Surely other people notice this? I was playing my first day and I fell asleep, I woke up 4 hours later and my character was still LOGGED IN. Square you need to BOOT people who are AFK, that is a huge congestion issue. I have three people waiting to play on Hyperion and we can't get in ever.
?? Does anybody know when the next scheduled patch/fix is? I have to believe they are aware of this and planning on fixing it immediately.
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08-29-2013, 12:26 PMMaxRexBug Report: there is no AFK boot that's why the servers are so clogged
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08-29-2013, 12:33 PMWilson11
That would DEFINITELY be a HUGE help!!!
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08-29-2013, 12:35 PMAthelReiki
This is not a bug. Why post it here? This is working as intended. FFXI never booted people.
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08-29-2013, 12:39 PMMaxRexMaybe because this is a game they actually want people to play? I really refuse to believe that their goal is to launch a server that never boots anyone, and also blocks people from getting on the server because 10,000 AFK players are logged in instead. Must be a bug.Quote:
Originally Posted by AthelReiki
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08-29-2013, 01:50 PMMaxRexUpon further review: SERIOUSLY? The servers are full and they're blocked because people want to sit AFK for hours or days, REALLY? I'm glad this was a cheap game because if they don't fix it, I'm quittin.Quote:
Originally Posted by AthelReiki
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08-29-2013, 02:45 PM10TailBeast
The bug is in the brains of players who do that crap. Sadly, nothing short of a miracle will fix that one.
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08-29-2013, 03:14 PMSylntSyco
FFXI didn't boot people because of their individual Bazaars. There was no REAL way to make full use of it except for camping your toon in busy areas and letting people browse at their leisure.
This game has no function like that, therefore, NO legitimate reason to NOT institute an Automated AFK DC timer. IF they had one from the start, there would be dramatically reduced clogging of the servers all the way around. -
08-29-2013, 03:17 PMChiramu
So this thread doesn't really belong in the bug reports, it's not a bug >.>...
Maybe the OP should have a look at what a Bug in computer programming language means... Anyway OP, you should look at the Dev Tracker more. -
08-29-2013, 03:31 PMMaloreyI feel the same. I paid 20 euros for the game, so not that bothered about writing it off.Quote:
Originally Posted by MaxRex
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08-29-2013, 03:51 PMVinter
I can attest to this being a bug. In that it's the veritable fly in my soup.
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08-29-2013, 04:25 PMNekodar
They are working on fixing this by first expanding datacenter capacity.
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08-29-2013, 05:06 PMTanayaIt is indeed not a bug, so I'm not sure why this is posted here. The OP isn't going to get any reception from here.Quote:
Originally Posted by AthelReiki
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08-29-2013, 06:40 PMMaxRexSeriously who in their right mind would assume a non-functioning or non-existant AFK-boot was NOT a bug? People AFK for days are actually interfering with the population needed for other parts of the game. Why would anyone with MMO experience assume locked servers on account of non-booted AFK'ers was intentional?Quote:
Originally Posted by Tanaya
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08-30-2013, 12:59 AMTanayaI have a decade's worth of MMO experience, particularly from Square Enix. They have never in any of their MMOs implemented an AFK Timer except for FFXI, and you can turn that one off on your settings.Quote:
Originally Posted by MaxRex
It is not a bug, it is a choice in design and not every MMO is going to go by the standards. That said, I agree there should be an AFK Timer, which is why I'm suggesting you place this elsewhere. -
08-30-2013, 01:40 AMMiitan
A bug would be if they had an AFK-boot in place and it failed to work.
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08-30-2013, 03:47 AMTeizque
Using the infamous IT language....It is "Working As Designed"...In DAOC days folks would camp for DAYS to get a chance at an artifact boss. The timeout approach is for cheap developers that would rather boot people then increase server capacity.
In short, server capacity > booting.
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08-30-2013, 05:17 AMUltimaDragoThat is one of the most dickish things I've ever read, all the afkers do is waste a player slot for someone who could be having fun instead of being a greedy selfish person who has no reason to afk other than "WOW I LOOK SO COOL SAT HERE, I HOPE SOMEONE NOTICES ME ^_^"Quote:
Originally Posted by Teizque
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08-30-2013, 05:35 AMMaxRexExactly. Again, I'm glad this was a cheap game because if they don't fix this, I'm quittin. I should be surprised to see there is a culture of lowlifes DEFENDING no AFK-boot, but I'm not. Just more people looking to get cheap easy thrills at watching someone else's money go to waste. They can't enjoy their game without taking up queue space and wasting it, just so somebody else can't get it. They're willing to actually kill the active population on a server, for F**king made up game currency. It's a mighty achievement to hoard something so worthless and petty.Quote:
Originally Posted by UltimaDrago
LOL EARLY ACCESS - the whole point of Early Access for these farming SOBS was to be logged in so no one else could get on at launch. #lowlifes