Clarification From Dev About the 30-Minutes AFK Logout

[Naoki34]

Can we get clarification if the 30-minutes AFK kick is a permanent feature now?

We will be getting 6.1 in more or less a month from now and they will continue with the AFK kick for 6.1.

If based on how long this feature being implemented for 6.0, there won't be any period that this feature will be lifted anymore.

You must have slept in the back during the 69th live letter.

Remove at 6.1, it's made to free up space and kick the majority of afk by staying connected for hours and days.

I say majority because some abuse macro and bot to stay connected.

[Dionysius]

Also check this post from Yoshi-P on how they don't want to be very restrictive on players and "AFK" is also part of the gameplay experience.

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...7f00ed86bb7155

[Dionysius]

You must have slept in the back during the 69th live letter.

Remove at 6.1, it's made to free up space and kick the majority of afk by staying connected for hours and days.

I say majority because some abuse macro and bot to stay connected.

No way you assume every single players obligated to stay with every single 2-3 hrs PLL right? Especially if it's not officially translated yet. Lmao.

[VerumNaos]

i think the massive hype caused by streamers and expac died down so the game probly is mostly back to its pre asmon time atm XD

[Starshower]

i think the massive hype caused by streamers and expac died down so the game probly is mostly back to its pre asmon time atm XD

Asmon said he's coming back soon to do the MSQ on stream, so who knows if a lot of people will come back as well. At least the majority of the other big streamers already finished the MSQ so it won't be as crazy. He had just gotten in Stormblood when he left.

[TaleraRistain]

Just out of sheer curiosity, what do you need to be online and idle for more than 30 minutes for? Most every other MMO on the planet has an auto disconnect feature when you are AFK for lengthy periods of time and there is never really any complaining about it.

Most of those are longer than 30 minutes. If you're cooking, getting a shower, need to go tend to something, etc, 30 minutes is kind of slim. If they're going to have launch login issues like they did this expansion, they should consider extending it to an hour whenever it's active because that would get the full AFK people but not punish people who spent hours getting online and then have to run off to do something.

[Lunalepsy]

Can we get clarification if the 30-minutes AFK kick is a permanent feature now?

We will be getting 6.1 in more or less a month from now and they will continue with the AFK kick for 6.1.

If based on how long this feature being implemented for 6.0, there won't be any period that this feature will be lifted anymore.



Edit: Ok thanks for the answer, they will remove it "soon", awesome.
I missed that last part of recent PLL which usually only marketing stuf.

Don't worry. You'll get to AFK soon!

[SturmChurro]

Just out of sheer curiosity, what do you need to be online and idle for more than 30 minutes for? Most every other MMO on the planet has an auto disconnect feature when you are AFK for lengthy periods of time and there is never really any complaining about it.

"AFK" is how most people play this game.

[TheMightyMollusk]

Given the inability to get improved servers running and the rush of returning players at every patch, I say leave the timer on.

[Eriane_Elis]

Just out of sheer curiosity, what do you need to be online and idle for more than 30 minutes for? Most every other MMO on the planet has an auto disconnect feature when you are AFK for lengthy periods of time and there is never really any complaining about it.

Most other MMOs don't but the free to play ones might. There's a million reasons why someone might be idle for more than 30 minutes and those reasons don't need to be said since it is a pay to play MMO anyway. It's not like this game is on the cloud where the more players there are at once, the more expensive it will be to host. They already own all their servers and besides the electricity it takes to process more people online, it's irrelevant. Plus, the cost is included in the monthly bill you pay for. If you really want to stay logged in passed the limit, you technically could. But the timer is going away in 6.1. Not that it matters so much since it takes 2 minutes to login again but getting idle kicked does take away from the MMO experience.