Problem with dungeon AFK kicker

[GilbertLapine]

First, I'm totally in favor of an AFK kick feature for timed content. I think its great being ale to get rid of baggage trolls that just afk and such. However, the way the feature automatically kicks without asking the party is a bit of a headscratcher.

I recently ran into an issue with this when I was nearly done running Qarn with a premade of FC friends, and a sudden RL emergency popped up (you know the holidays). I asked my friends if they minded I afk for like 10-15 mins to resolve it (I would have just dropped of my own accord if they'd said "no"), they all said it was no problem. By the time I got back, I'd be booted by the afk auto-kicker.

So... that's now about 40 minutes of my life I'm never really getting back. Bottom line: the AFK kicker needs to prompt a party vote whether or not to keep the individual (lets say, every 10 minutes of afk time?), not just arbitrarily boot them without party consent. Also, while I'm in favor of the idea it seems redundant... don't we already have this covered with votekick?

[Johnist]

If you are going to be AFK for 10 minutes that's 1/9th the Dungeon Timer or 1/6th the time on a Primal / Trial. 15 minutes bumps it to 1/6 or 1/4th respectively, and they shouldn't have to worry about trying to get a replacement for you with so little time left on the clock that they don't fail it from timing out.

[zakalw3]

Real life emergencies that draw you away from your PC should be rare enough for this not to be an issue.

If they're common enough to complain then you should probably play less.