Institute Temporary AFK Kick Timer

[Bouteiller]

I enjoy this debate because it's a symptom of a larger social problem. Selfish pricks log in and stay in without regard for anyone else. Considerate people log in, play, then log out so others may play. There is very little else I could do to the pricks that life hasn't already so I'm fine just continuing to be a considerate player.

An AFK timer would be a good start to help alleviate the 1017 wall many are encountering.

[VirtualSkill]

Yeah, sorry but it's pretty low to take up slots being AFK when you aren't even playing. You're making it harder for your brother gamers to play, and if you continue to do so you encourage them to quit the game.

Instead, login only when you NEED to. See this post for how (on pcs):
http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/g...V-PC-Only.html

[valhalla]

Implementing an AFK kick timer seems like a good idea but it might not work. When SE stress-tested their servers they did so under normal conditions(which includes a large number of AFK players). SE probably doesn't know how well their servers can handle all players in the game being active at once.

[Zoot]

Aion had the exact same issues for the first couple of weeks but at least they had log in Queues.
The Aion devs wound up doing random server restarts to boot the AFK'ers which isn't the best solution as you can imagine.

[Golds]

Nah, Just be patient, You will love being able to AFK all night in the future to sell your junk in your player store. if its anything like FFXI, soon you will just see bags on everyones heads all the time. Selling like a rose for 99,999,999 or somehting. But hey, at least they can sell it!

This game is fun, and even though its a pain to wait, just read a book or something. I pay just like everyone else. I'm sure this game will still be here tomorrow.

[Kaes]

Nah, Just be patient, You will love being able to AFK all night in the future to sell your junk in your player store. if its anything like FFXI, soon you will just see bags on everyones heads all the time. Selling like a rose for 99,999,999 or somehting. But hey, at least they can sell it!

This game is fun, and even though its a pain to wait, just read a book or something. I pay just like everyone else. I'm sure this game will still be here tomorrow.

Isn't that what retainers are for?

[Razla]

I've been dumped into Queues plenty of times when trying to log in.

I rarely get the queues. I've gotten them maybe 3 times since EA launched. Most of the time, its flatout error 1017. Your experience is not the norm. Yesterday, I kept seeing people /sh when they finally made it through. Someone on my FC said it took them 4 hours before they finally got in.

[Okipuit]

Greetings, everyone.

I know that the topic of users idling for long periods of time has become quite the hot topic due to the current login limitations. I wanted to let you know that the development team is aware of the discussions going on by users.

Currently, the implementation of a feature that would automatically disconnect a user who is idle for a specific amount of time is something that will be investigated once the currently announced plans and adjustments have been completed. Once that is in place, we'll be able to see a clearer picture of the concurrency numbers and get a better understanding of what steps need to be taken next.

I know that this is a "we'll need to wait and see and investigate," but it's important that we let you know where we currently stand on the topic.

[xaerostrike]

24/h AFK is just stupid and is one the main causes for the Server issues.... The Devs should have implemented this ages ago...

[Sonorous47]

Sounds like laziness....seriously. Beta tests ran fine....and you should have expected EXACTLY what is happening. Your SE for gods sake and this is FF of course there are TONS of players. Why would you even make an MMO and not expect to need an AFK kick time, and a login Queue. Beta testing is for testing....Release day is for playing a game that we payed for and........we cant play?!?!? WTF