Remove auto-logout feature

[Camate]

Greetings,

We do not have any plans of eliminating the automatic logout feature at the moment. However, we would like to keep an eye on the conditions now that it has been implemented, and if we determine that adjustments can be made we will look into extending the time before you are automatically logged out.

[Z3M0G]

Greetings,

We do not have any plans of eliminating the automatic logout feature at the moment. However, we would like to keep an eye on the conditions now that it has been implemented, and if we determine that adjustments can be made we will look into extending the time before you are automatically logged out.

I believe my ideal would be 1 hour. I can't see any reason for anyone to complain about 1 hour.

[Tekisan]

I believe this will only keep "honest" players out. It is a matter of time before people abusing 3rd party software have a program to move their character every 20 minutes to beat the 30 timer. I think the better option is to only give the resting XP bonus to people who LOG OUT in a sanctuary. Make actually logging out rewarding. No bonus xp for afk at sanctuaries.

[Kenze]

i cant believe how selfish some of you are.
If you go afk for hours at a time and it impedes someone who wants to actually play from logging in or causes excessive server stress or lag with dozens of you gathered around every crystal imo that where your right to "stare at the screen" ends

[jebali]

I believe this will only keep "honest" players out. It is a matter of time before people abusing 3rd party software have a program to move their character every 20 minutes to beat the 30 timer. I think the better option is to only give the resting XP bonus to people who LOG OUT in a sanctuary. Make actually logging out rewarding. No bonus xp for afk at sanctuaries.

you can use these and get a cool perma ban its called botting and it is a clear tos violation.

Let me sum this thread up so far.

I don't want a afk timer cause I feel I am more important then you and the success of this game.

I do want a afk timer because I play the game when I log into it not just to pretend I play it by logging in and going on a vacation for a month.

did I miss anything?

[Tekisan]

Agreed, but threats of perma ban didn't keep it out of ffxi. (I also support the perma ban for this) I'll go out and say I support the timer. Thought my idea for rewarding log outs with resting XP was worth sharing.

[Nova_Dresden]

I believe this will only keep "honest" players out. It is a matter of time before people abusing 3rd party software have a program to move their character every 20 minutes to beat the 30 timer. I think the better option is to only give the resting XP bonus to people who LOG OUT in a sanctuary. Make actually logging out rewarding. No bonus xp for afk at sanctuaries.

No offense, but in this game there is no reason for anyone to "honestly" be standing around doing absolutely nothing for more than 30 minutes. That's well past enough time to use the restroom, get something to eat/drink, answer the phone, change a diaper, etc. Anything past that and you're actually not even playing the game and should have no active connection to a server with limited login capacity. If you're worried about not being able to log back in then the kick timer needs to be in place to kick players like you from just standing around and filling up the server.

[Beefsteak]

I believe my ideal would be 1 hour. I can't see any reason for anyone to complain about 1 hour.

If you're not playing for half an hour you shouldn't be logged in.

[Blackweaver]

I want to chime in here. I definitely feel the AFK timer is a required feature for this game. If someone isn't actively playing, then why stay connected to the server? That is a pointless connection to the server that only adds to server strains. 30 minutes is a hell of a lot better than games like world of warcraft, that log you out after around 5 minutes. 30 minutes is very generous and it's enough time for me to step away to use the bathroom, get a drink, or even warm up a snack in the microwave.

So I definitely feel the afk timer should stay put, the time alloted is more than sufficient to get a couple real world things done before getting back to the game.

[Kiara]

We do not have any plans of eliminating the automatic logout feature at the moment. However, we would like to keep an eye on the conditions now that it has been implemented, and if we determine that adjustments can be made we will look into extending the time before you are automatically logged out.

Hi Camate,

Thanks. I just wanted to say I don't mind an Auto-Logout, but I vote for "1 Hour" for Logout, as the ideal sweet spot. There are times something comes up and then get some food or other things and come back, and 30 minutes feels a tad too short. (We miss out of potential /tells or FC / LS Chat when we get logged out.)

Thanks!