Remove auto-logout feature

before people jump the gun as usual.... FFXI also had this setting. all you had to do was go to your settings and turn off the auto afk timer. maybe its more of the same ?

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Originally Posted by Norister

Everyone wanted it.

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The OP would indicate otherwise.

People only wanted it because of server congestion. With two maintenance sessions that added new worlds, a new duty finder server, expanded server capacity, and the future addition of world transfers, congestion is about to be a thing of the past, and with it will disappear the reason for everyone's rage against AFKers. It's like when people paid full price for an iPhone 4 the day before the iPhone 5 was announced and dropped the price of the 4 in half -- this would have been a great investment when the technology actually had relevance, but why the heck is this happening now?

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Originally Posted by Tolmos

If, by everyone, you mean you- yes, I suppose you did.

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They still haven't unlocked digital sales. If anything they're being cautious in preparation for this. No one wants another fiasco when those new players start arriving.

Good gracious. If you arent idle for 30 mins, this will never affect you. If you are idle for more than 30 mins, well, then you should have logged out anyway. This feature is in a whole lot of games, its not some new feature. Get over it.

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Originally Posted by Inarie

Good gracious. If you arent idle for 30 mins, this will never affect you. If you are idle for more than 30 mins, well, then you should have logged out anyway. This feature is in a whole lot of games, its not some new feature. Get over it.

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Dungeon Finder, DD, Desktop. Won't happen to me, but i bet there will be some mad about it. I don't see much use in that feature NOW, a week ago it would be great, now its just... not usefull anymore.

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Originally Posted by Usotsuki

Dungeon Finder, DD, Desktop. Won't happen to me, but i bet there will be some mad about it. I don't see much use in that feature NOW, a week ago it would be great, now its just... not usefull anymore.

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Uh... You know they still haven't unlocked digital sales. How would you feel if you got 1017 when those gates are lifted.

Congrats square enix on the auto log-out feature finally people who want to play and not just standing around (afk) this will make the game more fair for people who want to play

I still had 1017 error. Is everything fine as long as it isn't happening to you guys?

OP I hope this is a troll if not you are pathetic.

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Originally Posted by Blazn

OP I hope this is a troll if not you are pathetic.

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LOL /10chars

So you have to pay attention to the duty queue every so often now? Boo freaking hoo. The players in many other MMOs survive, (WoW included, and it has longish dps queues) you will too. I promise it'll all be okay. There is absolutely no reason to be afk in the game for longer than a half hour. And if you are, log back in! OMG it's so difficult. :(

I have to say I'm with the OP on this one.













OH wait, he said remove the feature, not the AFK user? Disregard :D

I think it's addition that's been needed since EA. Great to see it put in place. The city states are loaded with Idlers, it'll make it a better experience for us all.

If you've not done anything for half an hour you should be kicked, end of.

Original Post needs a box of Kleenex, QUIT CRYING, Drama Queen!

This improves the performance, gets rid of alot of player hot-spots and make sure people check their duty finder once in a while instead of just making sure someone else has to go through a list of people not accepting their dutyfinder

I'd say the OP was successful in luring enough prey.

He will dine well tonight.

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It's strange that they put it on so late, after most of the server issues have been fixed. I think it still needs to be in for now, as town overcrowding can be a big issue sometimes, but after 2-4 weeks I would like to see it removed again.

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Originally Posted by RynaultB

*Sigh* Auto-logout feature is in most MMOs. I think its a fine feature maybe lengthen the time it before it logs you out.

Whats the problem, just log back in when your AT you PC/PS3.

The past couple of days looking at all the QQing on these forums, you guys make WoW players look good now...

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its problem because wow players is moving in wen I was playing ffxi people was not very rude and inept on strategy. any they always blame other people when they are the ones who dies.

Standing around for 30 (!) minutes not playing is not playing. End. Of. Story. Seriously.

Applying single player logic to an MMO is not working. Spare us your ego trip, OP.
Also, players agreeing with the removal are in complete denial. lol
And besides, it's not like this is a feature that's totally unheard of in other MMOs.

I'm more than looking forward to less crowded areas and better performance.

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Originally Posted by Zehira

Did they just add it? Where will it send you to? Main Menu? I am fine with that but they need to remove auto-movie feature during the main menu.

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It is a touching opening, but I totally agree with the point about the auto-movie feature.

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Originally Posted by Pururin

Inaccurate Self-entitled Statement

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Actually, if you had read the Final Fantasy XIV User Agreement (http://support.na.square-enix.com/ru...1&tag=users_en) you would know that your statement is inaccurate. You do not in fact have the right to "play the game however you wish." Specifically, I imagine that walking away from your keyboard for extended periods of time can be considered disruptive, in that it prevents others from logging in who wish to make more active use of the service.

This is not to say whether or not I agree with the OP or whether the logout timer is too short, or whether it should exist at all, however no one has the right to do anything in this game. You accept an agreement when you log in for the first time, and you continued playing of the game is contingent upon that agreement.

