Institute Temporary AFK Kick Timer

[Duelle]

I'd be really angry at SE if I got up and went to the bathroom and came back 15 minutes later and was disconnected due to "inactivity", or I had to go to the store for some milk and was gone for 20 minutes and got kicked and wasn't able to log back in.

Then you're being unreasonable. Auto-DC on AFK is common and in a way expected. Even WoW with its 9 million subscribers has a system where if you remain idle for a certain amount of time, it will auto-DC you from the game and take you back to the login screen. And I'm pretty sure it is a way to help keep server resources available for other people who are wanting to play to log in (nevermind that Blizzard has infinitely better server infrastructure).

I'm perturbed at the fact that this is being brushed off. It's not unreasonable to want this in, and it's not unreasonable to have to relog in if you're away for a prolongued amount of time. WoW's auto-DC required you being AFK for 15-20, and that's perfectly fine.

And for the people who stay logged in for 24/48/72 hours and don't log off? I'm sure they spent the same amount of time either locked out due to 1017 or 3102.

And that doesn't justify their taking spots on the server while preventing others from playing. As I said near the beginning of this thread, the part that worries me is that this has conditioned some players to AFK to get around the login restrictions.

[Crica]

Auto-DC on AFK is common

FFXI does not auto DC on afk, nor has it ever, even when there were 2million subs in that game, and everyone was able to login always - its a server issue, SE needs to get bigger servers, that's all

[Khaliev]

I haven't been able to log in for 3 days now. I try at 6am mountain time and again at 6 pm.....still error 1017. SE should really have planned better for this. They should have been fully aware that they would have been absolutely flooded with players eager to test their new toy. Its like giving a kid a flashy new toy on his birthday and then taking it away after he unwrapped it.....

.......I want my toy back........

[demacy]

btw an AFK timer still wouldn't help you in fact you'd never even know, the demand is so high right now that even if the afk's where knocked off the world would still fill up.
you're assuming that a symptom is the cause.

[Zehring]

Why not just restart the servers every 12 hours or so, during off peak hours? Dont wanna do it during peak hours because it would obviously cause congestion issues and possibly make things worse, but during off hours it shouldnt be a big deal. That would get rid of any AFK'ers/botters, and allow others a chance to actually get into the game if they are lucky enough to be trying to get on when the restart takes place. Maybe im missing it, but i dont see where this would cause any issues.

If you're botting/afk you arent gonna be trying to log back on when the servers come back up, and if you were in game, then you go get a drink/food/bio and wait 10-15 min or so and log back in. Only thing i really see being affected is maybe groups running instances, but that can be partially avoided with a pre-reset warning ahead of time.

[AranWade]

this is the second big mistake Yoshi did after wrong population previsions.
i dont see why not add this, or at least...try.....

[noksukow]

This needs to happen now...

[MindCoil]

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...s-Restrictions

Resolving AFK Character Issues
From several users on some of our more congested Worlds, we have received requests for a feature which automatically logs out characters who are AFK for an extended period of time. We are actively looking into the implementation of such a feature, but have decided to first concentrate our efforts on increasing the number of Worlds and optimizing the Duty Finder servers.

They seem to be pussyfooting around the issue. Don't get your hopes up for a AFK fix anytime soon. They'd rather try their luck with "increasing server capacity." We'll see how well this goes in the coming days.

[Atlantes]

Why has this not been implemented yet?!

[Dezmo]

Bump and sign