Can we calm down about the daily logoff?

[BlackironTarkus]

So for 10 minutes every day the servers are booting people then coming right back up.


Yes, their AFK detection is crap, but I've never played an mmo that didn't have daily maintenance cycles at some point in their lifespan due to server issues or some such. WoW, Wildstar, EVE, Blackdesert, hell even everquest had it's share of server crashes during some points that required a daily restart until they fixed the problem.

It's 10 minutes. Go use the restroom, get some water, check the mail. Everyone who's abusing the AFK trick while away at work will get booted and will quickly learn there's no more incentive to staying logged in, and the queues will work themselves down in the congested areas.

On Balmung alone, there are:

58 Paladins
26 Warriors
34 Dark Knights
50 White Mages
28 Scholars
34 Astrologians
18 Monks
24 Dragoons
11 ninjas
85 Samurais
45 Bards
8 Machinists
31 Black Mages
27 Summoners
78 Red Mages
39 Carpenters
39 Blacksmiths
28 Armorers
55 Goldsmiths
39 Leatherworks
54 Weavers
25 Alchemists
49 Culinarians
15 Miners
11 Botanists
7 Fishers
and 5 no-soulstone people

all abusing the trick. Give or take 20 or 25 players as I didn't take the time to read each name as I counted up each class searching for AFK players, just took the lowest total # of AFK players after checking 3x once every 15 mins this morning for a total of 45 minutes to see how bad it was.

923 people, +- 25.

Of these people, 80% or so were in their private chambers. 700+ separately maintained instances full of people sitting there doing squat in balmung alone.

A few days of this and the issue will be resolved. Additionally this method catches any script users who had the bright idea of using any such program to make their character move once in awhile while they're at work.

Just give it a rest, and see what the queues are like after the servers go back up.

Inb4 'balmung is bad, is balmungs fault' etc etc.

[NewSinz]

The issue is it's effecting every server. And of course people are going to blame the servers that have the most people causing the issue. Derp. Not every server is about that life.

[RhaegarFFXIFenrir]

The question is: will this affect the popping of S rank hunts? We're in the 10 min cool down now. When trying to login, we get a 1015 error for all worlds MAINTENANCE. If their method of logging everyone out is a maint every 24 hours.....this could mean no S rank hunts until they stop with this measure. I'll have to test this tomorrow by finding an A rank just prior to the logout, and see if it's still there after logging back in

edit 1: Oh, and in case you're in the crowd saying "who cares, I don't hunt," this would also mean no Foxy Lady or Ixion FATEs either.

edit 2: found A rank right after getting logged back in, so this concern can be put to rest. Still, there's got to be a better way to go about this situation. The only players really being punished by it are the ones online and playing.

[Vhailor]

I don't personally view a daily logoff as a particularly onerous burden, but it's still rather absurd that SE is resorting to it as well.

I mean, really, this spike couldn't have been unexpected. The affected worlds have been overpopulated for years, ever since the very beginning of 2.0. During that time, SE has done virtually nothing to address the problem during 'low-population' phases of FFXIV's life (the .3 / .4 patch cycles, for example). They also clearly didn't upgrade their servers, with respect to population capacity, when moving their data centre.

All that to say, I can understand why people are angry. SE only bothers giving a sh*t when the problem becomes noticeable, even though they KNOW in advance that the problem will come up. When their self-induced need for emergency counter-measures inconveniences people, even slightly, they've every right to be pissed.

[PharisHanasaki]

Hey! Thanks for actually providing data. Lots of people saying what ifs, and mights or maybe. There are people abusing the AFK boot, that is a fact.

[Mycow8me]

Thats easy for you to say, your on balmung. My server has no problems. Why should we be affected by something that could just as easily only affect the servers that need it. You would be complaining too... If you weren't on balmung.

[Raynar-Bloodstrike]

The issue is it's effecting every server. And of course people are going to blame the servers that have the most people causing the issue. Derp. Not every server is about that life.

If your server doesn't have a queue, then it's literally nothing more than a 10 minute break. And yet it seems as if the sky is falling to some people. As OP said, go grab a drink or pee or something. Or, do what many will choose to do and take the 10 minutes to make yet another post about how unfair life is and then go back to playing as soon as the servers are back up and completely forget it ever happened 30 seconds later.

[vigioX-Sun]

sorry but you cant stop me
i log from my ps-vita again
i also got remote access to my pc from anywhere
your strategy is useless against me SE muahaha

[Mycow8me]

If your server doesn't have a queue, then it's literally nothing more than a 10 minute break. And yet it seems as if the sky is falling to some people. As OP said, go grab a drink or pee or something. Or, do many many will choose to do and take the 10 minutes to make yet another post about how unfair life is and then go back to playing as soon as the servers are back up and completely forget it ever happened 30 seconds later.

Its not just 10 minutes when you have to plan around this forced logout when you are already actively in the game doing something whether it be MSQ, DF, or even crafting/gathering.

[RubenSnizzle]

It came back on 3min ago and im on a 1300 queue and it hasn't moved yet.