Why has an auto-boot function not been implimented?

[JosiahGrey]

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I've been pounding this drum myself for awhile now, but I don't mind another post on the issue.

To answer your question: there is no reason why this has not been implemented, or why it wasn't done from the start. The only thing SE has said about it is that it has been "considered" in response to player concerns, but was assigned a lower priority behind the server queue issues.

This was just a boneheaded decision made by the dev team, and they are unwilling to publicly admit they made a mistake.

[JosiahGrey]

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Could they not write an if/then to anticipate repetitive keystrokes such as that?

Yes, they could.

[Mailstrum]

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Could they not write an if/then to anticipate repetitive keystrokes such as that?

Yes, they could.

......... ok so i make the macro do spacebar wait 3 min then hit alt+4 which is the hotkey for sit then i make it do alt+5 which is the hotkey for jump(instead of space) hell they could have 20 different keybinds all with the ability jump and just have this macro cycle through them...... again an anti AFK boot system would not work its easily circumvented. Regaurdless all this will be fixed on the 4th.

[Datadas]

......... ok so i make the macro do spacebar wait 3 min then hit alt+4 which is the hotkey for sit then i make it do alt+5 which is the hotkey for jump(instead of space) hell they could have 20 different keybinds all with the ability jump and just have this macro cycle through them...... again an anti AFK boot system would not work its easily circumvented. Regaurdless all this will be fixed on the 4th.

As Kenjin already mentioned. Those who make macros (no matter how elaborate said macro would be) to fight the system only account for a small portion of the entire populous playing the game. What's more, were such a feature put in place and were server issues to be resolved, the amount of people making such macros would lessen even more if not completely be eliminated because the need for a macro would no longer exist.