Remove auto-logout feature

[nokinator]

I absolutely love this feature. you can argue it all you want but if your afk to eat, poop, feed your baby, working out, at work, SLEEPING, or whatever the case me be and its more than 20min or whatever the criteria is you need to be logged out so it does not impead any one else who would like to log into the game or even join a full world for that matter.

IDC if you pay 100 a day to play if your afk your logged out.... why should others have to wait on you!!

[Sadique]

can you please tell me all the mmo you have played? I really am curious, all the ones i played did have it.

[TrystWildkey]

The same reason people go to facebook and twitter i'd like to know what i missed out on, plans for the day, who got what level last night, fun stories!, jokes, horror stories of pugs. but also if im paying for the service shouldn't i be able to use it if im not there?

Thank you for the answer. I guess I can sort of understand why you want to see the LS chat, it's just not something that ever occurred to me.

Regarding your right to stay logged in because you're paying, I do still have to disagree with that way of thinking. I just think that it's similar to remaining in a crowded restaurant for hours, talking to your friends, but preventing others from eating just because you've paid to be there. If the restaurant was empty, or didn't have a waiting line, it would be different; but with crowds lining up to try to get space, I just can't be that discourteous. *shrug*

[Gilraen]

I don't like the auto disconnect timer because i find it helpful seeing the tells I got while I was gone. Sometimes they're actually useful information rather than "want to do haukke?"

If it's so important that they have to tell you, there IS the Moogle Mail service. I used it rather successfully to keep in touch with one of the people I transferred from Ridill with. Don't need to be logged in to get Moogle Mail.

[Gokuhan]

As someone who has spent an hour trying to log on with 1017 errors, I am in favor of an auto-log out feature. I am loving thi game, but I'm not interested in payer for a game I can't play when I want. My playtime is limited so losing it to 1017 hurts.

[Vodd]

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.

Good now implement something for the folks that think AFKing in CM is now cool!

[Vanidin]

I'm amazed by the number of people that are bothered by the auto log out. If having to remember to tab in and move for half a second every 15-30 minutes is a hardship for you or you're afraid you won't be able to remember too... wow. Do you need SE to send you a facebook or text message that your dungeon is ready?

Is it really uncommon to queue for a dungeon (when I feel like going dps) ... and then switching jobs to be productive while I wait? I can mine, log or level a battle class, work on crafting or just sit and chat with friends.

[DeceptionsWrath]

Let's counter that:

WoW (2004 - current) - has an afk kick
Aion (2009 - current) - has an afk kick
Tera (2011 - current) - has an afk kick
Rift (2011 - current) - has an afk kick
SWtor (2011 - current) - has an afk kick

So yes....the norm in massive MMO these days is having an auto-afk kick.
Sure, those game you list had no afk kick, but also had no where near the ammount of players MMOs today have (because MMO were not as masive as they are now)

4 of those titles are free to play though... Free to play is fine with an autokick, sub games are not imo.

[Discordia]

Should be extended to about 2 hours, you'd get rid of the sleepers and workers, but those in the DF would be fine.

Or make it so the DF prevents the timer ticking down, that'd be acceptable (Although I'd prefer a flat 2 hours). If you don't respond to the queue you get kicked from the DF anyway, so if the 30 mins started then you'd be booted afterwards. Which would be fine: you missed the queue because you didn't hear the sound (Were not at your PC at all) rather than because you were distracted by that interesting forum post and got booted while you read all 15 pages.

Like someone else said though, AFKing in interesting places makes the world seem so much more lively, and now the servers are actually stable, the timer isn't really worth it.

Seriously, first world issue, because you can just log back in. WTF is your problem? I mean honestly, if you're not playing the game, then you're not playing the game, so log out. /rant

[Discordia]

4 of those titles are free to play though... Free to play is fine with an autokick, sub games are not imo.

Stop acting like an entitled pariah.