RIP AFK'n flexing in Limsa for a little bit

[Roeshel]

Wonder if you can report them now for circumventing the logoff-timer.
I'll give it a try on those I spot for multiple hours at the same place, busy with *something* to keep themselves logged in.

What are you going to report them for? Cheating? You are actually saying that you will report people for staying logged in a game they pay for. Do you even realize how absurd this sounds? SE has money to spend on servers, people entering 1k login queues is unacceptable and this new rule is just a quick fix.

[ItMe]

YoshiP evidently disagrees. He said in his letter to players that queue times are reaching up to 20 minutes on NA worlds and 40 minutes on EU worlds during peak hours.

To him, that's not acceptable.

How does someone AFK make a community feel like a real community as opposed to the players who are actually running around doing things with others?

The dude always sleeping near the entrance to the markets is as much a part of Limsa for me as the benches and trees.
He means as much as any rando I never interact with, possibly more because all the others I only see once and never again, also because unlike the other randos I actually notice him.

[Jijifli]

Good. We have an obnoxious individual on Balmung who literally does the vanu vanu dance 24 hours a day - I have come to believe that that *is* that game for this person. Nobody doing that should be given priority over people who are actually planning to, you know, move while logged on.

Imagine literally calling that guy obnoxious when he's honestly one of the nicest people I've ever met on this server.

Imagine literally hating fun.

[Baxcel]

I don't understand this thinking. Queues are so short as to be barely noticeable outside of server crashes or streamers logging on. Meanwhile, that guy dancing adds a lot to the community. Would it bother you less if he just did solo dungeons over and over so he was "moving"? Who cares if dancing is the entire game to that guy. I think being able to always see the same person in the same location doing the same thing is far more beneficial to the game's health than freeing up a spot on the server.

There's a viera usually dressed like a pink fox that's always dancing or sweeping in the Ul'dah tunnel on Midgard, and seeing her makes the server feel like a real place with a real community. She was one of the first things I saw when I came back to the game and seeing her there when I port in is always comforting. It makes me want to join in.

Well one problem it fixes is that it let's free trial players play the game.. if there is a queue to login the game they can't even get it.. the game tells them to wait till the queue is over and try again

[technole]

Well one problem it fixes is that it let's free trial players play the game.. if there is a queue to login the game they can't even get it.. the game tells them to wait till the queue is over and try again

Not to mention full servers means people can't create toons on the server during peak times. Imagine not being able to play with your friends in same FC, or even worse same data center. A lot of these naysayers only care about themselves and Limsa Thots taking up bandwidth that is needed for players actually wanting to play.

[Neoyoshi]

The Vanu Vanu dance is not done properly if you aren't doing it for 24 hour marathons; everyone knows this.

[Jijifli]

Well one problem it fixes is that it let's free trial players play the game.. if there is a queue to login the game they can't even get it.. the game tells them to wait till the queue is over and try again

Yes, which is why I'm perfectly fine with it, even if I personally find it annoying.

I just find it funny someone called Nexus obnoxious for dancing lol

[WoW]

What are you going to report them for? Cheating? You are actually saying that you will report people for staying logged in a game they pay for. Do you even realize how absurd this sounds? SE has money to spend on servers, people entering 1k login queues is unacceptable and this new rule is just a quick fix.

Why are you arguing with a Karen rofl?

[Garten]

Serious question.. why not to logout? If you Just "log out", not "exit game" It Is a matter of seconds to Just log in again, no?

[Ath192]

It’s really sad and disheartening to see other players try to get fellow gamers banned for AFKing in a game they pay monthly money towards the right to log in and the maintenance of the servers they reside in.

Sure there is a surge of players right now and they could use the space so SE has taken mild action on it. But it’s hard to see people who enjoy harming others under the guise of good intentions. They may say they do it for the right reasons but I get the feeling what they really want is to ruin other peoples day.

To them, even the possibility of getting someone banned is tantalizing enough to file dubious reports. Hiding bad intentions behind altruistic veils is something incredibly dark.