It's time to implement AFK Kicks

Chars need to be kicked from servers for AFKing. Especially if you are going to lock servers out when they are full. People just aren't logging out and keeping others from logging in.

unfortunately they said they are going to wait to do so after the data center upgrades. Which is utter stupidity IMO. AFK kicks should have been in from the get go!

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Originally Posted by AlienWacKo

unfortunately they said they are going to wait to do so after the data center upgrades. Which is utter stupidity IMO. AFK kicks should have been in from the get go!

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I agree.. crazy having to spam the login over and over

It is a good idea!

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Originally Posted by Tyahsi

I agree.. crazy having to spam the login over and over

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You'd have to spam the login over and over regardless. People aren't logging out BECAUSE of the login situation.

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Originally Posted by Refmo

You'd have to spam the login over and over regardless. People aren't logging out BECAUSE of the login situation.

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2 wrongs don't make a right though

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Originally Posted by Refmo

You'd have to spam the login over and over regardless. People aren't logging out BECAUSE of the login situation.

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Yes I know that why afk kicks need to be implemented its ridiculous

As others have said in this thread, this should have been done from the getgo. I can only get past the damned login very late at night/early morning Eastern Time and when I do, I see tons of people usually near quest hubs never moving the entire time I'm playing, If they can't get the AFK boots in, then they need GMs cruising these areas every 20 or 30 minutes..when they see the same person standing in the same spot twice, they get kicked.

But that'd help solve the problem. Forget I said anything. *tries to login for the 350th time today* *shocked world is still full*.

We need it badly or at the very least a queue
right now that queue is so random that its really irrelevant at the moment
the game itself is amazing but ONLY IF you get in which is the major issue because people won't log out due to log-in issues

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Originally Posted by AlienWacKo

2 wrongs don't make a right though

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its not a wrong that people are not logging out cause they wont be able to get back in because they want to be able to play the game for which they paid for and want to get the moneys worth...it sucks to other people don't get me wrong but I don't blame them one bit..

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Originally Posted by AlienWacKo

unfortunately they said they are going to wait to do so after the data center upgrades. Which is utter stupidity IMO. AFK kicks should have been in from the get go!

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isnt it considered exploiting when they stay logged in aka afk inorder to prevent from getting locked out like all the rest of us honest and respectfull patrons?
i hope all these afkers wont beable to login for the same amount of time they were exploiting !!

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Originally Posted by Draconigenae

We need it badly or at the very least a queue
right now that queue is so random that its really irrelevant at the moment
the game itself is amazing but ONLY IF you get in which is the major issue because people won't log out due to log-in issues

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Yeah this booting you to the start screen every time is retarded. Put me in a que at least we get in when a spot is available.

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Originally Posted by Wrendrak

As others have said in this thread, this should have been done from the getgo. I can only get past the damned login very late at night/early morning Eastern Time and when I do, I see tons of people usually near quest hubs never moving the entire time I'm playing, If they can't get the AFK boots in, then they need GMs cruising these areas every 20 or 30 minutes..when they see the same person standing in the same spot twice, they get kicked.

But that'd help solve the problem. Forget I said anything. *tries to login for the 350th time today* *shocked world is still full*.

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kicked and a 24 hour suspension lol

Or better yet just reboot the servers real quick prob solved temporarily.

Solving the server problem might erase the need for an afk kick system. We'll see what Square is going to do about the current situation.

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Originally Posted by baddagger

its not a wrong that people are not logging out cause they wont be able to get back in because they want to be able to play the game for which they paid for and want to get the moneys worth...it sucks to other people don't get me wrong but I don't blame them one bit..

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It is wrong because they are the reason it is so bad. If they were logging out the congestion wouldn't be this bad.

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Originally Posted by Tyahsi

Or better yet just reboot the servers real quick prob solved temporarily.

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lol they should reset the servers @ specific time each day temporarally till afk timers are implemented then the afking would be pointless and it would be fair for everyone else!!

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Originally Posted by Naoki_Yoshida

Resolving AFK Character Issues

From several users on some of our more congested Worlds, we have received requests for a feature which automatically logs out characters who are AFK for an extended period of time. We are actively looking into the implementation of such a feature, but have decided to first concentrate our efforts on increasing the number of Worlds and optimizing the Duty Finder servers.

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http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/73680

45 min trying to get in is crazy..

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Originally Posted by intothevoid

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/73680

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This would be fine, if it wasnt the most time consuming/expensive course of action. Bandaid fix, afk kick, and/or a more accurate queue is all they need right now to fix 90% of the complaints. If I seen a queue timer I would sit in queue and not complain. Its the not knowing and lack of communication thats the killer.

Yes they need to auto kick people after 15 minutes of idle time. And if someone is caught using a macro or third party program to get around the afk kick then their account should be banned for 24 hours first offense, 7 days second and permanent on the third.

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Originally Posted by Kinesthe

If I seen a queue timer I would sit in queue and not complain.

