Request: Boot inactive players so active players can log in

[Caelid]

I'm agreeing with this. I want people who are AFK for more than 30 minutes to be kicked. This is said as some one who stayed logged in when he was finally able to get in.. because no one else was logging out. It feels like the only way to get my chance to play. I'd rather see idle 30 minutes getting punted

[ApolloGenX]

I have friends that log in before work in the morning so they can be in after work... seriously? I told them they were bad people... and of course they respond that it is a bad company that allows and encourages this behavior. They have a point.

[leonart]

why did se stop booting people off the server? they did it in beta just fine.

[paleto]

i created 4 of the same toon on different worlds to play. i know i can walk and click on quests blind folded. 15 minute afk is already long

[KittyMel05]

I mentioned this in my forum post of a letter to them: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...05#post1058505 and I fully agree of a afk system implemented into all servers at all times! This will resolve ALOT of their locked worlds and such then we all can get on the servers we wanted to begin with cause I been wanting to join my husband and best friend on Leviathan thus cannot cause of these restrictions since Phase 4 of Beta! If we are on the servers we wanted, We can AT LEAST log in rather than spam our start and log in buttons to get a chance to log in! I vote for 60mins tops for inactivity cause that will give le way for anyone that has a family such as myself to do what has to be done if something was to come up or even 30 minutes is fine! I'll suffer a boot from the server for inactivity if something came up like my twins being sick or something just so someone else who is active can play! I don't mind!

Like those before my posts said, After those warnings show up of that person about to be booted for inactivity and nothing is done after the second warning, Boot them offline for inactivity so others who ARE active can play. PLEASE Square Enix do this and it will save you alot of hassle on your end on both the servers AND the people cause then you will have happier customers and fans instead of killing your company's reputation to where people don't have faith in you anymore and go elsewhere to pay to play. I know you guys are just starting out on the release of this game and you are busy around the clock, I respect that! True and fully! But you also had the time during Beta to resolve alot of this in 4 Phases so Release would have still had some bugs but ran much smoother than it is now.

Plus I also want to add if you can add in the queue system to be more efficient and what I mean by that is unlock ALL worlds so people can join any server new character or not and if one or all servers are full, Queue them in! Doesn't matter if it's a huge number like 1,000 or even 2,000! At least we know we are going to be inworld at some point. Also, Make more servers on NA/EU cause peak time is at it's worst of everyone trying to log in at the same time or another idea..

Separate NA as it's own menu of servers and EA as it's own menu of servers. You can still run the NA/EU at the same building you have but just a additional server just for another country cause maybe then, Things will run a bit smoother too. Overall, This game is truly wonderful and way better than XI and 1.0, Don't put our ideas for the game to waste! If this game was truly as you said in the Official Service Start post of this game was "Made by the fans for the fans" then you will listen to all sides of the world fans from North America to Europe plus even your home, Japan. So with this, I sign this petition!

[Pyrokris]

This is the worst experience i have and i have to wait next week for them to add more slots?

[Kira75]

i definitely think there should be at least a 30-60 minute idle disconnection. Anything too short is unfair for quick afk's. Come on though, 10AM EST - 7AM PDT, and the server lists can't even update. Not too mention spamming through server full errors during later hours for 30+ minutes. Even during busy hours there are tons of afk people within the cities, clogging the servers.

[ChaoticDarkGriever]

/signed

They should have kick those that are idle for 15-30 minutes. 60-minute timer just will do with this game at all. It frustrated me yesterday after I had to log to put in my registration code. SE, I hope that you're listening to your fans about this and not your wallets. Then again, you guys are bleeding money as is with this folly by removing the AFK timer that worked wonders in Beta 3.

[Statishido]

Short AFKs are fine. They arent the problem. Its those that don't log before going to sleep or log in in the morning before heading off to work/school and are going to be gone 5 to 8 hours in the day. No way they will kick people for being idle for 30mins to an hr. However they need to address those that sit for longer.

[Yuengling]

I would like to point out that booting AFK players may not actually resolve anything.

We don't know WHAT specifically is triggering the 1017 errors and queues.

The simple fact is that they may be monitoring performance counters or something along that line, then denying logon after thresholds are met. This would potentially explain why certain zones are going down, or getting booted during zone transfers.

Logged in players that are idling aren't taking up very many resources on the server.

Just something to think about...