Bring Back AFK Kick to the Servers

[OgruMogru]

Really? No way! /s

Grave misunderstanding of the term "server"

[chaotix69]

Really, i suppose the underlying problem I have with AFK players, is that I can see them, but I cannot socialize with any of them. That is what I miss the most, the socialization of the game. Now it seems getting someone to talk is like pulling teeth, and everyone is so anti-social. I would rather walk around an empty server and know, “okay this is why there isn’t anyone to talk to,” than see all these players standing around AFK and still know that there isn’t anyone to talk to. So yeah, kick the AFK players.

[Ardeth]

The fact that there isn't a strict 30 min afk kick has always baffled me in this game just as much as the people who afk for hours/days/months/years? Granted, they do turn it on during expansion releases, but I wouldn't mind it being turned on permanently. If I afk for 30 minutes, kick me. But I'm also the kind of person who just logs off if I know I'm doing something for a long period of time. So the whole afking for long stretches to me is alien anyway.

[NonBinaryNyan]

I like that I can find a friend who's had to get up to attend to something and leave them a note, or an emote, or just be RIGHT THERE when they get back to the computer or tab back into the game. It's fun!

Just don't AFK on the summoning bell. Or the interaction point in GATEs.

[LianaThorne]

Really, i suppose the underlying problem I have with AFK players, is that I can see them, but I cannot socialize with any of them. That is what I miss the most, the socialization of the game. Now it seems getting someone to talk is like pulling teeth, and everyone is so anti-social. I would rather walk around an empty server and know, “okay this is why there isn’t anyone to talk to,” than see all these players standing around AFK and still know that there isn’t anyone to talk to. So yeah, kick the AFK players.

You can kick all the AFK players but it still doesn't solve the issue at hand. People are nervous to talk in this game because some abuse the report button to punish people who have differing opinions or simply because they didn't like advice given on how to properly handle a pull in a dungeon. People report those for using an emote more than once just because it "breaks their immersion" lol. I can't blame anyone for not wanting to be social when there is a side of people in this game who will report people for anything they deem wrong (even if nothing is actually wrong). The game itself also pushes a solo-based atmosphere when the only group content we have is PVP and dungeons/raids. But, how many people are striking up convos in there?

This is a game we all pay to play (outside of FT people but I don't really count them because they can't do much) and have the right to do what we want in it as long as it doesn't break the ToS. It's why I pointed you in the direction of venues/player-run events because they are for the purpose of socialization and will fill the hole you are missing. You could also consider a transfer to Crystal as there is more RP and socialization there than any other DC and people will speak to you on the street there. Either way, removing the AFK people isn't going to turn every person in Limsa social and wanting to converse with everyone nor will having the place be an empty wasteland help the game in any sense.

[KenZentra]

I like that I can find a friend who's had to get up to attend to something and leave them a note, or an emote, or just be RIGHT THERE when they get back to the computer or tab back into the game. It's fun!

Just don't AFK on the summoning bell. Or the interaction point in GATEs.

You can send them in-game mail to do the same thing, in fact it'd probably easier to find it then when its not lost in a a sea of other messages and emotes that eventually get removed when the chat box is full.

[LianaThorne]

You can send them in-game mail to do the same thing, in fact it'd probably easier to find it then when its not lost in a a sea of other messages and emotes that eventually get removed when the chat box is full.

This is incorrect now with DC-travel being prevalent. It would require them to go back to their main server to see the mail. Pre-DC travel I could see it but if it's someone that only goes back to their server once every few days or weeks then it stands a chance of not even being seen. I personally haven't been back to Dyna in almost a month and wouldn't go back just to check my mail unless I ordered something off the Mogstation because it's not worth server jumping 2 times just for that.

[Kuroka]

Id say only deactivate it for houses/wards and apartments. I sometimes wait for fc mates to be ready or just get something done and dont wanna miss the conversation or wanna rejoin my wife in 30 min...

But in hub cities, limsa etc? heck we need an 5 min timer.

[Jeeqbit]

Seriously, no matter what time I log into the game there is a queue

No? I log in really quickly so this just isn't true. Maybe you are referring to how SE processes logins very slowly in batches which it then processes one at a time. Even if nobody is on the server, if 300 people login at once, you have to wait a while because SE processes them very slowly. It has nothing to do with who is AFK.

I loved it when if you weren’t playing, you would be kicked from the server to make room for others.

This is typically enabled at expansion launches and has been in past expansions, so you will very likely see it again (temporarily).

[Ivtrix]

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.

This was implemented because of login issues upon endwalker launch.

There were several cases of people getting to the front of the login queue, there being an error, and then getting sent to the back of the line. For big servers this meant a 3-4 hour wait.

This was implemented to make sure issues like that did not happen


Complaining about afk people in the main cities is kinda silly. Makes limsa actually feel like a hub and not dead