Bring Back AFK Kick to the Servers

[Hasrat]

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.

What a strange analogy.

It makes far more sense to recognize you're waiting at a bus stop. The queue is waiting for the bus to take you to the servers. Logins are processed in batches, the "buses" taking whole groups of players into the game. When there are many players in queue, the first bus may fill up, and you'll have to wait your turn for the next one.

Nothing suggested here is going to change the bus schedule, and the buses aren't currently filling to capacity, so why add a player inconvenience for no benefit?

[TaleraRistain]

It adds no value to the game and it ruins the atmosphere.

It does add value. Quite a few people on my server know the catgirl we always find dancing in the latest expansion city, often in the most recently available glam. People make it a point to look for her in new expansions. Some even join her in dancing or emote at her. It adds to the server community to have her there and this type of thing happens often on other servers. Just about every server has the afk person everyone knows.

Also, fishing enthusiasts would be very happy to not be afk kicked when we have to idle for hours in the same zone to maintain intuition progress.

[Zeastria]

Kicking players out would only create bigger que timers.
Because those players would have to re-enter the game!
Que happens when there is a lot of players trying to enter the game(server) at the same time.

So you're basically wishing us to get higher que timers with that statement LOL

[Sebazy]

Start>Select Character> Press Okay >Game Loads you in
Huge inconvenience lol

A lot of people use MMOs as IRC clients.

Being auto kicked breaks this.

So yes, for many, missing out on the Greenspan is a huge inconvenience.

[Caitlinzulu]

Has nothing to do with skin or anything like that. I just want the players I see to be people I can interact with. This is supposed to be a social game. It’s the foundation of every MMO. If you don’t want to play, just log out, it isn’t hard to do, and it isn’t even an inconvenience.

And what about people actively playing but not wanting to socialise with you? Sometimes i want to just get on with my own business and not be interupted.

[chaotix69]

You forgot waiting to get in, and then having to reenter my house, all while trying to fit going to the bathroom and getting coffee into a timed break. But hey, I guess some people don't have to keep a schedule.

And again, your personal objection is not a reason to inconvenience other players.

Since you work from home you could ya know, actually do some work?

Having to log into a game isn't an inconvenience, I don’t even know how thats a conversation. Do you leave all the lights on constantly because it’s too much of an inconvenience to get off your ass and flip a switch?

[Unholychinchilla]

Since you work from home you could ya know, actually do some work?

Having to log into a game isn't an inconvenience, I don’t even know how thats a conversation. Do you leave all the lights on constantly because it’s too much of an inconvenience to get off your ass and flip a switch?

You're just gonna ignore the bit where they say they're doing this on the break then? So making it quicker is definitely more convenient.

And still all this because you're annoyed that some people you see might not be available to socialise with you? This is starting to feel petty.

[Reinha]

I don’t care to see players with synchronized emotes, or playing dead, or showing off their half naked characters in the same place every single day. It adds no value to the game and it ruins the atmosphere.

I don't care if players like yourself are annoyed by afk characters. You add no value to the game either. Teleport somewhere else if it bothers you so much.

Relogging multiple times a day would introduce problems but no benefits that are worth considering. Queue times don't need to increase and /tells don't have to disappear just because people who like to micromanage others get annoyed by player characters in an MMO.

[Sove92]

Majority of the playerbase is not going to socialize with you anyway, whether they are afk or not. And judging by this thread, I see enough red flags to not want to either.

[Frizze]

So a guy with a character named checks notes Ash Kechum is annoyed that other people are difficult to interact with and he wants to take it out on others. So i dont speak for anyone but myself, but if i were to be honest? I would go out of my way to avoid interacting with you too. Hide in my house, pretend afk, no hablo... whatever it takes.