Institute Temporary AFK Kick Timer

[Pugmalion1]

I love how they consider a basic "stop clogging our servers for no reason" mechanic as "drastic measures." Half an hour is a more than reasonable time to kick someone off for being AFK. Even if there was more than enough room for everyone to play simultaneously I dont see anything wrong with force kicking someone off the game if they are not actually playing it.

Yes, that's the happy medium we should be striving for here. Even if Square thinks it's akin to the "Close Door" button on an elevator, implementing one would not only alleviate some of the congestion, but it would also make a lot of people very happy. I don't even think it has to be a heavy-fisted action. Your half-hour suggestion is reasonable; an hour would be downright generous. That would be a great place to start. Like many have said before me, there's no benefit to these stagnant characters. They contribute nothing to the community but headaches and rage-broken controllers and keyboards.

[Firetail]

There isn't even a guarantee a person could find an open slot on another server. This is really unfortunate, SE's server/production team is really showing their naivete and lack of experience here.

Even if i could get on another server i dont want to start another char already have a legacy char and working on my 2nd low leg char now. I agree with the experience and naivete bit though it just goes to show much hasn't changed from 11

[NoEmpathy]

I disagree with a afk timer especially at 20-30mins.. thats to low ppl paying for the game will get even more upset when sitting around waiting for a duty to finally que up which has recently been taking upwards of a hr+ and poof o u have been kicked for inactivity? GTFO i would be steemed as hell

[brent5096]

I disagree with a afk timer especially at 20-30mins.. thats to low ppl paying for the game will get even more upset when sitting around waiting for a duty to finally que up which has recently been taking upwards of a hr+ and poof o u have been kicked for inactivity? GTFO i would be steemed as hell

Not if being qued for the duty finder dosnt put you in a afk state.

[kosomoto]

I disagree with a afk timer especially at 20-30mins.. thats to low ppl paying for the game will get even more upset when sitting around waiting for a duty to finally que up which has recently been taking upwards of a hr+ and poof o u have been kicked for inactivity? GTFO i would be steemed as hell

You can do things while waiting. Does your game consist of you staring at the screen doing nothing until the duty appears? If not, move the mouse every so often and click something..

[brent5096]

I think if your standing around doing nothing qued for nothing what so ever. Just standing around a 20 or 30 min timer is fine. If you go that long without any direct input you should loose your spot.

[DiamonteZ]

I disagree with a afk timer especially at 20-30mins.. thats to low ppl paying for the game will get even more upset when sitting around waiting for a duty to finally que up which has recently been taking upwards of a hr+ and poof o u have been kicked for inactivity? GTFO i would be steemed as hell

If you're not gonna play while your queued then please logout and let other people play. Because there's no difference between this and the other AFKers.

[DarthVader]

ALL I WANT is to PLAY...
Its my BDAY have the day OFF and i cant do the one thing i been looking forward to do, all week... Play all day
i WANT to PLAY

[nknknnk]

Major issues lie within server inadequacies, not people that goes afk.

I'm not justifying the people that goes afk. But we shouldn't entirely blame the players when SE is so comically shortsighted.

What choice do the players have when they know they won't be able to login without half an hour of attempt, at night after coming home from work?

[Miitan]

You can do things while waiting. Does your game consist of you staring at the screen doing nothing until the duty appears? If not, move the mouse every so often and click something..

Some of us have other things to do with ourselves that don't involve staring at a screen while we wait for the Duty Finder to work.