I was very sad to see that even trying to log in at 8am (8am!! Who is playing MMO's at 8am!?) had no effect.
This is absolutely due to the AFKers. They leave their computers/ps3s on all night long with their characters logged in.
I'll admit, I have AFK'ed, but never for more than 1 hour at a time. If you've AFK'ed overnight, screw you.

That said, I'm very hopeful that toinght's maintenance will fix this issues! It will definitely boot off the AFKers tonight, at least.