Remove auto-logout feature

Really? In this day and age? I guess my expectations for SE are too high.

Everyone wanted it.

Don't afk for 30 minutes. Crisis averted!

@ OP.. Really?

Why? Didn't your teachers ever tell you to explain your thoughts?

This is ok as long as its temporary.

2 weeks from now when everything is sorted out and 50% of the players move on @ charging day, it better be removed.

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Originally Posted by KiriA500

Don't afk for 30 minutes. Crisis averted!

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Or buy a water bird. Just sayin'.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_o_5...ature=youtu.be

Reappropriate for jump key.

That didn't take long

After all the time we spent asking for it, I don't think anyone will hop on board this train.

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Originally Posted by Eliseus

Really? In this day and age? I guess my expectations for SE are too high.

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I guess my expectations of the common sense of max level/legacy players in this day and age were a little too high, too.



(Pssst: your post is bad and you should feel bad.)

I like how they fixed the servers, THEN implemented the totally now useless AFK disconnect.

Almost all the server congestion issues were because ppl never logged out, EVER. This is a desperately needed feature at least until they get the servers stable. And almost all mmos have a auto logout feature to kick afk players.

lmao @ OP

Oh wait, you are serious?

/fail

Too hard to log back in? Have to write pass again then maybe wait a few minutes? World...ending!
Oh, do you leave your car in middle of road too, so other ppl can enjoy it? Or are you "i shall park in a way so that it takes two parking slots hurr" kinda guy? Or, when you go to store...you open up what you bought in front of the register and just stand there, so other ppl can't buy stuff? Do you like to stand in a busy doorway and not move? So on and so forth, I can do this all day...

What I want to know is, why now?

Why bother implementing this when logins no longer require a ridiculous amounts of time & guessing, and the queues are back to functioning as they should?

No, everyone didn't want it. There was a part of the community that felt this would be a good thing because they were raging about not being able to get in on launch. Now that rush is over - we've got sensible quantities of players around - and it isn't needed anymore. But now we're stuck with it. Yay.

I hope this is only temporary.

The complaining from this community never ceases to amaze me.

I still occasionally got 1017 on Tonbery server at prime time. Hope this feature reduce it

hi guys, if concerned look at this:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...i-need-to-know...

Good that they made this. Perhaps players can finally start to enjoy the game instead of waiting to get online half the day.

Seriously some people whine just about anything nowadays, basic networking knowledge applied here, its toxic to keep active connections when they are not needed, they stress the servers for no reason. Why should everyone suffer extra loads and lag just because someone wants to be logged in all day in town doing nothing.

Just relog, takes max 10 seconds, end of story.

Did they just add it? Where will it send you to? Main Menu? I am fine with that but they need to remove auto-movie feature during the main menu.

30 minutes is stupidly short. I often tab out when I'm using the duty finder and watch something or cruise the net till I hear the sound effect. Having to stop every 25 minutes just to make sure I don't get logged is going to be annoying, assuming I remember.

Additionally I like to catch up on what has been said recently when I get back to the game.

And before you complain: I log out for sleep and for work. If it triggered at 2 or 3 hours it'd get rid of the sleepers and 24 hour logins and leave the rest of us alone. As is it's just going to get on my nerves if I lose track of time when waiting on the DF, relogging, re-queueing and waiting even longer will piss a lot of people off.

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Originally Posted by Eliseus

Really? In this day and age? I guess my expectations for SE are too high.

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30 minutes is far too short, should have been a minimum of one hour. The initial post launch rush is easing, after a little longer it might not be necessary anyway.

I like to stay logged in - but they could have been smarter about this adjustment. I feel like SE have missed a trick by implementing this without more thought, for example:

Alternative #1: If the general world population is low, increase the time before automatic logout. For example, 90-120 minutes. If there are less than 2K people logged in, there's no reason to start kicking people off the servers.
Alternative #2: Don't auto-logout anyone initially, until server queues happen (or login cap is nearing). At this point, disconnect the players who have been idle the longest, over a minimum of 30 minutes.

The current logout after 30 minutes seems excessive, and archaic. DukeGr made a point about server stress, and network stress - this day in age, the pipes hosting these games are made for this type of data throughput (if not, more), and I'm pretty sure hardware burning out isn't our problem. It never hurt FFXI to stay logged in 24/7. It definitely won't hurt this game.

+1 OP

First off, everyone didn't ask for it. And auto log-out is the dumbest thing i have ever heard of in a mmo. Just because some less then stellar people tend to be more vocal then others doesn't make it a majority issue. I shouldn't even have to be posting right now, like i didn't post to people asking for it saying "What are you 12? or on a xbox?". But a few less they stellar people had to spam a moronically bad idea.

Totally needed, thank you Square Enix. Now DD's get kicked when they surf on the desktop while in Dungeon Browser for an hour or more and forget to move their character every now and then.

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Originally Posted by Eliseus

Really? In this day and age? I guess my expectations for SE are too high.

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http://i.imgur.com/NV98k.gif

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Originally Posted by Pururin

First off, everyone didn't ask for it. And auto log-out is the dumbest thing i have ever heard of in a mmo.

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And yet almost every MMO has it .... odd

*Sigh* Auto-logout feature is in most MMOs. I think its a fine feature maybe lengthen the time it before it logs you out.

Whats the problem, just log back in when your AT you PC/PS3.

The past couple of days looking at all the QQing on these forums, you guys make WoW players look good now...

You have 371 posts. Are they all as ridiculous as this one?

Auto-logout an issue for you? Face a wall and put a rock on your up arrow. Face a wall and turn your gamepad over so the stick is pushed up.

I'll be interested to see if the logout is based solely on movement, or whether messing with menus (eg crafting log) and inventory will prevent it, or indeed FC chatting.

They need to adjust the auto-logout so it doesn't apply to those in the Duty Finder.

LOL @ so many of these responses.

Auto logout is ridiculous. Needs to be removed.

It serves no purpose.

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Originally Posted by jimm0thy

And yet almost every MMO has it .... odd

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That's funny, i'm paying for the game just as you. And if i wish to sit there and stare at the screen for an hour, i should have the right to. Stop dictating how i play my game.
I have never played a mmo with a log-out feature, I will concur with my first post "It's the dumbest thing i have ever heard in a mmo"

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Originally Posted by Pururin

That's funny, i'm paying for the game just as you. And if i wish to sit there and stare at the screen for an hour, i should have the right to. Stop dictating how i play my game.
I have never played a mmo with a log-out feature, I will concur with my first post "It's the dumbest thing i have ever heard in a mmo"

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Except you're playing an on-line game, you have the right to sit and stare the screen for hours, weeks and days but then you'd spending your money for that? Also, people need to log in, people who actually won't stare the screen like you do.

With all these measures it takes a few seconds to log on after you got dc'd for being afk, read your text again and it you'll see it's you who's trying to dictate the game, not the community.

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Originally Posted by jimm0thy

And yet almost every MMO has it .... odd

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Actually, most modern day MMOs DON'T have this feature anymore, because like I said in the original post, this day and age, it isn't needed.

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Originally Posted by Norister

Everyone wanted it.

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If, by everyone, you mean you- yes, I suppose you did.