Possible timer for open world AFK'ers?

[Raynar]

Every MMO has done this in the past and then removed it because of the long term issues with other players. This Game had it at launch to deal with Login queue times and they have now disable since the game has leveled out for nearly all servers. Yes there are times when new patch drops and Queue times are hell. But AFK timer does more But Currently from what I'm seeing on Swagatanas the game server pop is low during the Pre 3.5 cause everyone is either playing FF15 or other games and waiting for 3.5 or 4.0 to be release.
I still get random kicks and D/Cs but I don't care relogin is not a big deal.

[MistakeNot]

Every MMO has done this in the past and then removed it because of the long term issues with other players.

Actually, no. Most other MMOs kick out players after they have been AFK for too long. Few people have a problem with it elsewhere, so I do not understand why it would be a problem here.

[Raynar]

Actually, no. Most other MMOs kick out players after they have been AFK for too long. Few people have a problem with it elsewhere, so I do not understand why it would be a problem here.

To name a game that issues in the long term was NCSOFT's Aion they ended up removing it cause people were QQing about D/Cing and Community Team justed didn't want to deal with which was random D/Cs and Force D/Cs. For Example. You and I may not see it that as issue but others do. I like stated Earlier I don't see problem of just relogin period.

[JCharms]

Actually, no. Most other MMOs kick out players after they have been AFK for too long. Few people have a problem with it elsewhere, so I do not understand why it would be a problem here.

I was going to reply to this as well, and add that this is the only game i've played that doesn't have a timer. GW2, STO, SWTOR, ESO and I'm sure someone told me WoW has as well.

[Alenaar]

YES, PLEASE.

This is an online game, it requires a constant and stable connection. Through the years, us players had the chance to experience all sorts of issues: full worlds, long load times, lag, disconnects - granted, there are many factors that contribute to these, but why leave in one that could be helped? Also through the years, we have heard the devs themselves citing network infrastructure and everything related as causes of various issues, or reasons for why certain things can not be done.

Yet, despite all these, everyone seems to think that logging in and going AFK is perfectly fine?? And no, this isn't about a few 10 minutes, this is about characters rooted to the same spot with the little red chair next to their names for 4-6-10-16 hours. Sometimes even a day or two - I have seen such myself. These are just extreme and should not be allowed.

There is no valid reason why anyone should be AFK for more than hour; if that's the case, they probably have something much more important that's come up than a videogame. However little it may seem, the load on the servers could be lessened with the AFK autokick active. It needs to be there, it IS there in every online game with a bit of common sense, it needs to be able to detect "clever" circumvention attempts, such as inactive crafting or running against a wall. At the very least it needs to kick people who are idle for more than an hour.

[Madepossible]

Yet, despite all these, everyone seems to think that logging in and going AFK is perfectly fine?? And no, this isn't about a few 10 minutes, this is about characters rooted to the same spot with the little red chair next to their names for 4-6-10-16 hours. Sometimes even a day or two - I have seen such myself. These are just extreme and should not be allowed.

There is no valid reason why anyone should be AFK for more than hour; if that's the case, they probably have something much more important that's come up than a videogame. However little it may seem, the load on the servers could be lessened with the AFK autokick active. It needs to be there, it IS there in every online game with a bit of common sense. At the very least it needs to kick people who are idle for more than an hour.

And to add on top of that, it's not HARD to just log back in once you are back, just one click away tbh.