Against "Simultaneous Logout Measures"

[Rita1989]

What happens during 5.0 or 6.0 when the 'non expansion rush/normal' population levels might be higher than what they are now? We could theoretically be permanently stuck with this once-per-day timeout thing, and then they'll have to go and add another band-aid onto the pile.

Your choosing to ignore the fact that the server is locked completly so as long as the server stays that way the only potential increase could come from people who didn't buy Stormblood but decide to buy 5.0 and also factoring everyone who bought SB comes back and no one transfers from the server.

Mateus has already took a decent # of people who rp and will probably continue to be that way as all new role players are going to be on that server and more will join them in the future.

Honestly the incentive as is, is not enough to get people to transfer over if they improve on it more people will move.

[Lambdafish]

what they are doing here is basically admitting all the servers are screwed up enough to need these autologout measures, so why even bother moving to another server?

What they are doing is trying to fix server congestion. Literally the only way to fix balmung is to give players incentive to transfer away from it.

[Crysten]

Pick your friends and move to a new server.
The friends have to pick their friends too.
And those [...]

It's not as easy as you all claim it to be.

Then you decide what's more important to you; your friends or being able to log in faster.

SE has given people the option to move for free as a solution to that problem as they've decided that the current position with Balmung is untenable. If you and your friends are not interested in taking that offer then you're in no position to complain about a 3k login queue, simple as that.

[Tinibou]

Then you decide what's more important to you; your friends or being able to log in faster.

SE has given people the option to move for free as a solution to that problem as they've decided that the current position with Balmung is untenable. If you and your friends are not interested in taking that offer then you're in no position to complain about a 3k login queue, simple as that.

But if the situation today is untenable in Balmung, it's SE's fault though, so...

[Bourne_Endeavor]

I mean, if you're gonna be sitting there afk for more than 30 minutes why not log out anyway? I get life happens but if you just wanna pose on top of a ledge for attention do so when you can actively see the responses.

Because if people only have to get up for an hour or so, they don't want to get stuck in a three hour queue. I've AFK'd a couple times, admittedly, after two simultaneous Directx11 forced me into two separate queues spanning over five hours. So yeah, I was frustrated.

[Reinha]

they have 1min to click the check box "Im not afk" and then hit okay or else they get dropped even if interacting with an npc.

One minute? If you never go afk for more than one minute, do you have bathroom breaks at your desk or something? Half an hour would be in line with the afk logout measures already in place. That I would prefer over this silly mass kick of the entire server with only 1 hour of notice (less than DF queue times occasionally).

[Rysir]

One minute? If you never go afk for more than one minute, do you have bathroom breaks at your desk or something? Half an hour would be in line with the afk logout measures already in place.

Im going off the thought that someone accused of afk exploiting would have the afk icon/auto running to walls so they would be gone a while already.

[Scenic]

Keep in mind that this will most likely be done before prime time to kick off people who logged on earlier when the wait times were lower and then went afk. I can't see them doing this during busy hours.

[Clethoria]

Because if people only have to get up for an hour or so, they don't want to get stuck in a three hour queue. I've AFK'd a couple times, admittedly, after two simultaneous Directx11 forced me into two separate queues spanning over five hours. So yeah, I was frustrated.

#BalmungProblems

[Crysten]

But if the situation today is untenable in Balmung, it's SE's fault though, so...

It's SE's fault the entirety of the RP playerbase wanted to congregate on a single server?

The playerbase is just as much to blame here.

While not ideal for established communities, SE have decided that transfers are the only feasible solution since it appears that for whatever reason they can't do anything to address server capacity.

They've offered their solution and it's hardly their fault if people are being stubborn about it as a result.