[Suggestion] an Auto log out feature

[Alhanelem]

You must have know that this game give a load amount of stress to your PC
GPU and Processor work to the max, needing more watt
And all of those heat it generates, it need to cool down
Thus the AC

My PC doesn't have an air conditioner, I don't know about yours...

[Dzian]

Also on the power note, I've calculated FFXIV to cost me around 1.5pence an hour to run (in £) which is not much really.

My system runs a 650Watt PSU with around 500Watt usage during FFXIV.

So even the most hardcore systems would only eat about 4pence an hour, thats £28.80 a month if you stayed online 24/7 for 30 days.

Can I ask who your electricity provider is? You're either on some insanely cheap tariff or your maths is flawed. If it's the former then I want to be switching to them.

If your pc is eating 500watts and you run it 24/7 then your using 12kwh a day or 360kwh a month.
If it's really costing you 1.5p per hour then your paying just £0.03/kwh.

I'm pretty sure there isn't any provider in the UK that's even remotely close to that cheap. The cheapest I've seen is about 10.8p per kwh electric (I assume your in the UK as you're using english currency)

So I would estimate that using that 10.8p/kwh price your 500w pc would be costing you about 5.4p per hour to run.

But to go back to the maths for a second. If your maths is right that 360kw/h a month would cost you just £10.80 a month to run your pc 24/7
However when you look at Uswitch.com or something similar a quick look will tell you the cheapest UK tarifs are about 10.8p/kwh hour so that 360kwh would cost about £38.88 a month to run a 500 watt system 24/7.

The option is that maybe your pc power usage is actually only about 135-140 Watts which again seems kinda low but I don't know what system you run so I really can't theorise your actual power usage.

[Sabaku_Usagi]

I'd prefer an optional auto-shutdown and/or auto-logout feature. Especially if you can pick the time (something like 10min, 20min, 30min, 1hr, 2hr, 5 hr)

[Janine_Bennett]

My PC doesn't have an air conditioner, I don't know about yours...

yep, mine does. And I leave that sucka on all day every day. I never heck my bed.

[Venat]

If you keep your game on and not sleeping in your inn then your just stupid. Personally I think Square Enix should just kick you out if you have not done anything within 3hrs. Meaning using any controls. Do I really need to load your character on my screen thats afk for hours and have to put my PC under more stress then it needs.

[Kafeen]

If you keep your game on and not sleeping in your inn then your just stupid.

I don't think it makes that much difference to players who have all jobs at 50.

[Laraul]

How would auto log save power? I mean it's not going to quit the game, just exit to the character select screen with a message "you've been logged out of the server to do an extended period of inactivity." Sure less power maybe used, but the difference is going to be marginal.

[Zumi]

I would support a forced log out after 30 min because it would make the game run better for everyone else that is actually doing something. Every MMO I have played besides FFXI And FFXIV has a forced log out. Having it optional doesn't work because everyone will just turn it off like in FFXI so they can AFK in Port Jeuno to bazzar stuff. Since FFXI doesn't have forced auto log out Port Jeuno has gotten full on several occasions causing people to crash since the game can't handle more then 700 people in 1 zone. Then you can't log back in because the zone is full.

Here is why I support forced log outs. If you are afk doing nothing in town you are taking up server bandwidth and resources. The servers will have less lag and run better for the people who are not afk and actively still playing the game. I rather have less loaded down servers and a better game play experience then having a bunch of people staying logged in using server resources making the game run slower for everyone else. Uldah actually crashes occasionally because too many people afk all day there.

I would say needing to be afk for repairs or melds is not a problem. If I shout in uldah for repairs, I can shout once and almost all my gear is fixed within 5 min or less, rarely do I ever have to wait over 5 min for gear to be fixed.

I can only imagine uldah would have much less lag if people actually were forced to log out after 30 min.

[Req]

I DONT LIKE OPTIONAL THINGS

[KoujiGeki]

I always log out if I want to afk
Was talking bout other player that dont

why do we have to log out for if we dont want to?