Hey Devs, how about booting afk players?

[Graylock]

I also want an answer to this. Has SE commented on why they refuse to add an afk-kicker? This would alleviate so many problems. At any given time, walk to any aetherite-stoned area and you can see hundreds of people AFK and I know for a fact that many of them are gone for 8+ hours at least for work and sleep.

[Nova_Dresden]

I also want an answer to this. Has SE commented on why they refuse to add an afk-kicker? This would alleviate so many problems. At any given time, walk to any aetherite-stoned area and you can see hundreds of people AFK and I know for a fact that many of them are gone for 8+ hours at least for work and sleep.

The stock answer you'll get is that regardless of the number of AFK players the expectation was that they would NEVER have as many players as they currently do. Even if you booted every AFK player you'd still replace them with active players and have the same login issues. The server wasn't meant to deal with the number of players, active or afk, that they have because they never fathomed the number of people wanting to play the game that they currently have.

[superkrill]

The stock answer you'll get is that regardless of the number of AFK players the expectation was that they would NEVER have as many players as they currently do. Even if you booted every AFK player you'd still replace them with active players and have the same login issues. The server wasn't meant to deal with the number of players, active or afk, that they have because they never fathomed the number of people wanting to play the game that they currently have.

afk players can't complain about not being able to log in. they need to boot them now

[GotShadow]

The stock answer you'll get is that regardless of the number of AFK players the expectation was that they would NEVER have as many players as they currently do. Even if you booted every AFK player you'd still replace them with active players and have the same login issues. The server wasn't meant to deal with the number of players, active or afk, that they have because they never fathomed the number of people wanting to play the game that they currently have.

That's a bullshit excuse.
I'd much prefer to be sitting in queue with the servers full of ACTIVE players than AFK players.

[Graylock]

The stock answer you'll get is that regardless of the number of AFK players the expectation was that they would NEVER have as many players as they currently do. Even if you booted every AFK player you'd still replace them with active players and have the same login issues. The server wasn't meant to deal with the number of players, active or afk, that they have because they never fathomed the number of people wanting to play the game that they currently have.

Sorry, but that isn't even a "stock answer," it's simply avoiding the question. The number of people has nothing to do with the fact that the major holdup is people battling with idle computers to get into the game, not people waiting in lengthy queues with other players waiting. I would have no problem waiting 2 hours in a queue while SE irons out their stuff, but to simply be unable to even queue up because we are literally battling against players leaving their computers alone is an entirely different issue.

[Destani]

Sorry, but that isn't even a "stock answer," it's simply avoiding the question. The number of people has nothing to do with the fact that the major holdup is people battling with idle computers to get into the game, not people waiting in lengthy queues with other players waiting. I would have no problem waiting 2 hours in a queue while SE irons out their stuff, but to simply be unable to even queue up because we are literally battling against players leaving their computers alone is an entirely different issue.

He has a point.. All we can do is wait for Square-Enix to engage and fix. Either countermeasures or More/Bigger Servers.