Exactly, even simply talking to a NPC and keeping the speech bubble open keeps it from logging you out.

There's simply no point to it anymore. Right now it's nothing but an annoyance, completely pointless and there's no reason why this shouldnt just flat-out be removed for our convenience.

Not to mention the bad publicity this game really cannot use right now with it having such unneeded restrictions. I'm sure there have been plenty of people turned off by this who would have given it a try otherwise.