I see people complaining over stuff like this and wonder why people do. But let's be honest, the people complaining about them adding an AFK timer should really think about it closely.
Why is an AFK timer good?
1. Some servers are still over populated!
2. It enables more people to buy the game after the sales restriction is gone.
3. Makes players lag less in over populated towns, rising performance on low end computers.
4. Improves the server from giving out 90k errors for people who actually want to play.
5. There's no good reason to stay logged in 24/7 anymore. There's an Auction House system now. No more AFKing to sell things.
Why is an AFK Timer bad?
1. None that I can think of, Now if the only way to sell stuff was though the bazzar like in some games like Ragnarok online and FF11, then yeah an AFK timer is a bad Idea.
So summary of the post: AFK timers are good, not only does it unclog over populated servers, they do allow sells to be reopened to the people who want to buy the game and can't due to servers being afk. It also allows people to have better FPS in the game, as there will be less people in town to lag the area with so many characters around. It also relieves stress to servers so less disconnects. There is also no reason to stay log in 24/7 anyway. Go get a life if you think you're in title to be in the game forever.
I work, do stuff around the house, I sleep so I can function at work and do stuff around the house. If I know I won't be back to my game in a 30 minute time period. I log out and let someone who couldn't get in, get in.
So many Rude people in this world, don't care but anyone but themselves.
Guess you guys don't play WoW where they have a AFK timer, or some of the other popular MMO's that do have a AFK timer.
Why so much hate for an AFK timer?
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09-13-2013, 04:54 AMShinrinColeWhy so much hate for an AFK timer?
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09-13-2013, 05:36 AMKingZeus
tl;dr
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09-13-2013, 05:39 AMBrises
The people who were requesting an AFK logoff were the people who couldn't log on. The people who don't want the AFK logoff are the people who were server squatting. There are two sides to everything, and now the other side is complaining. That's pretty normal.
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09-13-2013, 05:46 AMShinrinColeIt's pretty sad to see people argue over it, guess they want the game to fail by not let anyone else buy the game. That one of the major reasons why it was instated in the first place.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brises
I guess people live to complain, even if it gets them nowhere. -
09-13-2013, 05:54 AMHatsuneMiku
When it is possible, and even likely that you will have a >30 minute queue for a dungeon, having a 30 minute AFK timer is fucking retarded. end of story.
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09-13-2013, 06:00 AMBrises
When registered for duty, are you not still watching to see when the duty starts? All you need to do is bump the movement control and the timer resets.
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09-13-2013, 06:05 AMTimeraider
+1 to OP ... we need afk-timer and though people either want it gone or want an 1 hour timer.. i want an 15 minute timer so be glad they took the middle road. it may just be my experience, but people being afk for long times just should be ready for the problems they face by being that. You want to get some food and take 1 hour? sure... but unless you want to ruin the game-experience for someone else just so you can stand afk and get a sandwich...
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09-13-2013, 06:06 AMHatsuneMikuwhy not have us fill out a CAPTCHA every 30 minutes to prove we're not botting. We all have keyboards don't we?Quote:
Originally Posted by Brises
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09-13-2013, 06:08 AMNangaExcept, in this case, the side that is completely wrong, selfish, and without any merit to their argument are the one's complaining. Yes, it's typical when something being abused gets fixed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brises
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09-13-2013, 06:09 AMNangaIt's not about botting. It kicks people who are just standing around AFK for 30 minutes doing nothing. sure, CAPTCHA would also fix that, but also pointlessly annoy people who ARE at the keyboard pushing buttons anyways, and are not AFK. If you ARE, in fact, just sitting there at your keyboard staring at your screen, doing nothing, just push spacebar every 20-25 minutes.Quote:
Originally Posted by HatsuneMiku
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09-13-2013, 06:15 AMHatsuneMikuwhat is the difference between pushing spacebar every 20 minutes and entering a 5 letter captcha every 30 minutes. there are afk people who will get booted and there are bots that will get booted. what part of this are you not understanding.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nanga
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09-13-2013, 06:22 AMMoth
Myself and others were able to create brand new characters on once overpopulated servers, so that issue has been fixed. Try it yourself, because it worked fine this morning. And the issue of people not able to log into the game because "server is full" was addressed days ago. The only lag I've ever experienced was due to too many people doing FATES in one small area, not too many people afk...
The auto-timeout feature should be optional, something that you tick on and off in your system configuration, because honestly there is no real reason for it. All the reasons it was needed at the beginning of the game have been addressed. -
09-13-2013, 06:38 AMkazaran
THe plans are not to update it to capcha but a simple 3 digit code version.
useless bodies around erozea just take up resources, and unneeded loading on others GPU's -
09-13-2013, 06:43 AMSlambo
TBH this isnt a f2p game. P2P comes with standards and giving up room on a server for someone else is not one of them. SE sorted it out but neither side was wrong.
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09-13-2013, 07:03 AMKewhiMuch like Murphy's Law where "Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong".. well..Quote:
Originally Posted by ShinrinCole
Introducing the Internet's Law of Anonymous Consumerism, which states "Anything that can be whined about, will be whined about."
Digital sales have not yet resumed and there are still some character creation restrictions being enforced on select realms. Once the game becomes readily available again to everyone world wide, we will undoubtedly see another influx of players. Not to mention the new players that the sale of the PS4 in November will bring in. I reckon that this AFK timer is a counter measure to these things before they have the chance to cause any further issues in the near future.Quote:
Originally Posted by Moth
SE has increased their data centers and server capacities while addressing server stability. Twice. And I'm sure both times were not cheap. You are correct that there will be players who leave the game for "greener pastures". Which means that they need to plan their server upgrades around a long term agenda rather than bold spur of the moment action. An AFK timer is simply more cost efficient than expanding their data centers beyond what they foresee them needing over the long term. It's the same reason they haven't simply opened 20 new servers to address character creation issues. It would be counter productive.Quote:
Originally Posted by Moth
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09-13-2013, 07:17 AMlyse20LOL. i requested AFK kick and i was able to play 70% of the time i tryed to log in with less then 1h trying.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brises
as of missing chat from LS/FC deal with it. you miss about 50-100% of what your friends says in a day you can live with 1h from your game.
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09-13-2013, 07:22 AMEbojager
It seems like someone wasnt thinking this through very well...If they were really targeting the people who leave it on while at work or overnight, an auto-logoff timer of 1-2 hours or more would have been more appropriate and not caused all these forum wars. The minute I saw 30minutes I knew it was gonna create allot of issues in the community.
I did not stay logged in, even though I had thought about it. I decided I did not want to put extra wear and tear on my PS3, so I would logout. -
09-13-2013, 07:24 AMLandiien
Then: "Why are they focusing on improving the servers when all they have to do is put in an AFK timer?! SE IS DUMB PEOPLE!"
Now: "Why are SE putting in an AFK timer?! The server fix worked! SE IS DUMB PEOPLE!" -
09-13-2013, 07:26 AMMothIf this is why you are for the AFK timer, than you should be much more concerned about SE's refusal to actually invest in a larger server capacity. Either way, people will quit once the P2P kicks into gear and the issue of full servers will no longer be a perminant problem. It should be an optional feature.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kewhi