Quick Launch?

[bungiefanNA]

Some of the features are even useful. I still use my POL email account, and have since 2002. That was the only way to get screenshots off the console versions, you had to email them to yourself. Also, the friend list function in POL Viewer is the only way to add offline people to your friend list, and people on other servers.

[Rainehx]

Actually, no one logs out for short breaks becuase why bother? it's a short break. Just leave the game running. This game uses like almost none of any modern PC's computing power. There's no need to close it down for a "short break."

Playonline originally had (and to some small degree still has) other features besides just launching FFXI, and it's already been stated multiple times by the devs they can't simply remove playonline because core code of the game is intertwined with playonline systems (The game itself is actually a .DLL that is called by pol.exe, rather than an executable itself, and needs to make calls back to POL because playOnline manages your account information and character IDs and your Friend List). So unfortunately, no, you can't have it.

All that effort replying to my post, if only you'd spent the time to read it lol.
I said nothing about getting rid of POL I said simply of making it quicker to log in.
Way to try to pick at something positive just for the sake of it.
(all about the post count amiright)

And if your really so naive to think that people arnt lazy, good on you.

Regardless of what resources are being used your PSU still draws power.
Countless people afk for 1 -2 hours and simply don't log out because its just easier, obviously I wasn't hinging my argument on that alone but its just another positive.

Quality, not quantity guy.

Some of the features are even useful. I still use my POL email account, and have since 2002. That was the only way to get screenshots off the console versions, you had to email them to yourself. Also, the friend list function in POL Viewer is the only way to add offline people to your friend list, and people on other servers.

Still has lots of features! not suggesting getting rid of it, just quick launch icon bypassing all the stuff most don't use.