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BUG - AFK Detection no longer working after Ver.1.20.1.4 update

After the Groudon patch & subseqent Pawmot buff, AFK detection was working great. I had instances where folks were afk for ~30-45 seconds at the beginning or end of the match, and didn't lose any rank when the match finished. When reporting the person, I would get "confirming" but after the match I got mail that said they were penalized for being idle in battle (short-term).

Since the small patch on the 11th (link here), it seems like AFK detection is back to where it was before the Groudon patch.

Comfey was being flagged as AFK when attached to a character - this was technically correct because a Comfey player who does not even auto attack is technically afk and not doing anything for the team.

Easy solution: Revert the AFK detection to what it was prior to the 11th, if that isn't doable, add a whitelist for Comfey when attached to a teammate, right AFK detection is as bad as it was prior to the Groudon patch, it is clearly a bug.