Institute Temporary AFK Kick Timer

[Vaughn]

AFK kicking is the only short term solution for now. Take last night for example. A maintenance window was announced and so people actually started logging out instead of staying AFK. As a result multiple people in my FC including me were actually able to logon around 11 pm EST for the first time in 3 days.

[Hexy]

AFK kicking is the only short term solution for now. Take last night for example. A maintenance window was announced and so people actually started logging out instead of staying AFK. As a result multiple people in my FC including me were actually able to logon around 11 pm EST for the first time in 3 days.

It's not just a "short term" solution. It will ease server congestion by cycling through those that aren't actively playing. It will also help those with lag issues since their graphics card won't have to render a hundred characters standing in the middle of Ul'dah with their thumbs up their butts.

I totally agree that we need an auto afk-kick with a 30 minute timer. Most MMO's have it and it doesn't disrupt gameplay at all, except maybe for the person afk for 45 minutes cuz they ate too much Taco Bell I guess. *shrug*

[Jennestia]

It's not just a "short term" solution. It will also help those with lag issues since their graphics card won't have to render a hundred characters standing in the middle of Ul'dah with their thumbs up their butts.

I totally agree that we need an auto afk-kick with a 30 minute timer. Most MMO's have it and it doesn't disrupt gameplay at all, except maybe for the person afk for 45 minutes cuz they ate too much Taco Bell I guess. *shrug*

It is a short time solution and there's no guarantee when those of you who want to kick everyone out of the game will actually get in before someone else lol. There's no way to know if someone is AFK unless you're standing there and observing each and every person playing - in order to do so you have to be on the game and by then why would you care? A lot of people go AFK while seeking in the duty finder because as said, unless you're a Tank or Healer the wait times are either 5 minutes or as long as 3 hours.

[Hexy]

There's no way to know if someone is AFK unless you're standing there and observing each and every person playing

Tell that to the other MMO's out there. In WoW for example, after 5 minutes of being idle, you go "afk". After 30 minutes of "afk" status, the game logs you out. Sorry, but if you're going to be afk for longer than 30 minutes, you really shouldn't be logged in the game anyways. Let people in that actually WANT to play the game and not just stand there herp derping.

[Sebazy]

It's not just a "short term" solution. It will ease server congestion by cycling through those that aren't actively playing. It will also help those with lag issues since their graphics card won't have to render a hundred characters standing in the middle of Ul'dah with their thumbs up their butts.

It'll ease the load on one portion of the server cluster that isn't being stretched. A higher percentage of active players will equate to more CPU load on the servers that are in trouble, the end result will be a lower player cap with very little getting achieved. This is why SE haven't worried about an auto-kick.

WoW needed it because the modest hardware requirements wouldn't cope with Ragnarok Onlinesque towns that the huge subscriber numbers would bring.

Your energy would be far better spent petitioning SE to get the queueing system working as it should, that would go a long long way to alleviating this frustration.

[Lady]

AFK kicking is the only short term solution for now.

imho this whole issue is just a short term problem. Once subs start taking money some players will be gone, once the "I LOVE NEW THINGS" players burn themselves out, this won't be an issue anymore.

So I see the afk kicking working until that happens.

[DivineAyumi]

AFK kicking is the only short term solution for now. Take last night for example. A maintenance window was announced and so people actually started logging out instead of staying AFK. As a result multiple people in my FC including me were actually able to logon around 11 pm EST for the first time in 3 days.

I logged off and was unable to log back in for the rest of the night -_-

Today, Im trying to log in for... 2 hours 51 minutes so far...