To the people who are logged in overnight

[kingofheartskj]

I understand what you mean Ruprect but as you well know the knowledge of MMOers varies greatly. If only half the people actually staying afk for hours on end decided to or knew how to set a macro to perform an action every 30 minutes on every server then you have that many more players able to login actively. While it is not a solution or a band-aid even really it's like a weak pain reliever to remove some tension.

On the subject though ive been informed (without looking into it myself) that there is currently no way to set an infinite loop macro up in-game which is a preferred method to avoid afk kicks.

[MarcG420]

any and all afkers should be penalised for their blatant selfishness. Every time I do get on and play I log out when I'm done and everyone should do the same and stop being such self serving douchebags

[Gramul]

Why waste the time and effort to implement one.

Why waste the time and effort to implement pets?
Why waste the time and effort to implement new dyes?
Why waste the time and effort to implement a new battle system?
Why waste the time and effort to implement a new story, sexes, races, classes, jobs, NE/EU servers, remade zones, a housing system, companies, a way to see your recipes, or new graphics system?
Why waste the time and effort to implement anything?

Most people wouldn't bother to circumvent the timer, but at the very least it would help to clear space for those who would actually play the game.

[Blackweaver]

I have done this in numerous games so I do not get AFK kicked from the game, I think this is why they do not do AFK timers, because it is too easy to bypass anyway, why waste the time and effort to implement one.

And you are proud to announce you will exploit/cheat any system meant to keep you from doing something that hurts the servers/community? I think this post you made right here, should warrant your removal from the game. FF Communities from what I've read up on, tend to be friendly and extremely against nasty behavior such as that. Proud of cheating/exploiting and admitting it in a newly launched game says 1 thing: You did it on them games, were proud of it, and you will cheat and exploit on this one too. I sincerely hope your community takes note of your character and blacklists you.

[MarcG420]

What you should be able to do is kill the afk people when you encounter them and it gives them an xp decrease for the amount of time they are dead without ressurecting themselves <--- that would make people think twice about going afk for long stretches of time. *insert evil laugh here* lol

[Peppita]

I understand why people would afk. I just can't bother to do it because if I am not playing why should I stop someone else from playing that has waited patiently.

[Ruprect]

And you are proud to announce you will exploit/cheat any system meant to keep you from doing something that hurts the servers/community? I think this post you made right here, should warrant your removal from the game. FF Communities from what I've read up on, tend to be friendly and extremely against nasty behavior such as that. Proud of cheating/exploiting and admitting it in a newly launched game says 1 thing: You did it on them games, were proud of it, and you will cheat and exploit on this one too. I sincerely hope your community takes note of your character and blacklists you.

I think cheating might be blowing circumventing an AFK timer a little blown out of proportion LOLO. They allow macros in game??? lol

[Ruprect]

Why waste the time and effort to implement pets?
Why waste the time and effort to implement new dyes?
Why waste the time and effort to implement a new battle system?
Why waste the time and effort to implement a new story, sexes, races, classes, jobs, NE/EU servers, remade zones, a housing system, companies, a way to see your recipes, or new graphics system?
Why waste the time and effort to implement anything?

Most people wouldn't bother to circumvent the timer, but at the very least it would help to clear space for those who would actually play the game.

Because an AFK times can easily be circumvented. Pets, dyes, battle systems, etc cannot be easily circumvented.

I logged out last night in an effort to be nice and let someone else play as I knew the server was full. I try to get back on today and no go for 4 hours. I WILL NEVER LOG OFF AGAIN unless forced. I don't blame anyone for not logging out. This is an SE fail problem not a selfish player problem.

[Flarestar]

I see people post this, and yet there is provided no good reason why this is a terrible solution. I think it's a great solution, and cannot understand why it didn't come out of the box with an AFK timer. There's no legitimate reason why a character has to stay logged in for hours on end without the player being present.

Because AFK timers don't work. All that will happen is everyone will switch from using AutoIt and AutoHotkey to spam login, to using it to keep their character active while they're afk.

[SkyeWindbinder]

I remember a couple of days ago after I logged out. I couldn't get on for over 24 hours. Not that I tried for that long, mind. I do have a life, after all, and not being able to get on just meant I had extra time to do other things, like watch a movie, clean my house, talk on the phone, you know, enjoy life. And while I wasn't playing, I knew someone else could, which is cool with me. Until the servers problem is fixed, I want to do what I can to let everyone else get a chance to play the game. Why should I stay logged in 24/7 when I don't play the game 24/7? And if it takes a while to get logged back in, that's more time I have for other things. Also, I know I will eventually get back into the game. So, basically, I have too much maturity, empathy, patience, and just too much of a life to keep my computer logged into a game out of fear that I might have to wait to log back in if I log out. Just my $0.02.