Being Forced To Wait 10 Minutes For Character Connection Timeout (No Thanks.)

Well.

My Comcast connection reset itself ten minutes ago, disconnecting me from FFXIV and I am now stuck waiting for my character to time out so I can log back in.

I really would appreciate it if Square Enix would increase the "connection keepalive" checks so that when a disconnect happens, the character would be logged out of the game by the time the player attempts to reconnect.

Basically, it goes like this: Player gets forcibly disconnected by douchey ISP. Player gets back online, attempts relog. Server recognizes login attempt, automatically disconnects any "ghosts", and permits the player to reconnect on the second login attempt.

Please, implement this. For the love of all the Gods that have ever existed in the lifetime of humanity, implement this. I am SICK of waiting 10+ minutes for my character to time out.

Edit: This is the fifth time it's happened in as many days.

is it still 10 minutes? because I have to wait just few mins after DCed in this version

This is a common problem in pretty much every MMO out there

something to do with when your provider has a hickup and your character doesnt log out correctly. You basicaly cant log in until it times out

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Originally Posted by TheVedis

This is a common problem in pretty much every MMO out there

something to do with when your provider has a hickup and your character doesnt log out correctly. You basicaly cant log in until it times out

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The solution is to have the server LOG YOUR *BLEEP* CHARACTER OUT...WHEN YOU ATTEMPT TO LOG IN AGAIN...that's what I was suggesting here.

And in regards to Comcast, I'm going to ask them to replace the stupid modem.

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Originally Posted by SilvertearRen

The solution is to have the server LOG YOUR *BLEEP* CHARACTER OUT...WHEN YOU ATTEMPT TO LOG IN AGAIN...that's what I was suggesting here.

And in regards to Comcast, I'm going to ask them to replace the stupid modem.

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lol yes that is a good option

but i can also see a HUGE downside to it too which i wont go into and thats probly why it isnt like that anwyhere(it does seem logical but there are reasons)

It does seem to happen alot more with comcast then other providers too but thats cuz comcast sucks in general

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Originally Posted by TheVedis

lol yes that is a good option

but i can also see a HUGE downside to it too which i wont go into and thats probly why it isnt like that anwyhere(it does seem logical but there are reasons)

It does seem to happen alot more with comcast then other providers too but thats cuz comcast sucks in general

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Comcast needs to get raped by a Morbol. Screw their monopoly...

If you have another character, log in with that character. It will auto log out your DC'd character. Log out of the second character and log back in with your DC'd one. I did it back with FFXI too. It's a pain, but it's faster than waiting 10 minutes. That is if you do have another character. If not, then i dunno *shrugs*

Comcast is a terrible service provider.

Also yeah they should probably increase the disconnect checks.

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Originally Posted by SilvertearRen

Comcast needs to get raped by a Morbol. Screw their monopoly...

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yeah
im with uverse, we have it happen too...
by that i mean twice in the last 7 months, not too bad

but i have alot in my shell who just have massive issues with comcast, ALWAYS comcast doing this

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Originally Posted by SilvertearRen

The solution is to have the server LOG YOUR *BLEEP* CHARACTER OUT...WHEN YOU ATTEMPT TO LOG IN AGAIN...that's what I was suggesting here.

And in regards to Comcast, I'm going to ask them to replace the stupid modem.

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It does. >.>

When I disconnect, all I have to do is try to connect again. This logs the character out. Then you should only have to wait a minute or two before trying to log in again.

The problem comes if you're trying to spam your login. If you do that, it will take much longer.