27 Valorant players out of every 1 000 are AFK Riot reveals The Loadout The Loadout 27 Valorant players out of every 1 000 are AFK Riot reveals As the studio continues to clean up the experience, Riot has revealed just how many players show up AFK, trying to grind XP in matches Joe Apsey Published: Aug 30, 2022 06:05 ET Valorant As Riot continues to battle the bots, toxic behaviour, and issues plaguing Valorant's matchmaking as you climb the Valorant ranks, the studio has issued a new update on player dynamics and the work they have already done. And, within that update, they detail just how bots are being squished given that 27 out of every 1,000 players are showing up AFK to matches. These bots which show up to bring XP have now begun being funnelled into lobbies with other AFK bots according to Riot. And, as no damage will be done in a lobby full of these bots, no experience is earned. But, if a player is still playing and intentionally playing bad to grind XP, Riot is also working on systems to catch them out. The current method looks at all the inputs to see if the poor performance was intentional or not. But, a second is in development. That second method will aim to catch offenders in the middle of matches, rather than after they have concluded. This real-time input detection though won't be seen for a while as there is a lot of grey area when it comes to bad play and a lot of potential reasons for that bad play. As such, this system won't be introduced until the team has "reduced false positives to a small number", according to Riot. It is great to see the game moving in the right direction and while fixing the bots is nice to see, the vast majority of the issues come from real players. Therefore, once this new input detection system gets implemented we should see the health of the game and online matches improve dramatically. More from The Loadout Valorant Night Market dates, skins, and more Riot all but confirms new Valorant agent will be a Controller Valorant Champions 2022 to dish out rewards for watching and playing We’re giving away a Secretlab Valorant Champions 2022 Edition chair! More Valorant players are escaping low elo in Episode 5 2022 Valorant Champions teams locked in as VCT LCQs conclude Joe Apsey Joe covers the latest Nintendo Switch, PS5, and Xbox games for The Loadout after years of experience consoles. He's also the chap behind our PS Plus Extra and Premium games list. Popular now Orianna has been disabled for League of Legends Worlds 2022 The FIFA 23 meta has quickly become all about Lengthy players Blizzard assures Overwatch 2 players their OW1 skins aren’t lost Network N Media earns commission from qualifying purchases via Amazon Associates and other programs. We include affiliate links in articles. View terms. Prices correct at time of publication. More stories Odoamne says Rogue is taking LoL Worlds 2022 “one game at a time” Best Warzone Loadout of the Week – battle with Modern Warfare’s best The LoL Worlds 2022 final is headed to a cinema near you More from The Loadout Follow us for daily videogame news on Facebook, Twitter, Steam, and Google News. Valorant skins: bundles, prices, tiers, and more Valorant ranks, MMR, and more explained Valorant console release date rumours, news, and more Free shooting games Best PS5 games Best Xbox games