Reason behind so many 1017 errors.

[ZeroPointSigma]

People are going afk in the inns and not logging out. That's why, even at odd hours, you'll get this message. Prior to this week, I was able to get off work at 8am and log in with no problems.

Now, I see even people on my friends list as AFK in the inns during times they never play. This is incredibly selfish and there should be a hotfix/maintenance to auto-log out people that are AFK for more than 20 minutes.


Edit: I tried this myself, before posting, but forgot to include it. Just to be sure, I tried doing the same before going to bed. 7 hours later and I was still logged in and still in the inn in Ul'Dah.

[Neo-Gold]

People are going afk in the inns and not logging out. That's why, even at odd hours, you'll get this message. Prior to this week, I was able to get off work at 8am and log in with no problems.

Now, I see even people on my friends list as AFK in the inns during times they never play. This is incredibly selfish and there should be a hotfix/maintenance to auto-log out people that are AFK for more than 20 minutes.


Edit: I tried this myself, before posting, but forgot to include it. Just to be sure, I tried doing the same before going to bed. 7 hours later and I was still logged in and still in the inn in Ul'Dah.

Well, before anyone says it, you know they're just gonna call you a hypocrite and stuff right? Shoulda just left that last part out.

[ZeroPointSigma]

I did it once to test it and that was it.

[Steeled]

There's nothing wrong with the OP admitting it. I need to shut down my computer on a nightly basis or I'd do it.

Everyone is doing it because everyone is doing it. Sitting at a login screen for an hour, two, four, is absurd.

Auto-kick after an hour would fix a lot of this by constantly kicking people who afk'd. It won't fix the population issues, but there aren't actually this many people at once, just so many afk.

[Neo-Gold]

Everyone is doing it because everyone is doing it.

Oh, I see. Well, since everyone is doing it...

[ZeroPointSigma]

Not even an hour. AFKing is for things like bathroom breaks and giving babies a bottle and shit like that, NOT to hog open spaces. Like I said, I admitted to trying it out before posting, just so I had facts to back up my statement. I work overnights, so seriously... who the hell is playing at 5am est to 9am est? There cannot be that many basement dwelling parent-leechers per server.

[Sazhka]

Not even an hour. AFKing is for things like bathroom breaks and giving babies a bottle and shit like that, NOT to hog open spaces. Like I said, I admitted to trying it out before posting, just so I had facts to back up my statement. I work overnights, so seriously... who the hell is playing at 5am est to 9am est? There cannot be that many basement dwelling parent-leechers per server.

umm people like me who get off work at midnight central time... and as that being my main playing time..there are actually A LOT of people playing those times

[ZeroPointSigma]

Midnight central, versus 4am central to 7 am central. There's a big differential in that time period, especially on weekdays.

[Reiska]

Not even an hour. AFKing is for things like bathroom breaks and giving babies a bottle and shit like that, NOT to hog open spaces. Like I said, I admitted to trying it out before posting, just so I had facts to back up my statement. I work overnights, so seriously... who the hell is playing at 5am est to 9am est? There cannot be that many basement dwelling parent-leechers per server.

Europeans who work night shift?

[Akaname]

They are aware of the problem, and considering a fix.

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.

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