Institute Temporary AFK Kick Timer

[valhalla]

Implementing an AFK kick timer seems like a good idea but it might not work. When SE stress-tested their servers they did so under normal conditions(which includes a large number of AFK players). SE probably doesn't know how well their servers can handle all players in the game being active at once.

[Zoot]

Aion had the exact same issues for the first couple of weeks but at least they had log in Queues.
The Aion devs wound up doing random server restarts to boot the AFK'ers which isn't the best solution as you can imagine.

[Golds]

Nah, Just be patient, You will love being able to AFK all night in the future to sell your junk in your player store. if its anything like FFXI, soon you will just see bags on everyones heads all the time. Selling like a rose for 99,999,999 or somehting. But hey, at least they can sell it!

This game is fun, and even though its a pain to wait, just read a book or something. I pay just like everyone else. I'm sure this game will still be here tomorrow.

[Kaes]

Nah, Just be patient, You will love being able to AFK all night in the future to sell your junk in your player store. if its anything like FFXI, soon you will just see bags on everyones heads all the time. Selling like a rose for 99,999,999 or somehting. But hey, at least they can sell it!

This game is fun, and even though its a pain to wait, just read a book or something. I pay just like everyone else. I'm sure this game will still be here tomorrow.

Isn't that what retainers are for?

[Okipuit]

Greetings, everyone.

I know that the topic of users idling for long periods of time has become quite the hot topic due to the current login limitations. I wanted to let you know that the development team is aware of the discussions going on by users.

Currently, the implementation of a feature that would automatically disconnect a user who is idle for a specific amount of time is something that will be investigated once the currently announced plans and adjustments have been completed. Once that is in place, we'll be able to see a clearer picture of the concurrency numbers and get a better understanding of what steps need to be taken next.

I know that this is a "we'll need to wait and see and investigate," but it's important that we let you know where we currently stand on the topic.

[Sonorous47]

Sounds like laziness....seriously. Beta tests ran fine....and you should have expected EXACTLY what is happening. Your SE for gods sake and this is FF of course there are TONS of players. Why would you even make an MMO and not expect to need an AFK kick time, and a login Queue. Beta testing is for testing....Release day is for playing a game that we payed for and........we cant play?!?!? WTF

[Rougen]

Dear SE

My wife and I have played every FF game since the first.... We loved XI, We loved XIV. We stood by you when others ditched out... We will continue to support you....
This is simply terrible... we were so excited to get to play at launch...
I am trying to refrain from flaming here..... This is regrettable....
Even LoL has a wait in line to log in type of system.... not simply an error message that leads nowhere....

[Grendle]

Dear SE

My wife and I have played every FF game since the first.... We loved XI, We loved XIV. We stood by you when others ditched out... We will continue to support you....
This is simply terrible... we were so excited to get to play at launch...
I am trying to refrain from flaming here..... This is regrettable....
Even LoL has a wait in line to log in type of system.... not simply an error message that leads nowhere....

well said sir.

[GinTama]

Sounds like laziness....seriously. Beta tests ran fine....and you should have expected EXACTLY what is happening. Your SE for gods sake and this is FF of course there are TONS of players. Why would you even make an MMO and not expect to need an AFK kick time, and a login Queue. Beta testing is for testing....Release day is for playing a game that we payed for and........we cant play?!?!? WTF

there is a login queue and the hell with afk kick timer, i dont want to be kicked just be cause i go afk for 15-30 min. I plan to pay for this game but if I get kicked even once while I am afk even if its 24 hours I'm out. Subscribing to the game means for me i can play when I want and how much I want. How I use my time online is none of anyone's business.

[Cendres]

there is a login queue and the hell with afk kick timer, i dont want to be kicked just be cause i go afk for 15-30 min. I plan to pay for this game but if I get kicked even once while I am afk even if its 24 hours I'm out. Subscribing to the game means for me i can play when I want and how much I want. How I use my time online is none of anyone's business.

It wouldn't be that short of a time window, obviously...... >.> Usually it's about after an hour of being AFK when you get kicked. And you are not the only one paying for the game either.