Remove auto-logout feature

I'm curious if anyone would complain about this feature if it had even noticed if this feature had been a default feature since launch.

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Originally Posted by DeceptionsWrath

4 of those titles are free to play though... Free to play is fine with an autokick, sub games are not imo.

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So what? The whole purpose of why the auto log out got implemented currently is because large numbers of AFK players were preventing others from being able to play in the first place. Objectively, is any one person's sub fee more important than any other? No it is not, but when you have the problem of people not being able to play due to more players than expected being made worse by people logged in and not playing for prolonged periods of time, an auto-kick is needed to make it so the majority has a chance to actually play instead of the minority monopolizing the available slots. When the digital sales get re-implemented, and if there is not massive congestion I can see this being relaxed or even eliminated, but until the games population becomes stable and is not growing at a fast rate the AFK boot needs to stay.

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Originally Posted by Noata

There is an easy way to fix this, you see someone is AFK or a bot, running into a wall for extended periods of time. Simply take a screenshot, fill out a report that they are botting and let SE sort it out. I really hope people don't try to run at walls, it will make it hard to tell them from bots... and bots get perma banned

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I hope i find people running into walls for extended periods of time! I love reporting bots and if your running into a wall just to stay in the game then you're a bot and need banned.

Auto Kick is easily defeated without running into walls (since of course auto run doesn't defeat it) so no need to report someone running into a wall. No third party tools are needed none of that sort. I will report those using bots however. I'll continue to afk for as long as I see fit until they increase the 30 minute margain.

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Originally Posted by Crystallus

Auto Kick is easily defeated without running into walls (since of course auto run doesn't defeat it) so no need to report someone running into a wall. No third party tools are needed none of that sort. I will report those using bots however. I'll continue to afk for as long as I see fit until they increase the 30 minute margain.

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It's always somewhat funny when someone tries to put their foot down like this. This is a video game, a GAME, I hope everyone is aware of this. This isn't a job, or a raffle to get a car, or buying a house and dealing with the builder, this is a video game. You guys are all "I'm gonna do this as long as I see fit till SE gives me what I want, waaaaah"....honestly, it's literally nauseating that this is what people find the time to complain about....really sad stuff.

I'm really dreading what I'm about to say, honestly, because I hate the "stop acting like 12 year olds" comments. But you guys literally sound like kids....my daughter throws tantrums that are around the same as what you guys are doing. Screaming so she can get her way or trying to test me (neither of which work I might add), people here are literally doing the same thing towards SE.

I only have two words for this type of behavior.

Grow up.

in what way is logging back in after 30+ minutes of complete inactivity unacceptable?

I'm willing to listen but "just because" is not really an answer. Logging back in is super fast now with the server upgrades so that's no issue

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Originally Posted by DeceptionsWrath

4 of those titles are free to play though... Free to play is fine with an autokick, sub games are not imo.

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Rift USED to be a sub game and had Afk timer at launch.

The AFK kick doesn't seem to work so well anyway.

I started farming diremite webs in the North shroud yesterday and there was an AFK THM next to my usual farming spot. Ive been farming for 3 hours, that guy didn't disappear ( log out ) nor moved a toe.

Later that day i came back to farm couple more hours... That guy was still there at the exact same spot and once again didn't move at all or been logged out all the time i was farming. I actually bet that if i go to my spot right now he would still be there.

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Originally Posted by Sadique

can you please tell me all the mmo you have played? I really am curious, all the ones i played did have it.

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irrelevant statement, the argument to support that auto kick should not be "because every mmo ive played has it" when i can list several sub based ones that do not. Right off the top of my head? ffxi and lineage 2(before f2p of course).

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Originally Posted by DeceptionsWrath

4 of those titles are free to play though... Free to play is fine with an autokick, sub games are not imo.

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I'm sorry but what point are you trying to make?

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Originally Posted by DeceptionsWrath

4 of those titles are free to play though... Free to play is fine with an autokick, sub games are not imo.

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4 of those games had auto kick before they became free to play as well