TONBERRY - Character creation restriction fix > kicking AFK players

[Emirly]

Hi there!
I notice at certain times of the day there are servers that are locked to players for character creation. This can be a bummer when wanting to pick the server your friends are on and especially for Tonberry being unoffical AUS/NZ server.

I have noticed a lot of players AFK and I log in 2 hours later seeing the same person AFK. Yesterday someone was just dancing in a pig suit.

Implementing a feature that logs out AFK players after 30 minutes would mean more fresh faces running around and more active players. I have noticed after creating a new character that there is no one in the lower level areas to play with. This is because of the character creation restrictions of course. I assume this would deter some people from playing the game thinking the server is empty.
I think it would be healthy for the game to have more people creating characters.
Comment below on what you think and whether you are for or against an automated AFK booter.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

They've had one twice now, at launch, and at 3.0 launch. they got rid of it due to player demands.

[Nihonnick]

As someone who frequents NN on tonberry, I can say we are getting plenty of sprouts appearing.

And on topic, no ty of AFK kicker. If i want to stop playing for 45mins to cook dinner, i would like to do so.

[SilkaN]

And on topic, no ty of AFK kicker. If i want to stop playing for 45mins to cook dinner, i would like to do so.

Does being kicked prevent you from cooking?

[Nihonnick]

Does being kicked prevent you from cooking?

Not at all, but during the periods where i'm simply waiting for things, it's nice to pop back and talk to the FC without haing to log back in.

[Bloody]

Also, kicking AFK players offline doesn't affect the character creation restrictions AFAIK. That is solely based on the total number of characters on the server (aka server population), and the only reason some servers are well beyond said restriction is because paid transfers get around the creation restrictions.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Also, kicking AFK players offline doesn't affect the character creation restrictions AFAIK. That is solely based on the total number of characters on the server (aka server population), and the only reason some servers are well beyond said restriction is because paid transfers get around the creation restrictions.

No, its based on average server load i believe. Balmung actually has one of the lower character created counts, but the highest active population.

[Pintsized]

Also, kicking AFK players offline doesn't affect the character creation restrictions AFAIK. That is solely based on the total number of characters on the server (aka server population), and the only reason some servers are well beyond said restriction is because paid transfers get around the creation restrictions.

This can't be true!

Try creating a character on a locked realm in the EU group and if you wait maybe 5-15 minutes usually the lock is removed, no way is that due to paid transfers, it HAS to have something to do with active characters in the game. thus AFKers and BOTS cause the problem.

[Bloody]

This can't be true!

Try creating a character on a locked realm in the EU group and if you wait maybe 5-15 minutes usually the lock is removed, no way is that due to paid transfers, it HAS to have something to do with active characters in the game. thus AFKers and BOTS cause the problem.

Okay, you partly misread what I wrote. I said that certain servers (looking at you Balmung) have populations well over the standard threshold that triggers a lock due to paid transfers TO those servers, thus perpetuating the cycle of locked status. For EU, they may float around the "magic number" so to speak for population, and deletions, transfers, bans, etc can influence the status of character creation as well. Also, their might be some level of delay in the servers when doing calculations related to the logic governing character creation restrictions, which may influence your experience with EU servers.

It is possible that as others have said "average server load" is taken into account when determining these statuses, but without actually doing research and comparing active populations and server creation trends, we couldn't say for certain (and I CBA to do it because I don't care enough). However, booting AFKers will mainly affect a login queue (if any), and I don't see this request impacting character creation restrictions in a meaningful way.

[Jijifli]

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I'm not going to act like I know everything that locks a server, but I can assure that pop is one reason to why. It isn't with how many characters are put in that server list, as it has proven to be open right when maintenance ends, even after it grew even larger than it already was with Heavensward.

I think the system itself does read how much the server is taking at any given point, and has to be free of high stress for a specific amount of time to unlock. Although, once it gets a certain amount, it'd relock. It'd explain why maintenance does unlock it, but it's kind of stays locked until the next one. I do think booting bots would help the creation issue, provided the bots stay off, but it isn't a permanent fix since it'll just get flooded once it's open.