Suggestion on fixing the 24/7 afks for now

[Blackweaver]

Till the congestion is taken care of, it's not fair for people who are courteous that logout when not playing to see people saying "I get frustrated trying to login, so I never logout". Since an afk timer isn't doable right now. I have a solution.

Till the server issue is fixed, do random rolling restarts about 3 times a day. Once in the early morning, once in the afternoon, and once in the late evening. This way, everyone would be on even footing, and people who currently AFK for 24/7 will no longer bother contributing to the problem.

[Azadross]

It is a fix that I was thinking needed to occur as well, gives everyone a fair shot of getting on the servers. There are clearly so many people simply 24/7 afk'ing now that it has become nigh on impossible for others to get on the servers.

[Lexxuk]

You realise that your solution would create problems for the login server with thousands of people hammering it trying to get back in which would take the login server down three times a day. It's bad enough trying to get to the lobby server now, let alone with the thousands of people who are not trying to log in hitting the lobby server.

[Tricksy]

I agree OP.

You realise that your solution would create problems for the login server with thousands of people hammering it trying to get back in which would take the login server down three times a day. It's bad enough trying to get to the lobby server now, let alone with the thousands of people who are not trying to log in hitting the lobby server.

The server is "hammered" 24/7. Since most are FULL of a wide range of timezones from Europe to Western Americas.

[Lexxuk]

I agree OP.



The server is "hammered" 24/7. Since most are FULL of a wide range of timezones from Europe to Western Americas.

It was stated that the servers can take 4,000 people at once, there are 50 servers. Take down the log in server and you have 200,000 extra people hammering the servers to get back in the game rather than the (more manageable) few thousand that are hammering them at the moment, you don't solve a problem by creating a totally new one.

[Nanga]

You realise that your solution would create problems for the login server with thousands of people hammering it trying to get back in which would take the login server down three times a day. It's bad enough trying to get to the lobby server now, let alone with the thousands of people who are not trying to log in hitting the lobby server.

Clearly, the only people who are so adamantly against any form of population controls (AFK kicks, server restarts) are the very same people who are causing the problem: AFK'ers.

Listen, if you don't like the ideas proposed, then either suggest something better, or keep your keyboard as idle as it is most of the time while you are logged in (AFK). We all know you hold your ability to AFK indefinitely so precious, but you don't have to shove it in our faces that you abuse it. If you aren't playing, logout and let someone else play. Simple as that. Quit being part of the problem and be part of the solution.

[Vaer]

Because there weren't enough people complaining about emergency maintenance, now you want them to do random server restarts. What? What if people are doing a long instance?

[Blackweaver]

Because there weren't enough people complaining about emergency maintenance, now you want them to do random server restarts. What? What if people are doing a long instance?

Hence why I said early morning, afternoon, and late evening. If they did restarts every 8 hours starting at around 5am PDT it would be basically 5am -> 1pm - 9pm ->5am. Would it be a slight inconvenience? Sure. But a far less inconvenience than having some 2,500+ players afk for near 12-15 hours a day every day. If the community can't come together to regulate itself in the wake of known issues which will be addressed soon, then yeah, time for a more heavy handed approach.

[Arkard]

Hence why I said early morning, afternoon, and late evening. If they did restarts every 8 hours starting at around 5am PDT it would be basically 5am -> 1pm - 9pm ->5am. Would it be a slight inconvenience? Sure. But a far less inconvenience than having some 2,500+ players afk for near 12-15 hours a day every day. If the community can't come together to regulate itself in the wake of known issues which will be addressed soon, then yeah, time for a more heavy handed approach.

If the times are random, it's a terrible idea. If the times are not random, it's a terrible idea.

I can schedule a macro to log me in while AFK if I know when the times are. I can be in the middle of a long dungeon and lose all my progress to a restart if I don't know when the times are.

[Lafier]

If the times are random, it's a terrible idea. If the times are not random, it's a terrible idea.

I can schedule a macro to log me in while AFK if I know when the times are. I can be in the middle of a long dungeon and lose all my progress to a restart if I don't know when the times are.

Not everyone that leaves there character logged in will go the extra length to have a macro log them in if they know the time servers come up. I dare say over 90% of the afkers wouldn't do. You my good sir, are a minority in that aspect.