Bypassing auto log out

[Reinha]

Simply panning your camera counts as not afk, so you have no idea if they are using these bypass methods. Considering that some of the game's content is on a strict timer which you need to follow in order to participate (hunts, fishing, gathering, open tournaments, ocean fishing, GATEs), there are legitimate reasons why someone might not want to log out in between sessions and risk getting a queue time.

[Violet_Galaxy]

Goodness gracious. We playing detective and telling on people for afking now. 12/3 needs to get here quick so y'all will have something to do.

[Jojoya]

As long as they aren't using third party tools, I doubt SE will do anything to individual accounts.

I can see them implementing daily server restarts in Endwalker to give players stuck in long queues a chance to play regardless of the number who are just AFK.

Goodness gracious. We playing detective and telling on people for afking now. 12/3 needs to get here quick so y'all will have something to do.

They won't have something to do if they're stuck in hours long queues because other players are using the exploits to stay logged in while AFK. World capacity isn't really an issue right now (those <5 min log in queues aren't due to world capacity) but it will be when everyone wants to play on December 3rd.

[Averax]

For whatever reason i cannot explain, some people just like to use their sub to sit afk in one spot forever. And some of those selfsame people got very mad when the AFK time out was first announced because it disrupted their RP.

Some people seemed to imply that they didn't like the idea of logging their characters out because it was hurting them in some way, and i have never seen a case of people needing to go outside and touch grass more in my life.

[Saimeren]

I have never seen a case of people needing to go outside and touch grass more in my life.

Out...side?

I don't understand.

[Nekaru_Infitima]

I avoid AFK because if I'm say going to the bathroom and think it will be fast but it turns out not to be fast, I don't want to sit on the toilet hearing 'SUDDENLY LOUD SHADOWBRINGER TRAILER ON REPEAT' over and over throughout the house.

I've also fell asleep at my computer intent on pulling an allnighter but failed, only to wake up to "HOOOOOOOOOOOOME" which was probably playing on repeat all night.

[TaleraRistain]

I've also fell asleep at my computer intent on pulling an allnighter but failed, only to wake up to "HOOOOOOOOOOOOME" which was probably playing on repeat all night.

I've done that as well and nearly fell out of my computer chair when I idled out because I had headphones on

Why report it? How would you even prove someone's doing it to deliberately avoid the auto kick? I mean I'm absolutely certain some are, but I've also gone afk while talking to my retainers and gotten distracted only come back hours later just plain having forgotten I was still logged in : p

Why no, I've never tabbed out to read a webtoon while Quick Synthing and realized three hours later I was still logged in, nope, not me.

[Naria]

In so far as I know, you can't get in trouble for bypassing the logout timer. That said if a lot of people do this after Endwalker's launch they will probably institute a server wide log out every 24 hours like the did after Shadowbringers launch.

[Kewitt]

Be carefully thet could just start rolling logout.

[Arazehl]

All SE is trying to do is get rid of the idlers, to free up the log in queues a bit, so those that do wish to play can log in. This is not a bad thing and I hope they fix it where it logs out players sitting with an open window(s) to avoid being logged out. We don't need players just taking up space in game doing nothing and making log in numbers huge. If you can't do your life's business in 10 minutes, than you don't need to be logged in, especially when EW launches.