SE Introduce Auto-logout please

[Lorenzo]

Now that you see that adding servers and expanding the limit of servers did not work i think it's time to introduce Auto logout, no need to be permanent just for the first months thanks.

[JowyAvilon]

I agree, adding an auto afk log would do wonders for server loads from the people who log in and just stay there logged in even when they're not there playing.

[yukikaze_yanagi]

do you know this would only affect ps3 users right ? The world is full of 3° party tool to avoid afk kick

[Lorenzo]

do you know this would only affect ps3 users right ? The world is full of 3° party tool to avoid afk kick

Be realistic how many people do you think will use these 3party tools? Lets be honest the Auto logout is needed at lest till the serves calm down.

[yukikaze_yanagi]

Be realistic how many people do you think will use these 3party tools? Lets be honest the Auto logout is needed at lest till the serves calm down.

i don't care if they add it or no. But "be realistic" it's not an argument. People WILL use it if that mean he can play, meaning de facto auto-kick will be useless for everyone using a pc

[Daniel_Black]

No.
YoshiP has already stated AFK users are not the cause of server strain. In the coming weeks and months we will see less people swarming the servers at the same time. There will be less issue with people loging in then. The ability to go eat lunch and come back is a great feature for the game. The game even has an /afk icon. The developers had people being away as an intended feature.

I would like to see character stores again in the form of Bazaars. FFXI had plenty of people AFK all night to sell their wares outside of the auction house. I await such features again.

[nasomi]

No. The entire bazaar system revolves around being logged in.

[MistyMew]

they may even need to increase capacity yet again, and of course fix the dreaded other errors that are still occuring.

they will indeed get everything running smooth, afk timer is not the solution long term.
/nope

[KienanVates]

You realize that this is less than 12 hours after a pretty big overhaul... There will be some quirks. I'm not defending them in total, because honestly, there should have been a better clue as to requirements. But, IT isn't always a solid science.

[Kewhi]

No.
YoshiP has already stated AFK users are not the cause of server strain.

That's funny, because this post from Yoshi-P (that is stickied on these very forums, no less) greatly contradicts what you just said.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...s-Restrictions

Resolving AFK Character Issues

"From several users on some of our more congested Worlds, we have received requests for a feature which automatically logs out characters who are AFK for an extended period of time. We are actively looking into the implementation of such a feature, but have decided to first concentrate our efforts on increasing the number of Worlds and optimizing the Duty Finder servers."

In short, it is something that they are working on and will be implemented but unfortunately is not on the top of their to-do list at the moment in lieu of these server problems.

SE already stated AFK people aren't the cause

See above. They never said that, and will be working on an AFK kick feature.