Institute Temporary AFK Kick Timer

[Sebazy]

I beg to differ, I've got experience running various game servers going right back to NetQuake and even a couple of mildly popular emulated UO servers (Which was massively inefficient and resource heavy in it's day). The problem is actually that the fixed number of seats are calculated by a theoretical CPU usage across a given player base. You remember the first couple of days of early access where SE gradually ramped up the servers until they crashed? They weren't out to torture the playerbase, they were simply working out what the servers could handle and simply dialling it back a little from the point where their infrastructure got swamped. Both idle and active players would have been factored in by this process. Please remember that this isn't an FPS server where it's assumed that every player is going to be active.

Lets not forget though, the truest mark of an idiot is someone who brings little more than slander and insults to the debating table. Over to you!

[Sol62287]

An AFK time and boot is entirely essential to the game. Please implement it Square Enix... on top of the queue system for logging into a server that you need to implement. The two in tandem, on top of server expansions will make a huge difference, and will calm the playerbase.

Thank you.
Concerned Customer,
Zack

[Misiah]

This helps explain why an "afk kicker" won't work to make it so that more can log in. http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/1l7n5x/

Seriously, people need to try to understand how this all works rather than trying to go from an uninformed perceived "easy button" idea to fix things. Even if they put in an afk feature, people STILL would have the same exact problem in the same high numbers. Capacity is set at 230,000 concurrent users - with a current estimated need of 350,000 (which is probably still wrong). Do you honestly think there are tens of thousands of afkers? Or, just thousands with only a couple thousand who can't log in?

[Fawkes]

People want a scapegoat to blame and afk people are it.

[Sebazy]

People want a scapegoat to blame and afk people are it.

Hit the nail on the head methinks

[AleksJaeger]

I read to the 7th page and got tired.

The reason why the auto-kick AFK function does not exist is because, they did not have it in their other MMO which has been around for almost 11 years now, as well as ffxiv 1.0 so players could run an in-game shop. I am going to make an assumption that most of the AFKers are previous FFXI / FFXIV players. As well as that in 1-2 months from now, the population will have decreased a significant amount meaning there is no real reason to implement an auto-kick in the first place.

This is a week 1 launch of an MMO, there will be issues, be patient, it is a virtue after all.

[Deusteele]

It's 2013, a proper Queue system and Idle Out mechanic are not some hocus-pocus magic trick. They are standard features that should be put in place to address long term issues. The cycle of World Full->No Queue->Back to Lobby will begin again when they release a heavily advertised expansion or large patch. The adding of servers is a short solution that could be costly if/when the population declines during the course of the game's life.

[Tsukiyo]

Don't understand why this isn't in the game, I guess I can understand why it wasn't at early access or launch day....oh wait no I can't. This is one of the things that would actually help the servers please add this...

[seikenflash]

Yea please put this AFK kicker in game, what is the point staying in the game without playing/chatting/moving around?
If you don't play you have to logout, EASY PEASY.

If I don't play, that doesn't mean I have to log out, you people really need to stop this afk timer bullshit it really won't help, and will cause the players getting more grief than the players trying to log in. I have been playing since beta and it only ever takes me a max of about 10 minutes trying to log in to actually get in, you people stating it takes hours upon hours to log in, are blowing things way out of proportion. In no way does it take hours to log in, stop over exaggerating and trying to force other players off the server just because it takes you a few minutes to log in.

-1 on afk timer

[Moonblaze]

If I don't play, that doesn't mean I have to log out, you people really need to stop this afk timer bullshit it really won't help, and will cause the players getting more grief than the players trying to log in. I have been playing since beta and it only ever takes me a max of about 10 minutes trying to log in to actually get in, you people stating it takes hours upon hours to log in, are blowing things way out of proportion. In no way does it take hours to log in, stop over exaggerating and trying to force other players off the server just because it takes you a few minutes to log in.

-1 on afk timer

Today I was trying to log in (off and on) for 6 straight hours without success. Then I finally got logged in and the first time I teleported after about 15 minutes I got kicked. Haven't been able to get back in since.

I promise you very few people are exaggerating.