Im playing on tonberry atm. Still getting 1017 up till last night so yeah.... We do need the afk timer,... Well... At least my server does. :P

Tbh I hope they never remove it. Some say its not needed still, but I beg to differ. Yes some of the login issues have been alleviated, but what youll run into now is lag. The more people on the server and the more people in a zone generates lag even if standing there. Now add pets to those afk people with all their sparklies, I.e. carbuncle. This creates lag auto logout afkers will help reduce stress and lag on the server. Besides why would you want to stand around afk for? You cant bazaar and correct me if im wrong but dont you get more rested xp logging in an inn?

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Originally Posted by Eliseus

Actually, most modern day MMOs DON'T have this feature anymore, because like I said in the original post, this day and age, it isn't needed.

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Which ones don't? I'm legitimately curious because I'm of the mind that most do.

Hahahhaahah oh man I can't believe people are actually asking for this to be removed. You guys HAVE to be trolling? Please? I was still unable to log onto Tiamat most of the time due to 1017 until tonight.

Go back to single player games you ignorent nubs.

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Originally Posted by ArchimedesVandiir

Tbh I hope they never remove it. Some say its not needed still, but I beg to differ. Yes some of the login issues have been alleviated, but what youll run into now is lag. The more people on the server and the more people in a zone generates lag even if standing there. Now add pets to those afk people with all their sparklies, I.e. carbuncle. This creates lag auto logout afkers will help reduce stress and lag on the server.

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Incorrect!!!!!

Less AFKers means more open connections, which means SE will allow more characters to be created per server.

More ACTIVE characters = MORE LAG not less.

Give me the option to turn this off. Sometimes I leave the game on so I can watch and see if anything interesting is happenning while I do other things. There multiple reasons why this is just annoying. Get rid of it or give me the option to turn it off myself like in FFXI.

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Originally Posted by WhiteGarden

Less AFKers means more open connections, which means SE will allow more characters to be created per server.

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This leap in logic does not follow. There's no reason for SE to do this.

So. Less AFKers means more open connections. Fin.

Create a looping macro. AFK timer defeated. If purely movement based, auto run inside an inn room. Stop complaining. While it may inconvenience some, it will benefit others. OP and those that want this feature removed, you only have those that abused it to stay logged on intentionally to avoid the inevitable 1017 error should they log out. Those people were the symptom of inadequate servers, but were easy scape goats to blame for those of us that played the log on mini game for hours at a time.

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Originally Posted by Rin_Kuroi

This leap in logic does not follow. There's no reason for SE to do this.

So. Less AFKers means more open connections. Fin.

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SE is a business. They will load each server to capacity. AFKers being kicked does not mean more open connections. It means more room for more characters.

Wishful thinking on your part.

30 minutes is too short. I've had duty finder waits that were more than twice that. I don't know if being in the duty finder counts as being active, but either way just on a matter of principle the game should not kick you for being inactive for a shorter period of time than the game forces you to wait.

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Originally Posted by Eliseus

Really? In this day and age? I guess my expectations for SE are too high.

Edit: Whiners whining about whiners and so oblivious to the facts.

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What facts? Oh right yeah, there are none.

As for "This day and age" ... wanna play that card? In this day and age, you should not be wasting all the energy by leaving your CPU/Console and monitors/televisions on for 30+ minutes without them being used.

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Originally Posted by WhiteGarden

SE is a business. They will load each server to capacity. AFKers being kicked does not mean more open connections. It means more room for more characters.

Wishful thinking on your part.

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The server infrastructure determines how many active / created character can concurrently exist. "lol business" is not a reason.

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Originally Posted by VitoScaletta

I like how they fixed the servers, THEN implemented the totally now useless AFK disconnect.

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Originally Posted by FenHin

I still occasionally got 1017 on Tonbery server at prime time. Hope this feature reduce it

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This is why auto logout is needed. Even though some people may not be currently affected, there are still some servers having 1017 issues.

30 minutes is very short... I alt-tab while wating for the duty finder which usually takes longer than 30 minutes to find me a party.

Community: The afk players blockade the servers, we need a forced lock-out.
SE implement forced lock-out
Community: Too late, we need it not more. Away with it.
SE remove forced lock-out. Online sell start again. New players coming
Community: SE, we need forced lock-out again. Give it us.

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Originally Posted by Usotsuki

Dungeon Finder, DD, Desktop. Won't happen to me, but i bet there will be some mad about it. I don't see much use in that feature NOW, a week ago it would be great, now its just... not usefull anymore.

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You can fish some fishes while you wait. Some fishes give you also some gil.
The best thing about the content finder is, you can do all different stuff while you wait. You don't need to be AFK.

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Originally Posted by MochaLatte

30 minutes is very short... I alt-tab while wating for the duty finder which usually takes longer than 30 minutes to find me a party.

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If you are alt-tabbed and not watching then you only have a 60 second window to confirm you are in/out.

Or,

Alt-tab back in at some point during that 30 minute window, so you can check on your duty progress AND, almost as if by magic, stop the auto-disconnect!

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Originally Posted by KiriA500

Don't afk for 30 minutes. Crisis averted!

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Better yet use you mouse keyboard or auto hot key to do something every 20 minutes automatically when you afk so you dont get kicked.