RIP AFK'n flexing in Limsa for a little bit

[RyuDragnier]

People can just open the HUD display editor and sit AFK still unless they changed that, I'm pretty sure :O!

You fool, you've spoken of the secret, now they know and are going for its throat! RIP

[wereotter]

People can just open the HUD display editor and sit AFK still unless they changed that, I'm pretty sure :O!

If people are going to intentionally attempt to circumvent the logout timer through means like this, though, that should be something Square can take action against. Not only is it, at that point, directly attempting to circumvent the measures they're putting in place to make the game playable for everyone, but it's intensely selfish to not just log off when you're done playing, especially in a situation like we're in at the moment.

Also just a point outside this comment, other MMOs will boot you after a certain amount of time regardless of server status. This should just be the norm in the game always, not just because they're seeing more congestion currently.

[Breakbeat]

Yeah I found it funny there was previously no auto-logout. I'm a recent WoW expat... the other day I had to get up and leave fairly quickly, while getting ready it crossed my mind that I might have just shut off my monitor and not logged out, but I didn't much care because I figured the game would log me out.

Went out, did my "be an adult" real life stuff, came back a few hours later ... there I am chilling in the exact same spot, just like I never left.

It was good for a chuckle.

[HeyMcFly]

Good riddance I say!

[Axxion]

[Bright-Flower]

Hopefully they will remove the work arounds so that even if you're talking to an npc or crafting etc, 30 minutes with no input means logout. I'm kind of baffled they didn't do something about this with expansion launches already considering the forced logout for everyone they had to do once.

[Sove92]

Hopefully they will remove the work arounds so that even if you're talking to an npc or crafting etc, 30 minutes with no input means logout. I'm kind of baffled they didn't do something about this with expansion launches already considering the forced logout for everyone they had to do once.

Doubt it, because there are plenty of other workarounds to it. It's not worth the time and effort to start squashing them, when the current implementation has already cut down the queues to a fraction of what they were.

[Neoyoshi]

There are still ways around the afk-kicker, more then one actually; a lot more.

[Naria]

If too many people circumvent the afk kick they will just implement the periodic full server logout again. Just logout if you are going to be afk for that long.

[technole]

If too many people circumvent the afk kick they will just implement the periodic full server logout again. Just logout if you are going to be afk for that long.

Yep, don't risk the biscuit.

People could report those trying to get around AFKs, or YoshiP brings back the server flushes, and we'll be back here calling out those who won't listen. Just logout if you aren't going to play! The game will still be around ya know.