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Agreed. This was working earlier this morning, but now spamming the login screen is rediculous.

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Originally Posted by Kinesthe

This would be fine, if it wasnt the most time consuming/expensive course of action. Bandaid fix, afk kick, and/or a more accurate queue is all they need right now to fix 90% of the complaints. If I seen a queue timer I would sit in queue and not complain. Its the not knowing and lack of communication thats the killer.

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They need to reboot the servers peeps are making the game unplayable for others.

I knew this was going to be a problem before it began when I found out that there was no AFK kicks. It is 5am right now where I am and the JP servers are still full.... They don't even have a working queue system, I don't even understand how it works, sometimes you get in the queue and most of the time you don't.

The thing that annoys me most is the part of 1017 that says to wait for an opening. How the fuck am i supposed to wait for an opening if I dont know if there is an opening!?!? Seriously, what a dick message, lets tell you to wait for non-disclosed opening by sitting infront of the login screen spamming numpad 0. You can't even schedule the rest of you time because you have NO IDEA WHEN YOU CAN LOG IN.

They better implement an AFK kick, because the current situation is pathetic.
Why subscribe to a game if something like this isn't fixed.

Yes, I'm talking about 3 hours or more spent trying to get in game...this is simply not cool :(
I love the game, but the AFK thing is a serious issue SE.

Screw the server upgrade atm lets deal with current problems. Fix the problems you have now.

A working queue system is all that is needed. That's all. No on wants to see The world is full. Try again. Just let us hit log in once and see what place we are in line and then we can watch tv or whatever. It's how other games did it and it worked.

It's gotten so bad I just created a character on the Japan servers just so I can play, and that character is higher level then my 'main' character I use to play with my friends on NA servers.

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Originally Posted by Nonononowhy

A working queue system is all that is needed. That's all. No on wants to see The world is full. Try again. Just let us hit log in once and see what place we are in line and then we can watch tv or whatever. It's how other games did it and it worked.

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Yes, they need a working queue system, but it is pointless if nobody is logging out, they also need an auto kick on long term AFK players. All other MMOs I have played have queues and auto log out functions.

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Originally Posted by baddagger

its not a wrong that people are not logging out cause they wont be able to get back in because they want to be able to play the game for which they paid for and want to get the moneys worth...it sucks to other people don't get me wrong but I don't blame them one bit..

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I do. The AFKers are choosing to stay in and not logging out to let other people play the game while there off doing something else. This is called greed. These people are being greedy. Their thoughts are "who cares if others can't get into the game when I'm not playing if I don't log out" Their parents obviously never taught them the concept of sharing.

They should just have a popup that comes up after 2 hours if inactivity asking if they want to stay connected. Give 30 seconds to respond and then kick. Yes there are a few people that might get around this with macros etc but the majority would not IMO.

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Originally Posted by zer0rez

It's gotten so bad I just created a character on the Japan servers just so I can play, and that character is higher level then my 'main' character I use to play with my friends on NA servers.

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I have no idea how you are getting on, it is 5AM here, one hour from the server time of the JP servers and it is still full. I haven't been able to get on for almost three days.

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Originally Posted by baddagger

its not a wrong that people are not logging out cause they wont be able to get back in because they want to be able to play the game for which they paid for and want to get the moneys worth...it sucks to other people don't get me wrong but I don't blame them one bit..

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depends on your view, I won't go into my view as to why it's wrong as it will just start a catfight :P

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Originally Posted by FFVII

isnt it considered exploiting when they stay logged in aka afk inorder to prevent from getting locked out like all the rest of us honest and respectfull patrons?
i hope all these afkers wont beable to login for the same amount of time they were exploiting !!

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no, an exploit is taking advantage of a bug or other programming errors etc. considering the having no AFK disconnect was a design decision as it sits currently there is nothing wrong in SE eyes for someone to be AFK 24/7

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Originally Posted by chosen_silver

They should just have a popup that comes up after 2 hours if inactivity asking if they want to stay connected. Give 30 seconds to respond and then kick. Yes there are a few people that might get around this with macros etc but the majority would not IMO.

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No 15 min 2 hours wouldn't solve much.

Woooooooooooo finally made the que after 1h of spamming...

This is true. Every MMORPGs should have an auto-AFK-kick feature, it's the basics. If you add that to the server size problem they are trying to fix right now, it indeed makes a lot of problems.

I mean.. what would be the point of letting someone being AFK all day long ? They ARE NOT playing anyway ! The ONLY reason people wants to stay AFK all day long is because they don't want to log out and not being able to log back in, issue that wouldn't be that bad if they weren't doing that in the first place ! They are in some making worse the situation they are trying to avoid.

Got to say they need to add a 15min timer I logged out early this afternoon and logged back in two hours later same person stood there exact same spot. This needs fixing before anything else get rid of all the afkers in game.

You can bet your ass when i finally get in I'm not logging out until i go to bed...