A Simple Quick Band Aid fix

[lezard21]

Kick players who are not only inactive, but any that have not changed position for more than 30 minutes. There are people who use macros and automation to prevent the 30 minute AFK timeout.

Clear accounts and make more room for other players.

This would only be for a month or two until things settle down.

Unfortunately there are players who are using macros or other means to keep their character "active" so they can stay connected all day to avoid the Login Queue.

This is the best solution that should have been implemented by now. Any player that remains in the same zone for more than 30 minutes, even if they are walking against a wall, typing, performing or rearranging their HUD should be instantly kicked and given a 1 hour login penalty.

Add exceptions to End Credits, Eureka/Bozja/Zadnor, and current EX trials and you fixed the login problems with one simple trick.

[PocketFox]

This is the best solution that should have been implemented by now. Any player that remains in the same zone for more than 30 minutes, even if they are walking against a wall, typing, performing or rearranging their HUD should be instantly kicked and given a 1 hour login penalty.

Add exceptions to End Credits, Eureka/Bozja/Zadnor, and current EX trials and you fixed the login problems with one simple trick.

It... it takes longer than thirty minutes to quest through a zone, to actively play the game, especially if you take into account cutscenes. Unless you specifically mean rest zones such as cities, but that's still not fair because, as someone else pointed out, what about crafters? Or what about places like Old Sharlayan which is a city and quite a bit of the starting story takes place there? They're playing the game in ways it's intended to be played and they should be punished for that?

[lezard21]

It... it takes longer than thirty minutes to quest through a zone, to actively play the game, especially if you take into account cutscenes. Unless you specifically mean rest zones such as cities, but that's still not fair because, as someone else pointed out, what about crafters? Or what about places like Old Sharlayan which is a city and quite a bit of the starting story takes place there? They're playing the game in ways it's intended to be played and they should be punished for that?

More exceptions can be added like 1 hour in EW areas, I just cited some examples.

Crafter can be done at a later time after Early Access. It's not a priority.

[Soulebreaker]

It... it takes longer than thirty minutes to quest through a zone, to actively play the game, especially if you take into account cutscenes. Unless you specifically mean rest zones such as cities, but that's still not fair because, as someone else pointed out, what about crafters? Or what about places like Old Sharlayan which is a city and quite a bit of the starting story takes place there? They're playing the game in ways it's intended to be played and they should be punished for that?

And I've heard some of the cutscenes are 1 to 2 hours long in this new expac, so that would suck. Just to be watching a cutscene and get dc'd. That would not be better to me than being crit by the queue error boss. I'd rather just wait for everything to calm down and experience it all in one go then have to reconnect through a queue and the errors again, only to be disconnected during the cutscene again.

[PocketFox]

More exceptions can be added like 1 hour in EW areas, I just cited some examples.

Crafter can be done at a later time after Early Access. It's not a priority.

It's not a priority to you. You want to dictate how others are allowed to play the game, or saying that SE should dictate how players are allowed to play the game. That's not a viable solution.

[Seera1024]

This is the best solution that should have been implemented by now. Any player that remains in the same zone for more than 30 minutes, even if they are walking against a wall, typing, performing or rearranging their HUD should be instantly kicked and given a 1 hour login penalty.

Add exceptions to End Credits, Eureka/Bozja/Zadnor, and current EX trials and you fixed the login problems with one simple trick.

I vote no.

There are many reasons which may cause players to spend a decent time on any given map that aren't doing so to avoid the AFK timer.

It could be a player attempting to figure out their rotation for their class. Going ham on a training dummy.

It could be a crafter.

It could be someone fate farming.

It could be someone working on side quests on a map to level up another class on top of the ones they've been able to keep leveled up with the main story.

It could be someone who doesn't spend any time during the main story looking for aether currents and is going through and doing all of the aether current finding and side quests and it could have them going various places. Especially those on maps not from Endwalker as currently guides may still be outdated due to the change in location of some aether currents as well as removal of some.

It could be someone on a story step that keeps you on a single map for an extended period of time.

Your solution punishes those who truly wish to play more than it punishes those who are abusing the system.

[lezard21]

You want to dictate how others are allowed to play the game,

People are already dictating how you are allowed to play the game.

Botters and afkers have dictated that you are not allowed to play the game by using exploits and 3rd party programs to keep you out.

What other option do you propose since Square Enix is not showing any intentions of upgrading their servers any time soon?

Your solution punishes those who truly wish to play more than it punishes those who are abusing the system.

I don't think any suggestion can punish people that truly wish to play more than how people that abuse the system punish them. They literally cannot play and has been that way for 3 days now.

[Soulebreaker]

People are already dictating how you are allowed to play the game.

Botters and afkers have dictated that you are not allowed to play the game by using exploits and 3rd party programs to keep you out.

What other option do you propose since Square Enix is not showing any intentions of upgrading their servers any time soon?

I've never had my time in game limited by bots and afkers.

The solution until they get it worked out is to wait. It's the same with every major MMO release. That's all you can do. They at least gave you extra sub time and promise more if there are still issues in a week. Blizz didn't do that for Vanilla Classic.

[lezard21]

The solution until they get it worked out is to wait.

While our sub time is ticking and after we've already purchased the expansion

They at least gave you extra sub time

Which I'm not currently able to enjoy regardless due to the problem not being fixed. 7 free days of not being able to play does not compensate for 7 paid days in which I was not able to play.

[Soulebreaker]

While our sub time is ticking and after we've already purchased the expansion


Which I'm not currently able to enjoy regardless due to the problem not being fixed. 7 free days of not being able to play does not compensate for 7 paid days in which I was not able to play.

An extra week was added to your sub time so not while it's ticking away.

And everyone is in the same boat with you. Angering more players is not a solution.