Can someone tell me why everyone is upset about the logout timer?

[Noata]

From what I have read they don't really defend it at all. They just say they have things that put them away from the game for more then 30 minutes. I think this is the people who just want to Q for a dungeon and walk away.

There is no real defense for this, so people are just going to say, "Well I AFK for longer then 30 minutes" This is a non issue. It will just stop people from abusing game mechanics, which from the fixes in this last patch it has become apparently clear, people believe in exploiting... SE you got your work cut out for you....

[Oriachim]

Because they're selfish. I needed it as I was getting 1017 during the day. It's like it's fine as long as the problem doesn't happen to them..!

[Onimal]

The problem with AFK Timers comes in during instances. I have had many times where an FC'er needs to take his kid to school or something, which means he's gone for 30 min. So all of us just take a 1quick break and come back. THis timer will prevent that, which is lame.

[Tezeret]

"I afk for longer then 30 min" is not a valid argument.

It takes you 5-15 seconds to log back in. its not gonna end the world.
People need to grow a pair and act like adults. if you are not playing...you are not entitled to take up the games resources. if you plan to be away longer...log out. you now know that you have 30 minutes...so if your gonna be longer, log out. if not...afk. If it DOES take longer...log back in.

i promise when you log back in...you will still be alive, and the world hasn't ended.

[Avedis1134]

If people couldn't find something to complain about, they would complain about not having anything to complain about. That's all.

The problem with AFK Timers comes in during instances. I have had many times where an FC'er needs to take his kid to school or something, which means he's gone for 30 min. So all of us just take a 1quick break and come back. THis timer will prevent that, which is lame.

Maybe don't run instances during times you have other obligations? I mean...the instances themselves are timed, too...

[Irondude]

minor points pop once an hour................. I farm them at work by afking. Hey im paying a monthly subscription I should be able to play how I want I'm paying for the resources.

[Malamasala]

Wouldn't anyone with fear of being AFK logged just tape their keys down and run into a wall for those hours they need to do something else?

I'm sure you can get around this if you really feel obsessed with not logging out.

[Skivvy]

But this is ruining my IMMERSION!

I don't know if this is a joke or not, but I hope so as I found it hilarious. Kudos to you for my Thursday laugh.

[Onimal]

If people couldn't find something to complain about, they would complain about not having anything to complain about. That's all.

Maybe don't run instances during times you have other obligations? I mean...the instances themselves are timed, too...

life happens. my FC can do do WP in 35 min, keep in 40 minutes and kill all trash mobs. When we have an hour left for boss and Joe goes "hey guys, wife called she needs me to do something", well we let him do something to keep the wife happy. In the mean time we'll do some stuff around the house etc.

All i'm saying is sometimes there's a legit reason to be afk, other times there's not. In instances, which are timed, I would hope they'd remove that. How many times do people wait in an instance for 30 minutes TO get a new healer because the previous guy left? Should they get kicked too?

[Z3M0G]

Not sure why this wasn't done before the initial server expansions a week ago... there must be a good reason and I'd like to know what that is.

There was no auto-log in XI, right? And there couldn't be in XIV 1.0 due to repair requests, selling items, etc... but in XIV:ARR, there is absolutely no reason for it. Maybe S-E had something planned? Return of repair requests, selling gear from character? Not sure... Standing around while AFK may be a popular thing in Asian MMOs as well... Many games depended on it and it became the norm, I'm sure.