Can we please disconnect people who are inactive?

[Nuseream]

Especially when server capacity is such an obvious issue. Having people spamming log in attempts while a good portion of players logged in did so before going to work or whatever is kind of rough. Yes, it is comparatively few perhaps, but you have a Queue feature limited to a couple hundred long, and nothing in place to prevent people staying in the game for hours at a time while they are AFK. It seems like solving this would be easy to apply, and in the very least, have the people in the game playing the game. This would at least justify those banging their heads against the door to get in as there would be a higher turnover rate.

Cities have pay parking for a similar reason, to increase turnover and the number of people "served".

This games primary hurdle at the moment is that the demand far outstrips the ability to supply, something still probably after the approaching server increases. You have stopped selling digital copies of the game to boot. Does it not make sense to additionally enforce some level of proper use of your servers? What so far is being taught to players is that you need to log in early in the day, or waste copious amounts of time spamming the log in screen to have a chance at playing the game. The people waiting at the doors are mostly people who would be actively playing, let them in, kick the afk's out. It benefits the majority by enabling more people to enjoy their purchase actively, which helps Square.

The game is great, and I am sure things will get better soon. It just seems to me this is a viable quick fix using something that is quite common within the genre already. Later if you wish you could always remove the function, but for now it seems entirely warranted. Also, dramatically increasing the server queue would in the least save a larger number of people the need to buttonmash the 0 button.

Thanks for your time.

[Peprika]

I agree,
It's not fair for us people who actually want to play. I can't level up because I can't get in the game. It says that i have try later >.>
Please kick AFK-ERS O:<

[Nuseream]

Also it is pretty hard for us to know when an opening is available to then try again as the message says. "Please wait until an opening is available and try again." If there was some indicator I would be using it.

[JosiahGrey]

Nothing really to add to this...just bumping it up. There are more than just a "few" people doing this, btw, I was on about 6:30 A.M. (U.S. Central) and about half the players in the city zones were just standing around like mannequins.

This is annoying, Square Enix. An easy fix, I think.

[Nuseream]

Nothing really to add to this...just bumping it up. There are more than just a "few" people doing this, btw, I was on about 6:30 A.M. (U.S. Central) and about half the players in the city zones were just standing around like mannequins.

This is annoying, Square Enix. An easy fix, I think.

It does seem like quite a few. I have not been through all the cities so I couldn't tell how many are doing it in the other towns, but yes there are seemingly atleast 50% of people in town moving to standing around a crystal of camped out in one place or another. Seems like something you would do when you have already taken the dramatic step of preventing further digital sales of your product. Can always take it out again later.

[Nuseream]

I got in briefly around 10:30am my time, zoned and had a runtime error, and have not been able to get in since. Was 20th in queue about 10 minutes ago, so I waited, only to be told it was full try again. Look forward to seeing how things go after the upcoming upgrade.

[Tristaris]

You do know that even if you kicked some people that are afk out, there is still going to be issues with folks logging on right?

If you want to rant, rant about things like:

Gold sellers
Botters
Square enix dropping the ball

I agree that someone shouldn't stay logged on for 20+ hours and not even be there, and think an hour or two kick wouldn't be a bad thing, but I'm not going to think down on someone because they are pretty justified in not logging. They pay the same amount me, or you, or anyone else plays, and they log on, don't feel like fighting the queues and I can't really say I blame them. Not being hostile but there are more issues than folks AFKing. There was another post somewhere that there were literally like 10 bots all in one little area, THOSE are the issues that should be addressed along with server capacity problems.

I do agree that an AFK fix wouldn't be bad though, but I really do not think it would do much justice right now with the other problems that they are having.

[JosiahGrey]

So, Tristaris, am I right in assuming that you're one of the AFK'ers?

No, it wouldn't fix everything. I don't think anyone here has suggested that. But it would fix one thing that's really annoying.

[JosiahGrey]

BTW, are they planning to expand server capacity, or just add more servers?

[Nuseream]

You do know that even if you kicked some people that are afk out, there is still going to be issues with folks logging on right?

If you want to rant, rant about things like:

Gold sellers
Botters
Square enix dropping the ball

I agree that someone shouldn't stay logged on for 20+ hours and not even be there, and think an hour or two kick wouldn't be a bad thing, but I'm not going to think down on someone because they are pretty justified in not logging. They pay the same amount me, or you, or anyone else plays, and they log on, don't feel like fighting the queues and I can't really say I blame them. Not being hostile but there are more issues than folks AFKing. There was another post somewhere that there were literally like 10 bots all in one little area, THOSE are the issues that should be addressed along with server capacity problems.

I do agree that an AFK fix wouldn't be bad though, but I really do not think it would do much justice right now with the other problems that they are having.

I disagree. One doesn't necessarily need to only pursue one improvement and exclude the rest. They have divisions within companies for a reason etc. I chose this because the nature of the things you mentioned are all systemic issues of mmo's barring the "dropping the ball" that I don't necessarily follow or intend to pursue here in this thread. The issue I mentioned has been addressed in other mmo's with an inactivity timer. Therefore it is not an irrational request that here where it could be used more than in many of the games it already exists in, it makes sense to apply.

People have the Right to stay logged in for hours while they do other things more as a function of it being an option available to them. Your right to play the game is equal to everyone else's. Choosing to leave your game on while you don't play it takes advantage of the option given to you to disallow other players to play the game in your absence. It is no different from putting your bag on a seat of an amusement park ride so that you can jump on and off whenever you please, while in the meantime that seat goes unused and one more person has to wait in line while you are gone to the petting zoo.