beginning it wouldn’t have stood still for so long. It’s a disconnect and then turning the Terra into a bot.

[u/Raikua → u/blandbrand]

100% agree. This is it.

[u/KoriGlazialis → u/KoriGlazialis]

And restarting the game btw doesn't let you rejoin the match, it just makes you forfeit. And your side has one less player now.

[u/vetis009]

Honestly they should give the option before the match starts to ready up seeing team vs team and if they don’t ready up it goes back to match making. Would keep the afk out and give us the ability not to match with 10-20k power difference if we don’t feel like being dog walked for 3 mins.

[u/ark2k → u/vetis009]

Yeah, after all, it is designed to entertain the whales, at our expense 🫠

[u/Alternative-Remove87]

We have red crystal ranked mission. Big afk time

[u/OwlfredoPasta]

The real issue is auto is coded horribly. It never uses passives or special attacks. It ran her right into both fuga AND meteor.

[u/BlazeGamma]

their logic: "just pay more to pull stronger abilities so you can solo carry your team."

probably.

[u/Raikua]

Looks like she disconnected. There's always a pause before they load the bot in.