Add AFK logout timer to Limsa

[zylo1010]

I actually just started going there this week. My characters afk on a bench, but I'm at my pc just being entertained by some of these people. Some of the stuff people say is hilarious.

[Kuroka]

So do what I do!

Don't.

I try to, rly, but its my home and i miss it....

[dotsforlife]

Running out the things to complain about I see.

[Penthea]

This also isn't the look you want for new players now if your ARR class starts there.

Hrmm actually showing new players a city that is super crowded tends to make them feel secure that the game won't die soon.

[Doozer]

Limsa is a social hub. I think booting people would be a bad idea.

There's nothing social about leaving your game running while you leave the house or go to sleep. Every time I go to Limsa to go to my GC or something I see at least a dozen people with fancy weapons out AFKing around the aetheryte. Probably to try to show off to other players as if anyone actually cares. That's not socializing.

[VenKitsune]

I wouldn't mind an AFK boot timer, but I'd almost rather see them redesign the other cities to make them more appealing and to encourage people to actually use the one they want to hang out in. LL is just the most "convenient" one with everything you need basically being right next to the aetheryte plaza, so it attracts the most people...and people aren't forced to log out, so it's a compounding problem.

This. Exactly this.


The only reason Limsa has so many people is because its one of the better designed two-area cities, and is also one of the three starting cities so not only does new players a good impression of how active the game actually is, but it also affords them the opptunity to meet new people and/or ask questions they may want answered. Ul'Dah and Gridania should have minor redesigns or better yet, the ARR and HW cities shouldn't be two areas, they should be 1 like in SB and SHB.

@OP

Why afk timers specifically in limsa? Do you want this MMO to feel even more unpopulated than it already feels? Most people in limsa aren't even afking, they're hanging out and talking to friends. What would kicking afk players back to login do exactly? How would it benefit everyone else?

[AngelCheese77]

Isn't Limsa the only place where the boat comes for the Ocean Fishing too?

[Mhaeric]

Yes. Limsa has the fewest number of seasonal events, so there's that.

Also, you could all do what Balmung does and have Ul'dah be a bustling and booming town just as crowded as Limsa is.

[Frosthaven]

The problem with afk timers is that if they became persistent enough people would just autohotkey/whatever an action every few minutes. Whether you love or hate the idea of sitting in town staring at walls, the truth is inescapable.

[Vulcann]

Emote spamming should be a bannable offense

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