Whee! Since last week (or the week before?) all my login problems have been resolved! Only rarely now do I even see a small number in queue and even then, my next try gets me logged in. Now that it takes less time to log in, than to run to the kitchen for a snack, I will not be afk ever again. Also, I think I'll go ahead and delete my one alt on the JP servers, since the NA-EU servers are now all working well.

Regarding AFK though, I see in patch notes they added a fix "-An auto-logout feature has been introduced wherein characters that are inactive for 30 minutes will be automatically logged out of the game.", but that will not be enough!! Tonight I got a whisper from a RMT spammer (which I of course reported), but then I saw "Tay Tay" the spammer in the lobby at New Gridania and watched her for a while. OBVIOUSLY under control of bot software, she stood there for a minute or so, then ran over to a position about 15 feet left, then stood there about a minute and ran back to the first spot, then back, etc, etc, etc. Mindless enough, but with the once a minute character movement, the level 1 Miqo'te named Tay Tay will be spamming whispers of a well known gil selling site until SE gets my report (or someone else's) and bans that account. 30 minute timeout is generous enough though for normal players. Heck, I could run to McDonald's and back in less time, but would not leave my character logged in anyway, now that the server logins are working so well.