Why has an auto-boot function not been implimented?

I'm curious as to why not service has been put in place to automatically boot players after x time of inactivity? This functionality is in place in many other online games to counter the various server issues we are currently experiencing.

Many players (as I'm sure they will attest to in response to this post) opt for staying logged into the game for fear of not being able to log in later should they log out at any time. I don't blame them. If I didn't care about taxing power on my household or the various updates I might have to do to my computer that require a system restart, I'd stay logged in too. The fear they hold is a legitimate one.

Is this something that is intended to be implemented in upcoming maintenance? Can we expect such a functionality any time in the future?

I understand that even if implemented, some players will still inevitably just jump every 10 mins or so, but that only accounts for part of the population.

If there is a valid reason that this has not been implemented please state your rebuttal in response to this post. The issue is freely up for debate. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.

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Originally Posted by Datadas

I'm curious as to why not service has been put in place to automatically boot players after x time of inactivity? This functionality is in place in many other online games to counter the various server issues we are currently experiencing.

Many players (as I'm sure they will attest to in response to this post) opt for staying logged into the game for fear of not being able to log in later should they log out at any time. I don't blame them. If I didn't care about taxing power on my household or the various updates I might have to do to my computer that require a system restart, I'd stay logged in too. The fear they hold is a legitimate one.

Is this something that is intended to be implemented in upcoming maintenance? Can we expect such a functionality any time in the future?

I understand that even if implemented, some players will still inevitably just jump every 10 mins or so, but that only accounts for part of the population.

If there is a valid reason that this has not been implemented please state your rebuttal in response to this post. The issue is freely up for debate. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.

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I love the arrogance in your post. because Square will definite respond to YOUR post and not the other billion that are out there lolol.

I did a search for "auto-boot" before posting to attempt to ascertain whether or not the issue had already been addressed. Also, whether square responds or not is irrelevant. I would also like to hear from the rest of the community.

yes indeed i am one of these players can't log in and i use vpn just to log in and play :(

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Originally Posted by AthelReiki

I love the arrogance in your post. because Square will definite respond to YOUR post and not the other billion that are out there lolol.

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Really? here too Athie-reiki? o.o' is no one safe from your attacks on people with game play issues? Athie, we need to talk about your aggression issues. Do you need a hug?

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Originally Posted by Aytri

Really? here too Athie-reiki? o.o' is no one safe from your attacks on people with game play issues? Athie, we need to talk about your aggression issues. Do you need a hug?

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I think he does. Group hug everyone!

because an anti afk system would not work they would circumvent it with a simple keyboard macro to jump ever 3 min to prevent from hitting the afk timer.

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I've been pounding this drum myself for awhile now, but I don't mind another post on the issue.

To answer your question: there is no reason why this has not been implemented, or why it wasn't done from the start. The only thing SE has said about it is that it has been "considered" in response to player concerns, but was assigned a lower priority behind the server queue issues.

This was just a boneheaded decision made by the dev team, and they are unwilling to publicly admit they made a mistake.

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Could they not write an if/then to anticipate repetitive keystrokes such as that?

Yes, they could.

I understand they want to improve the servers by increasing them and the work that would be done to have to implement it is probably something they rather skip.

But honestly, I don't think having an extra function such as AFK kick being a bad idea, I get what people say about a macro, but it would mean the window would need to be active, so I imagine a lot of people wouldn't a) make the effort, b) as willing to leave the game open running full pelt on their hardware, at least now you can alt tab it its basically the same as it not running.