AFK kick any time soon?

[Tarjah]

because the game kicked them while they're taking a dump

This made me giggle, because I'm referring to like... 30 minute kicks, at least! Also, on a side-note, I was not aware that others were complaining about this topic as well. I honestly could not find anything on it when I searched

[Cyfer36]

people will start logging out when they know they will be able to get back in without trying for 5 hours with no success

Ya like i said given the circumstances..u cant really b mad at people doin the only thing possible to ensure being able to play. Sucks for the rest offline but the real blame is soley in squares lap cause i guess 4 beta phases wasnt enough

[cenie]

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WoW has an afk timer. When you stand around doing nothing for 15+ minutes you should be kicked and as far as I know most people, whether relaxing or Rping, move around.

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They're an issue when they take up spots for hours on end that someone could be actively using. Also, who stands around perfectly still waiting for a duty finder queue to pop?

[Tarjah]

I have a friend online right now (stayed online while asleep) who is walking around in Uldah-- he said its "like being in a wax museum."

[Naria]

I'll admit, this is my first Final Fantasy MMO-- so I wasn't aware AFK kicks weren't a "thing" here.

XI does actually have an idle kick timer, but its controlled by the player so most people set it to "never" and then forget about it until the next time they log in on a different computer and their bazaar gets kicked. I've had afk kicks in pay to play mmos before and if necessary I would not mind one in this one (although when I'm going to be gone from my computer for more than an hour right now, I do log out). Like others have said, its something they are going to examine after the new servers are up next week and they've had some time to monitor them.

[Ale]

Buy a game, can't play it because of thousands of AFK players fuckin' standing around taking up spaces I and others could be using for actually playing.

[Cyfer36]

Ya theres really no logic to it...and the only people like openly against it have probably been signed on since like a week ago haha

[Trianna]

I have nothing against AFK players when there isn't a problem regarding those who want to enter and play.

But its dumb to let ppl stay in the game for more than 24 hours just to "hold a spot". If everybody thinks this way, NO ONE ever will log in. Yeah, it sucks to have queue and stuff, but you know what sucks even more? You wait 4 hours trying to log in, you get in, start to gather something or switch map and get a random disconnect.

[Selo]

other MMOs with AFK kick tend to be free to play or pay for items... there never was (and hope never will be) an AFK kick in FF games. It spoils the submersion if you have to be paranoid of a timer instead of relaxing and RPing.

How few mmos have you played if you think only ony f2p games have afk kick?

EVERY proper P2P MMO have had AFK kick

AFK players are a problem together with the bots and have to be fixed.

[Crimszon]

Square-Enix should really implement a system for kicking players that aren't actively playing. While it's understandable that many of us don't have any other option than to remain logged in to avoid the multitude of server issues, it isn't fair to those who haven't been able to play at all due to server slots being taken up by idle toons. Each slot is incredibly valuable right now and a simple timed kick system would help to alleviate a bit of the load on the servers.