Tells while /away.

[Mychael]

Hello! I am (and always will be) one of those people who prefers to clog servers and cause queue lines by afking constantly when not actually playing. My /playtime in XI was ridiculous.

Anyway, I would very much like one of two features to have for /away, both to do with chat:

• When you send a /tell to a player who is flagged as /away, the chat should return a line such as

  • This player's status is set to "Away."
  • This player is currently away.
  • Your message was received, but the player is away and may not receive it.

• Less important--it would be nice if, when removing the /away flag, the game would display a history of received /tells since you put up the flag, somehow.

Just some thoughts. ^^;

[NotApplicable]

I'm all for this. I was surprised when I initially saw that the /away command doesn't have a message when you /tell someone. A visual sign to show people standing near you that you're AFK is neat and all, but not very purposeful.

In addition to an automated response when someone /tells you, there could also be a feature that will automatically set you to /away after a certain period of time where there's no input. Say, after thirty minutes of the game receiving no input (via keyboard, mouse or gamepad), it could set you to /away. Just an idea.

[Soukyuu]

I'm all for this. I was surprised when I initially saw that the /away command doesn't have a message when you /tell someone. A visual sign to show people standing near you that you're AFK is neat and all, but not very purposeful.

In addition to an automated response when someone /tells you, there could also be a feature that will automatically set you to /away after a certain period of time where there's no input. Say, after thirty minutes of the game receiving no input (via keyboard, mouse or gamepad), it could set you to /away. Just an idea.

In addition to that, it should remove the /away status once you move, I sometimes catch myself running around with the away icon because I forgot to reset it.

[Rika]

yup, would like it too

[Signy]

{Yes, Please}

[Geesus]

Makes sense ... common sense that is.
/sign

[MistressAthena]

I like this too, When your trying to /tell a friend, or linkshell member and nothing is put back, your sitting there for a response for minutes on end before you realize their probably away and wont respond. Would definitely be helpful.

/sign

[Mychael]

Yeah...I've even had people get mad at me for not talking. o.0 Sometimes people in my LSs get offended and send me tells--"Why aren't you talking in LS? :<" Normally someone answers if they ask in LS because everyone that knows me well understands that my character is part of Ul'dah's scenery, and I rarely move. <.<; Still, for the people that don't know me, send me party invites, etc.

[Hoshiko]

I would like this feature, also. I'd like to use /away to let my friends know I'm not there at the moment, but what's the point if they don't get a message saying so?

[Scarface]

Would be nice to have an "out of office reply" and have a 1 or 2 liner that says whatever you put in it when you get a tell.