SE Introduce Auto-logout please

[Shikoba]

Auto run into a wall.
Stay logged in.

These afk kickers won't do anything. Yoshi has already said it is not the issue and by the time they implement something like this, if they even do, it will be after the server issues are dealt with and it will no longer be a problem anyways.

[Pooky]

Whether the AFK players are affecting anything or not, SE please consider implementing a timer anyway. Because:

1. People who are having difficulties logging in have a hard time accepting that a world is full when its obvious characters are logged in that don't have a human behind them currently. If they didn't have that to lash out at, it would make people more accepting of the "World is Full" message I think.

2. It is forcing people who otherwise would log out and go about their daily business to stay logged in, but not playing. Surely, this is adding more strain to the servers and there is no reason in this game to encourage that is there? Every Aetheryte camp has a bunch of people standing there staring at the crystal and not moving for hours. Is that really necessary to encourage?

[IronSoup]

Players generally let their character AFK while they sleep, eat or go to work BUT they are playing during "prime-time". Your inability to log during that "prime-time" has nothing to do with AFK players. The fact that only 7800 players can be logged in at the same time is the reason why. I suspect there are about 10000-12000 players on each server wanting to play during prime-time.

AFK players aren't the problem... the popularity of this game is overwhelming the servers (if everyone creating a character on a server could play, your issue would be solved).

Doing an "Auto-Logout" is just like putting a blaster on an open wound... it will continue to bleed (only a bit slower) and you will still have an open-wound.

[ReplicaX]

The fact that only 7800 players can be logged in at the same time is the reason why. I suspect there are about 10000-12000 players on each server wanting to play during prime-time.

AFK players aren't the problem... the popularity of this game is overwhelming the servers (if everyone creating a character on a server could play, your issue would be solved).

Doing an "Auto-Logout" is just like putting a blaster on an open wound... it will continue to bleed (only a bit slower) and you will still have an open-wound.

To add to IronSoup's comment.

If you properly search a Server on Lodestone. You will figure out a rough estimate of the characters made. Roughly 20,000 characters made on Excalibur alone.

7,800 allowed on the server yet 20,000 total.

So yes an AFK kicker is pointless as the demand is multiple times higher then some AFK ppl currently. Excalibur can't even allow half its users on atm with the throttling.

[Gesiah]

Players generally let their character AFK while they sleep, eat or go to work BUT they are playing during "prime-time". Your inability to log during that "prime-time" has nothing to do with AFK players. The fact that only 7800 players can be logged in at the same time is the reason why.

So let me get this straight. Not being able to log on has nothing to do with AFK players. It has to do with the fact that there's a cap on the number of players that can be logged in at one time. Are you trying to say that AFK players don't count as logged in? Because they do. Sure, it'll still be frustrating to have a full server but damn is it easier to take when it's because the world is full of people playing, not full of idle toons that no one is using.

[Canopia]

And if/when they add the auto boot afk system. All that does is raise the amount of free spots. Once all the people online are actively playing and you still get the "world is full" message, what are you going to do. Complain about all the people playing then beg for them to implement a "only play one hour, every 24 hours" feature that will auto boot you after youve played an hour and puts your account on temp 24 hour lockdown before you can log back in?

[HamHam]

I don't understand why FFXIV team refuses to acknowledge that an auto-logout is needed. All you get is "we'll look into it". It's not like characters are selling items directly from their inventory like in 1.0. So, please add an autolog out feature for anyone that's AFK for a set period of time.

[MaiyaBeaumont]

People will ALWAYS find a way around it. You don't have to use a 3rd party program.Umm, rubber bands around a controller to make your character run around anyone? Complaining about the afk people is pointless. Until they implement it, then why continue to make more and more of these type of threads???????