Against "Simultaneous Logout Measures"

[Sayora]

To be quite honest, being kicked from a game for being idle is something I'd expect out of something F2P, like RuneScape... not something I pay a monthly sub for.

I'm at least thankful that the idle kick is something that only gets put in place when it's actually warranted and that it's not something hard coded into the game at all times.

Doesn't WoW have something similar still?

[NinjaTaru72]

While I understand where they're coming from, I wish they'd test it out fist on balmung.

[Lynart]

This could possibly be the most stupid or elegant solution they can come up with depending on when they do this.

If they do this during prime time, the wave of people logging back in will crash the login servers lol

[P0sitr0nic]

Try fixing your hardware. Stop punishing the people that continue to play.

[Khai]

Temporary measure or not, this is akin to detonating a nuclear bomb on a house to kill some spiders. It's unfairly punishing to players who don't exploit the AFK system. And for players who only play during off-peak times... They'll likely experience the brunt of the simultaneous logouts. (I'm sure Square Enix wouldn't restart the servers in the middle of peak times.)

The methods of circumventing auto-logouts have been the same for years. Instead of taking the proper route and patching those methods, they decide to punish every single player on every single server because of the cheaters?

This problem will rear its head again and again with every expansion. Why not address it now?

[Drakeos]

Please only do on EFFECTIVE servers LEAVE EMPTY ones alone or ones has NO problem

[Natashio]

My Lord..wwww.. This is great... Would of never thought I see an entity, in this case SE, go all out DEFCON 1. Just..just nuke the servers already..

[Elim]

So are they really doing this for one server? I don't think it's for Gilgamesh because for the last few days the biggest q I encountered was 18 people. It really seems to be stable again but maybe I'm just getting lucky.

[Zojha]

I don't think it's for Gilgamesh because for the last few days the biggest q I encountered was 18 people. It really seems to be stable again but maybe I'm just getting lucky.

That depends on when you log in. I logged over to an alt on Balmung an hour ago and only had, like, 20 people or so queue as well. In another hour or two, it'll probably be at around 400-500, then go up to 2k by EU midnight. No idea what comes after.

[Elim]

While I don't doubt this is necessary for Balmung, I am concerned about SE's toasters and the ensuing simultaneous log-ins from every single server 10 minutes after the forced log-out.

Would make more sense to stagger it, I think.

That depends on when you log in. I logged over to an alt on Balmung an hour ago and only had, like, 20 people or so queue as well. In another hour or two, it'll probably be at around 400-500, then go up to 2k by EU midnight. No idea what comes after.

I've been logging on after work(and log out and in a few times while I play). That's around 5PM pst onward. It might not be prime time but it use to be crazy long around that time.