RIP AFK'n flexing in Limsa for a little bit

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Originally Posted by Bright-Flower

Hopefully they will remove the work arounds so that even if you're talking to an npc or crafting etc, 30 minutes with no input means logout. I'm kind of baffled they didn't do something about this with expansion launches already considering the forced logout for everyone they had to do once.

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Doubt it, because there are plenty of other workarounds to it. It's not worth the time and effort to start squashing them, when the current implementation has already cut down the queues to a fraction of what they were.

There are still ways around the afk-kicker, more then one actually; a lot more.

If too many people circumvent the afk kick they will just implement the periodic full server logout again. Just logout if you are going to be afk for that long.

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Originally Posted by Naria

If too many people circumvent the afk kick they will just implement the periodic full server logout again. Just logout if you are going to be afk for that long.

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Yep, don't risk the biscuit.

People could report those trying to get around AFKs, or YoshiP brings back the server flushes, and we'll be back here calling out those who won't listen. Just logout if you aren't going to play! The game will still be around ya know.

I was surprised when I found out FFXIV doesn't normally have an AFK timer. The only other game I've played that didn't boot you off the server for going AFK was GW1.

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Originally Posted by KitKatnip

I was surprised when I found out FFXIV doesn't normally have an AFK timer. The only other game I've played that didn't boot you off the server for going AFK was GW1.

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It's never been really necessary except at expansion launches. It's the recent sudden increase to the player base that's requiring it now.

And nothing of value was lost.

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Originally Posted by Dragonblanco

I hate to admit it, but that joke kind of just went right over my head.

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IIRC if you sit with your Crafting window open as if you are choosing something to make, it circumvents the auto AFK kick timer.

I mean to be fair players can get around the timer. So yay I guess.

Remember when ShB launched and we had huge queues despite the auto-kick and Squenix was forced to boot everyone off the server during the night? Turns out the people circumventing the auto-kick were the actual problem and the queues dropped to a fraction of what they were. Looking forward for that happening again.