Do you think implementing a AFK Kick outside of Expansion Releases would do anything?

[DendrielConcade]

As a residential Aether Player, I very much often come into the game with a short wait ahead of me which isn't an issue, unless you also consider all the friends outside of Aether that are almost incapable of touching Aether. I've been pondering the thought of it all, and honestly would it really hurt if they added in an AFK timer that was a lot longer than the 30min during expansion releases? We're talking at least 1hr of AFK no inputs, to 2hrs max of no inputs, like would that really be a problem that someone has idled that long to be kicked out of the game? Sure this could be one of those things that doesn't matter for everyone that isn't Aether, and the change to add an AFK timer is a global change across all servers so it might have some issues.

Am I just not seeing the real issue somewhere, is an AFK timer somehow stupid of an idea? Genuinely curious on input.

Also if this isn't the place for this type of post, sorry, not exactly a super frequent flyer on the forums.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

People just find ways to bypass it anyway, the ones it would need to kick wouldn't get kicked so it wouldn't help.

[Bonoki]

People just find ways to bypass it anyway, the ones it would need to kick wouldn't get kicked so it wouldn't help.

There's a "Plugin" that already prevents the afk kick, and many people I know use it every expansion.

[NOODS]

As a residential Aether Player, I very much often come into the game with a short wait ahead of me which isn't an issue, unless you also consider all the friends outside of Aether that are almost incapable of touching Aether. I've been pondering the thought of it all, and honestly would it really hurt if they added in an AFK timer that was a lot longer than the 30min during expansion releases? We're talking at least 1hr of AFK no inputs, to 2hrs max of no inputs, like would that really be a problem that someone has idled that long to be kicked out of the game? Sure this could be one of those things that doesn't matter for everyone that isn't Aether, and the change to add an AFK timer is a global change across all servers so it might have some issues.

Am I just not seeing the real issue somewhere, is an AFK timer somehow stupid of an idea? Genuinely curious on input.

Also if this isn't the place for this type of post, sorry, not exactly a super frequent flyer on the forums.

I won't lie I was in the middle of making a thread similar to this today. But like Valkyrie said, the people that do need to get afk-timer kicked are those that would find a way or already have a way to bypass it. Though I think it would work for the non-terminally online FFXIV players who need to leave the game unattended for a few hours. I know there's some people that would leave the game running while they're at work or they forget to log off before going to bed, and in the grand scheme of things those types of happenings a small, but small tends to add up.

Personally I would want it implemented, especially with their new restrictions. It would at least alleviate some level of the problem, albeit minimal.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

I won't lie I was in the middle of making a thread similar to this today. But like Valkyrie said, the people that do need to get afk-timer kicked are those that would find a way or already have a way to bypass it. Though I think it would work for the non-terminally online FFXIV players who need to leave the game unattended for a few hours. I know there's some people that would leave the game running while they're at work or they forget to log off before going to bed, and in the grand scheme of things those types of happenings a small, but small tends to add up.

Personally I would want it implemented, especially with their new restrictions. It would at least alleviate some level of the problem, albeit minimal.

It really needs to kick people visiting from other worlds/DCs first, since those have limited slots available, then start kicking people who are on home worlds. But like I said, those people would be the first to find ways to bypass it.

[DendrielConcade]

People just find ways to bypass it anyway, the ones it would need to kick wouldn't get kicked so it wouldn't help.

I won't lie I was in the middle of making a thread similar to this today. But like Valkyrie said, the people that do need to get afk-timer kicked are those that would find a way or already have a way to bypass it. Though I think it would work for the non-terminally online FFXIV players who need to leave the game unattended for a few hours. I know there's some people that would leave the game running while they're at work or they forget to log off before going to bed, and in the grand scheme of things those types of happenings a small, but small tends to add up.

Personally I would want it implemented, especially with their new restrictions. It would at least alleviate some level of the problem, albeit minimal.

I can see some clever ways to force people to fight the AFK timer more actively than just making it without inputs being put in, like half way through the timer if you don't re-instance it'll consider you trying to dodge the timer and still tick away, so people would be forced to TP out of whatever place they're in, just to TP right back type of deal. Sure its still something you can dodge but if you're just idle then you'd be out of the game. As you've also said, it would generally work even if it doesn't take out everyone who AFKs.

I personally don't want any changes to aether just to make it easier for ppl from other dc to come and afk in Limsa on Aether. I am already just tired of not being able to have my irl friends on my server, so we can be in an fc together, because they have to lock it down due to ppl not on aether. I personally hate dc travel because of the problems its caused. Frankly the less ppl that can travel to aether the better. "But my dc is dead! I can't get anything done!" Oh no! Maybe if ppl would stop coming to aether you wouldn't have those issues. I hate that they opened this can of worms. What a horrible decision.

See what I'd want would also apply to people deciding to hop over and AFK too, it would hit EVERYONE coming in and out of the place. I wouldn't want to specifically screw over people DC traveling by making the timer shorter or stricter in ways but it would still work I feel.

[AnimaAnimus]

See what I'd want would also apply to people deciding to hop over and AFK too, it would hit EVERYONE coming in and out of the place. I wouldn't want to specifically screw over people DC traveling by making the timer shorter or stricter in ways but it would still work I feel.

If anything it needs to be shorter and stricter for travelers. If you want to go to a different dc just to afk, you should be the first to get the boot. Now if they only implimented this for travelers, now that would be a good idea. Kick the afk ppl from other dc, leave the characters from that dc alone.

[NOODS]

If anything it needs to be shorter and stricter for travelers. If you want to go to a different dc just to afk, you should be the first to get the boot. Now if they only implimented this for travelers, now that would be a good idea. Kick the afk ppl from other dc, leave the characters from that dc alone.

Agreed 100%. Be it Dynamis, Primal, Crystal or Aether, there's always someone who makes like 7-10 accounts of the same character to just AFK in Limsa 24/7. I've said it in another thread, but cloud servers can't come fast enough. At least that way people won't feel obligated to travel to another DC just to get better queue times.

[Shuuchi]

Agreed 100%. Be it Dynamis, Primal, Crystal or Aether, there's always someone who makes like 7-10 accounts of the same character to just AFK in Limsa 24/7. I've said it in another thread, but cloud servers can't come fast enough. At least that way people won't feel obligated to travel to another DC just to get better queue times.

Does reporting them do anything? I remember at the start of EW, the usual suspects managed to go right back to afking in Limsa a day or two after launch while everyone was dealing with 7k+ queues.

[AnimaAnimus]

I personally don't want any changes to aether just to make it easier for ppl from other dc to come and afk in Limsa on Aether. I am already just tired of not being able to have my irl friends on my server, so we can be in an fc together, because they have to lock it down due to ppl not on aether. I personally hate dc travel because of the problems its caused. Frankly the less ppl that can travel to aether the better. "But my dc is dead! I can't get anything done!" Oh no! Maybe if ppl would stop coming to aether you wouldn't have those issues. I hate that they opened this can of worms. What a horrible decision.