AFK Adventures

SE has already stated that they are going to release new servers this week to maybe soften up the other servers so people can actually play the game and not encounter 1017 a million times a day. Well, this is a stupid idea. What will opening new servers really accomplish? Do I need to remind everyone what happened when SWTOR opened a million servers around their launch time? I will tell you, the game died down in a few weeks and all of those servers they opened around launch time now became ghost towns. The same will happen with this game, it is inevitable.

I decided to make a little adventure for myself to check out why half the people i know cannot log on to this game at any given time. I visited 3 separate sanctuaries (Wineport, Camp Tranquil, and Horizon) and counted out any AFK players i could find. While the number may not be exact, i just wanted a rough estimate of how many people in these 3 areas alone are screwing the rest of the community and not allowing others to play.

First was Wineport, 31 players sitting around the Aetheryte shard along with another 15 scattered throughout the rest of the area. Second was Camp Tranquil, throughout the entire area I managed to find 55 players sitting around doing absolutely nothing besides hogging up server space. Last on my list was Horizon, with a whopping 88 players being mesmerized by the Aetheryte crystal so much that they find themselves unable to logoff. Total that is 189 AFKers i found in a 20 minute period in 3 random sanctuaries. Looking at this in another way is 189 players who continue to be frustrated because they cannot play a game they paid for because you(SE) refused to implement an AFK kick timer.

I understand that 1.0 sucked at first and nobody wanted to play your shitty game, but that time is gone. This is the time to show everybody how great your game is and to try to make a mark on the MMORPG genre, not lock people out of your servers so you can cater to the thousands of players wasting space and frustrating what could be your future community. My rant is over, its not as if i can do anything to fix your stupid mistakes. Fix your game quick though, cause nobody is going to be interested in a game buried with all the rest of the MMOs that couldnt make the cut.

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Originally Posted by Adamm4231

I understand that 1.0 sucked at first and nobody wanted to play your shitty game, but that time is gone. This is the time to show everybody how great your game is and to try to make a mark on the MMORPG genre, not lock people out of your servers so you can cater to the thousands of players wasting space and frustrating what could be your future community. My rant is over, its not as if i can do anything to fix your stupid mistakes. Fix your game quick though, cause nobody is going to be interested in a game buried with all the rest of the MMOs that couldnt make the cut.

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1.23 was awesome kthxbai

the reason you have so many afkers is there to afraid to log out in-case they cant get back in its as simple as that

Whenever I log in, it's "Oh, good! Now don't log out. Ever." I still log out. Someone else who's been trying for as long as me to get into the game should get the chance to play, too.

From New Gradania - Horizon. Every sanctuary seems to have at least 20+ afkers just standing around with thumbs up their arses. it'd be nice to see some people log out for once. TBH i'd like to see a force log out if you're afk for more then 15 mins. I think it would ease up congestion, allowing other people to play. If this keeps up I really can't see myself renewing my 30day subscription until this is fixed

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Originally Posted by TonyUK

1.23 was awesome kthxbai

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Fanboy 1.0 all you want. Im aware 1.0 was fixed during the end of its lifespan. Im not talking about that though, im talking about the release of the game

AFKers are a symptom of a problem and not the problem itself, although they do feed into the existing problem. You can get mad at them all you want but so long as there continues to be an issue, people will try to route around it. That is the very nature of us; adapting.

Why are you starting another thread, if there are 8+ threads about the same complaint just on the first and second page of the general forum...

I will quote myself on this one because these threads are getting old, very quick.

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Originally Posted by Hagito

Either people just complain for the sake of complaining, or you guys are blind/skipping the important replies.

1. AFK system could be skipped by making a simple macro to cast a skill every X minutes.
2. The AFK system would kick what, 1000 players little by little?, the server at the moment holds 5,000 at a time, there are thousands wanting to log in, you would still receive 1017.
3. Hardware upgrades are the way to go if you want to even consider playing... once they do the hardware upgrade, they MIGHT add the AFK system if it is really needed.
4. Stop calling names and calling others selfish, or childish, you're not an adult if you post like 99.9% of these replies. Which most are harassment posts.

Now, can we get this over with?

Nothing will change if you keep complaining here, people ingame will not leave because of some forum posts. Sorry, that's how Internet works now.

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As much as afk'ers are contributing to the problem i do sympathise. I logged out last night knowing that today i might not be able to get on. Turns out i am right. I cant say i blame people for doing that and saving their space when the other option is knowing that their linkshell buddies are off adventuring without them. However i much prefer to give my pc a break after 8 or so hours of being switched on :) Hopefully this issue is going to be somewhat lessened by wednesdays maintenance so can only hope the problem is alleviated. On a final note im with TonyUK, 1.23 was amazing!

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Originally Posted by Hagito

Why are you starting another thread, if there are 8+ threads about the same complaint just on the first and second page of the general forum...

I will quote myself on this one because these threads are getting old, very quick.

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Because nothing is being done about this issue. I paid for this game, i want a CHANCE at playing it. an afk system would at least boot people so other people can get in. It doesnt even have to be me. It is sad that people cannot play this game because people are staying logged in.