Against "Simultaneous Logout Measures"

[Syrehn]

Honestly, this isn't even really a fix. Since it appears they're doing this at the same time every day once a day, all the AFK'ers need to do is remote connect to their PC, re-login and go AFK again. They will proceed to clog up the system until the following day when they repeat the process.

If SE really wants to "Fix" the issue they need to restructure their AFK timer.

It's also pretty garbage that it's being implemented on servers that don't need it. Even Gilgamesh really isn't that bad anymore. Max I've seen is a few hundred at peak times since early access ended.

[Metalios]

10 minutes of life gone. Oh no what will you do?

It's people like you that allow corporations to do what they please. Stop being just another moronic sheep, you pay for this service..it should be working without issues plain and simple. You would expect the same damn level of service from your cable provider, SAME THING its a SERVICE TOO!!!!

[gustavray]

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...e73eaba1c52976

Force logout on what, 50 servers? On thousands of players because 1 server (Balmung) is having long queues is excessive. Why not apply this measure only to Balmung?

It is not just Balmung. Even Omega is having long login queues. almost 2000 the other day

[Paladinleeds]

It's people like you that allow corporations to do what they please. Stop being just another moronic sheep, you pay for this service..it should be working without issues plain and simple. You would expect the same damn level of service from your cable provider, SAME THING its a SERVICE TOO!!!!

I don't demand my cable provider works flawlessly 100% of the time. I know it's not possible. If my cable provider was in the same position as SE where they felt they needed to do this to stop their infrastructure breaking and used it as a temporary measure while they figure out a better fix, I wouldn't have an issue with it. You're right, I do pay for the service, but I know expecting 100% uptime is unrealistic.

[Lunafreya]

It's people like you that allow corporations to do what they please. Stop being just another moronic sheep, you pay for this service..it should be working without issues plain and simple. You would expect the same damn level of service from your cable provider, SAME THING its a SERVICE TOO!!!!

What a stupid and silly response. I'm sure you can do something else for 10 minutes of your life. The auto logout is helping the game.

[jackass1203]

It's people like you that allow corporations to do what they please. Stop being just another moronic sheep, you pay for this service..it should be working without issues plain and simple. You would expect the same damn level of service from your cable provider, SAME THING its a SERVICE TOO!!!!

It has nothing to do about being a sheep or even if you pay a service you agreed to the ToS so they have every right to being able to bring down the servers if they choose to. Even the fact that people afking to bypass the auto-kick function is against the ToS.

-Edit-
From the ToS:
3: 3.2 Disruption. You may not in any way disrupt or interfere with the Game experience of other players, including the disruption of Square Enix's computers and servers.
5. INTERRUPTION TO THE SERVICE
From time to time, in order to provide our customers with the optimal gaming experience, it is necessary for Square Enix to conduct routine maintenance on the computers and/or servers that support the Game. During these times, access to the Game or support services may be interrupted. Access may also be temporarily suspended in whole or in part, without notice, due to emergency repairs, fire, flood, explosion, war, strike, embargo, governmental action or failure to act, the act of any civil or military authority, act of God, or by any other causes beyond Square Enix's control, or any other reasons for which Square Enix, in its sole discretion, deems that temporary suspension is necessary. You acknowledge that disruptions of service may occur and waive any causes of action against Square Enix in any way arising from or related to any such disruptions of service.

[Skivvy]

It's people like you that allow corporations to do what they please. Stop being just another moronic sheep, you pay for this service..it should be working without issues plain and simple. You would expect the same damn level of service from your cable provider, SAME THING its a SERVICE TOO!!!!

What a bunch of silly talk. So because people aren't getting their panties in a twist over some minor downtime, we are now moronic sheep? Grow up, seriously. This has all been pretty normal for any major MMO expansion/launch. Downtime is going to happen, and is written directly into the ToS. Things won't be smooth sailing for probably a month.

To add, of course I'd like to see things be handled differently - like for starters, have the resets affect only the necessary servers. However, there very well may be a reason why SE is needing to reset ALL servers. Perhaps there is some truth to overburdened servers affecting others in the data centers, etc. We will never know their exact reasoning for everything, but lets all try and keep a level head and have some patience.

[AsahinaMyLove]

...why people afk for HOURS or even DAYS anyway...? Electric energy is not cheap! And having your PS4 or PC 24/7 active too, can damage the system! >.> Soo I dont understand..

[Mycow8me]

I wouldn't be surprised if the people annoyed by these auto logouts started AFKing out of spite. Treated like a part of the problem may as well become part of it.

[DevilsDontFly]

I like the AFK-boot system, however I also understand that some worlds don't even suffer from congestion to begin with. Shutting down the whole data center at the exact same time everyday might be counter productive on the long run because of how predictable it will become.

They should honestly just patch the AFK-boot system and allow it to kick people out of the servers regardless of what they are doing. Right now the problem is that the coding of the autokick feature doesn't allow the player to be kicked if they are talking to an NPC, which is a big flaw. It's like on HW when the autokick would simply not work if you had a macro to do stuff or simply left the autorun on. If they patched it to kick people even when talking to NPCs it would solve the whole problem, because let's be honest, who stays 30 minutes talking to the same NPC to the point of being AFK to the system? I know patching and coding that kind of stuff is complicated but the theory is pretty simple: You're not playing, you're out so someone else can play instead.