Bring Back AFK Kick to the Servers

[chaotix69]

Seriously, no matter what time I log into the game there is a queue, and it’s all because people AFK constantly, especially in Limsa. I don’t get it. If you’re not going to be actively playing due to work, sleep, school, whatever… why not just log off? Are you that lazy that you can’t be bothered to log back into the game? Some people do this for days…

Also if it’s because you want to show off your character/glams, no one cares. People become desensitized to it and you don’t look nearly as cool as you think you do.

I loved it when if you weren’t playing, you would be kicked from the server to make room for others. That needs to be a permanent feature, because being AFK for ling periods of time adds nothing to the game. It doesn’t make the world feel alive because you cannot interact with AFK players. If anything it makes the game feel even more empty than it has lately when you see the same people every single day just standing around AFK in the same locations. It’s just a nuisance and an eye sore most of the time.

[KenZentra]

It absolutely needs to come back and stay. I really cant think of a reason why you'd want a player who isnt actually there to be signed in and loaded into the game world, but hasnt done anything for over 30 minutes. When you are AFK in a duty for more than 10minutes you get kicked out of it so why is there no such thing for the game as a whole.

[Avatre]

IIRC, that que isn't because there are that many "people" logged in, it's to artificially slow down the login so as to not overwhelm the login servers.

[JohncarterIx]

then you got the cia guys kick them to the curb

[LianaThorne]

IIRC, that que isn't because there are that many "people" logged in, it's to artificially slow down the login so as to not overwhelm the login servers.

This is the truth of the matter. ^ There's sometimes a 30+ queue logging into Marilith and we all know that Dyna isn't congested at any point of the day lol.

As far as AFK kick going back on, I don't really feel it needs it until Dawntrail when servers will actually get congested again and people will be sitting in thousand person queues. On the dead periods like this, it's not affecting anything for some dude to afk in Limsa overnight.

[KenZentra]

IIRC, that que isn't because there are that many "people" logged in, it's to artificially slow down the login so as to not overwhelm the login servers.

Wow, I hate that. I sit in que for like a minute or two because its artificially slowed down? Theres like, less than 20 people in queue because we all have to wait around for nothing? Like going to a restaurant and being told there is a wait when there are empty tables and plenty of staff.

[Themarvin]

The Queu system is not because the server is full.

[KenZentra]

As far as AFK kick going back on, I don't really feel it needs it until Dawntrail when servers will actually get congested again and people will be sitting in thousand person queues. On the dead periods like this, it's not affecting anything for some dude to afk in Limsa overnight.

I dont see the reason as to wait for turning it back on though, in fact, it'd be better to turn it on now, so folks arent shocked as to why the got logged out later when the expansion comes out.

[LianaThorne]

Wow, I hate that. I sit in que for like a minute or two because its artificially slowed down? Theres like, less than 20 people in queue because we all have to wait around for nothing? Like going to a restaurant and being told there is a wait when there are empty tables and plenty of staff.

I might be wrong on this but I also believe that server hopping is also tied into the log-in queues. If people are going from Marilith to Seraph and you're trying to log into Marilith, it might also slow you down to process those requests. I can't fully remember but I have a vague memory of being told that before.

[Mikey_R]

Like going to a restaurant and being told there is a wait when there are empty tables and plenty of staff.

More like, going to a restaurant, seeing empty spaces, but having to wait as the staff can only let a certain amount of people in at the same time. This has nothing to do with how full or empty the restaurant is, but how quickly they can get them through the door.