Idle check. We need to talk about it.

Square Enix, you got to implement a system that will boot players for idling for to long. They're not playing the game, they're just taking up space that can be used by someone else that wants to play.

I propose this plan:

1. AFK for one hour, you get marked for idle. The player is notified with a message.

2. If the player is still AFK (after getting the idle warning) after 5mins they'll automatically be logged off.

3. If the player has been playing for three hours none stop, they'll get a message suggesting that they should take a fifteen minuet break for health reasons. :)


This feature should be on at all times.

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Originally Posted by Andrien

Square Enix, you got to implement a system that will boot players for idling for to long. They're not playing the game, they're just taking up space that can be used by someone else that wants to play.

I propose this plan:

1. AFK for one hour, you get marked for idle. The player is notified with a message.

2. If the player is still AFK after 5mins they'll automatically be logged off.


This should not be toggled on and off. This feature should be on at all times.

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Shouldn't it be the other way around? Don't move for 5 minutes you go afk, afk for an hour you get logged off? Well either way I agree. Something needs to be added for sure.

An hour is way too much time. Cut that down to 5-15. Even if the servers were fine, that's the limit I think needs to be enforced.

So what you're saying is, if I:

1. Go afk for an hour due to cooking dinner then eating but keep the game on to keep tabs on my FC/LS I should be kicked from the game?

And

2. If i go to the bathroom or get something to drink I should be kicked from the game?

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Originally Posted by jpem

Shouldn't it be the other way around? Don't move for 5 minutes you go afk, afk for an hour you get logged off? Well either way I agree. Something needs to be added for sure.

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Don't move for 5 minutes you go afk? People can find a way to prevent it: you run your character to the corner and turn on auto-run before you go afk.

I say we need more servers!

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Originally Posted by Jennestia

So what you're saying is, if I:

1. Go afk for an hour due to cooking dinner then eating but keep the game on to keep tabs on my FC/LS I should be kicked from the game?

And

2. If i go to the bathroom or get something to drink I should be kicked from the game?

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1. Yes, if you sit afk an hour while doing other stuff while others are trying to get in, yes you should get kicked.

2. Takes you an hour to go to the bathroom and get a drink? If so, then yes to that too.

Would love to see this but it's not going to help the relieve the congestion, what they need is to upgrade their servers to allow more players concurrently, too many people want online but there is little room before the server starts crashing because it can't handle the amount of players

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Originally Posted by ChanceFurystrike

1. Yes, if you sit afk an hour while doing other stuff while others are trying to get in, yes you should get kicked.

2. Takes you an hour to go to the bathroom and get a drink? If so, then yes to that too.

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So getting kicked for being AFK for 5 minutes is reasonable? No wonder new MMOs tend to fail once they hit the western demographic.

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Originally Posted by ChanceFurystrike

1. Yes, if you sit afk an hour while doing other stuff while others are trying to get in, yes you should get kicked.

2. Takes you an hour to go to the bathroom and get a drink? If so, then yes to that too.

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Originally Posted by Jennestia

So getting kicked for being AFK for 5 minutes is reasonable? No wonder new MMOs tend to fail once they hit the western demographic.

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Where in that sentence do you see five minutes?

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Originally Posted by Jennestia

So what you're saying is, if I:

1. Go afk for an hour due to cooking dinner then eating but keep the game on to keep tabs on my FC/LS I should be kicked from the game?


2. If i go to the bathroom or get something to drink I should be kicked from the game?

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If you leave the game for a whole hour, you should definitely be kicked.