Is it really asking too much

[Riktus]

The anti-idle thing doesn't really work either. As for DPS waiting on Duty finder sometimes you queue and go afk for a bit while waiting since it takes 15+ minutes at times to get in a group.

It works for World of Warcraft, why wouldn't it work for this game.

In WoW you stay AFK for 20 minutes you get logged out.

[Mailstrum]

It works for World of Warcraft, why wouldn't it work for this game.

In WoW you stay AFK for 20 minutes you get logged out.

its not gonna work because people will just circumvent it. they would make a macro on their gkeys or razer keyboards to press jump then pause 5 min then jump again. to prevent from idling to long. This is why antiafk systems are dumb and pointless.

[Riktus]

its not gonna work because people will just circumvent it. they would make a macro on their gkeys or razer keyboards to press jump then pause 5 min then jump again. to prevent from idling to long. This is why antiafk systems are dumb and pointless.

-some- people will make a macro to circumvent it, but the mass majority of people aren't that smart lol you give people in general too much credit.

AFK timers would definitely boot the majority of AFK'ers

[Mailstrum]

-some- people will make a macro to circumvent it, but the mass majority of people aren't that smart lol you give people in general too much credit.

AFK timers would definitely boot the majority of AFK'ers

for like a day then the mass majority of the people will find a way to stay logged in. the people that are staying logged in are the same type of people that would circumvent the afk timer with a 2 second to make macro. Simple at this point all of these things are not needed because the issue will be fixed in 2 days.

http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen...e_days/cbz520t

[Knall]

for like a day then the mass majority of the people will find a way to stay logged in. the people that are staying logged in are the same type of people that would circumvent the afk timer with a 2 second to make macro. Simple at this point all of these things are not needed because the issue will be fixed in 2 days.

http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen...e_days/cbz520t

You read it on the internet so it must be true!
No not everyone that stays logged in would do so. Some people simply find leaving their machine on while they sleep or go to work is pretty simple. Making a macro actually takes work and you would be shocked at how lazy people can be. The reality is the more people stay logged in and cause people the ability to do so will only encourage more to do so. I am wondering, as much as you defend this, are you one of those staying logged in 24/7? I am betting you yourself are contributing to this problem and are pushing against the idea so as to not have to deal with the issue.

[Rurushan]

Why oh why does everything get compared to WoW. Personally I despise the game and couldn't stand playing it despite someone offering to pay the sub. How about we skip trying to turn this into wow and move toward something DIFFERENT than that PoS game :P

Nobody was trying to turn this into WoW... he simply used WoW as an example for what is a basic necessity of ANY MMO. You need to calm your tits. You hate a video game, thats cool. Relax.

for like a day then the mass majority of the people will find a way to stay logged in. the people that are staying logged in are the same type of people that would circumvent the afk timer with a 2 second to make macro. Simple at this point all of these things are not needed because the issue will be fixed in 2 days.

http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen...e_days/cbz520t

First of all, your argument that an AFK system would not stop 'most' players from AFKing still implies that it would help prevent at least SOME people... for a system that does not hurt the game in any conceivable way.

Second of all, you're wrong. Straight up. You really do give the general public too much credit. 'Most' is really overshooting it.

Finally, it's not just an AFK timer we need. A login queue will mean that players can login without having to actively gamble at it for extended periods of time. As long as the player is guaranteed to get in eventually, there's no need to AFK to ensure that spot anymore, and an AFK kick timer ensures the queue keeps moving. MMO 101.

[Knall]

It works for World of Warcraft, why wouldn't it work for this game.

In WoW you stay AFK for 20 minutes you get logged out.

Why oh why does everything get compared to WoW. Personally I despise the game and couldn't stand playing it despite someone offering to pay the sub. How about we skip trying to turn this into wow and move toward something DIFFERENT than that PoS game :P