It's time to implement AFK Kicks

[FFVII]

unfortunately they said they are going to wait to do so after the data center upgrades. Which is utter stupidity IMO. AFK kicks should have been in from the get go!

isnt it considered exploiting when they stay logged in aka afk inorder to prevent from getting locked out like all the rest of us honest and respectfull patrons?
i hope all these afkers wont beable to login for the same amount of time they were exploiting !!

[Tyahsi]

We need it badly or at the very least a queue
right now that queue is so random that its really irrelevant at the moment
the game itself is amazing but ONLY IF you get in which is the major issue because people won't log out due to log-in issues

Yeah this booting you to the start screen every time is retarded. Put me in a que at least we get in when a spot is available.

[FFVII]

As others have said in this thread, this should have been done from the getgo. I can only get past the damned login very late at night/early morning Eastern Time and when I do, I see tons of people usually near quest hubs never moving the entire time I'm playing, If they can't get the AFK boots in, then they need GMs cruising these areas every 20 or 30 minutes..when they see the same person standing in the same spot twice, they get kicked.

But that'd help solve the problem. Forget I said anything. *tries to login for the 350th time today* *shocked world is still full*.

kicked and a 24 hour suspension lol

[Tyahsi]

Or better yet just reboot the servers real quick prob solved temporarily.

[Rilr]

Solving the server problem might erase the need for an afk kick system. We'll see what Square is going to do about the current situation.

[Tyahsi]

its not a wrong that people are not logging out cause they wont be able to get back in because they want to be able to play the game for which they paid for and want to get the moneys worth...it sucks to other people don't get me wrong but I don't blame them one bit..

It is wrong because they are the reason it is so bad. If they were logging out the congestion wouldn't be this bad.

[FFVII]

Or better yet just reboot the servers real quick prob solved temporarily.

lol they should reset the servers @ specific time each day temporarally till afk timers are implemented then the afking would be pointless and it would be fair for everyone else!!

[intothevoid]

Resolving AFK Character Issues

From several users on some of our more congested Worlds, we have received requests for a feature which automatically logs out characters who are AFK for an extended period of time. We are actively looking into the implementation of such a feature, but have decided to first concentrate our efforts on increasing the number of Worlds and optimizing the Duty Finder servers.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/73680

[Tyahsi]

45 min trying to get in is crazy..

[Kinesthe]

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/73680

This would be fine, if it wasnt the most time consuming/expensive course of action. Bandaid fix, afk kick, and/or a more accurate queue is all they need right now to fix 90% of the complaints. If I seen a queue timer I would sit in queue and not complain. Its the not knowing and lack of communication thats the killer.