The AFK logout timer is being implemented.

[Hagito]

Woa, they're adding all this next week? That's pretty quick if you think about it. I mean, we just got the upgrade yesterday

AFK timer is dumb and will not stop people from AFK'ing. Most will just use a macro to cast something every few minutes.

Even though this is true, people mainly afk because of the login problems, I have seen way less afkers with the new upgrade. Now there is no real reason to afk, sure you can stay afk 1-2 hrs while doing something, but it won't be a 24/7 afk like last week lol.

[Ruprect]

Woa, they're adding all this next week? That's pretty quick if you think about it. I mean, we just got the upgrade yesterday




Even though this is true, people mainly afk because of the login problems, I have seen way less afkers with the new upgrade. Now there is no real reason to afk, sure you can stay afk 1-2 hrs while doing something, but it won't be a 24/7 afk like last week lol.

Agreed.

/10char

[Crica]

no one is spamming the forums with "QQ i cant log in" anymore...

why we need an afk log out thingy when everyone can log in just fine now?

[Mycow8me]

no one is spamming the forums with "QQ i cant log in" anymore...

why we need an afk log out thingy when everyone can log in just fine now?

Its better to have something and not need it (yet) than to need it and not have it. It prevents it in the first place. What if more 1.0 people come back to Excalibur and at some point after servers are unlocked they become full again with additional sales. You honestly just never know. Besides if they code it anything like the FFXI one, there can be an option to disable it. Obviously the option to disable it will only be accessible at the Devs discretion though.

[briggstuggs]

no one is spamming the forums with "QQ i cant log in" anymore...

why we need an afk log out thingy when everyone can log in just fine now?

the afk timer is going to help not only with afkers obvious but also with the 90k 10102 3102 errors after i got 90kd last night trying to get into a dungeon i got 3102 an then the 10102 trying to reconnect both the 3102 and 10102 seem to coincide with the users client being disconnected but the character not being logged out figured this out after a bud in game told me i was still seen as being logged in i had to wait about 30 min for the server to finally figure out the client was disconnected if we had an afk timer i would have had to just wait for the afk timer to kick me instead of waiting for the server to sort it out.

[Riko_113]

no one is spamming the forums with "QQ i cant log in" anymore...

why we need an afk log out thingy when everyone can log in just fine now?

He said that they expected more players with PS4 launch, and that they're going to unlock digital sales(even if just in limited quantity). That means more players, more server issues, and more people staying logged in. AFK Kickers are in most MMOs, as well they should be. Even if there isn't a big login issue you prevent it with AFK kickers, or at least help with it.

I don't understand why it's so difficult for some people to simply log out, and then log in again when they are ready to play... It takes less than 2 minutes.

I log out everytime and take my chances, but I understand why some people don't. My roommate has had 90k and 3102 almost nonestop since phase 4. He gets out of work during peak times so it's hard for him to get on when he's free. So I just log him in an hour before, when I get home lol. But even yesterday he was kicked out with 90k and 3102 getting in twice so there's still issues with some players.

[ArkhamNative]

both the 3102 and 10102 seem to coincide with the users client being disconnected but the character not being logged out

I don't know about 10102 but 3102 is simply "already logged in" (the game doesn't realize you are no longer in-game). You can sometimes see it if you log out normally (not "exit game") then try to immediately log back in. Last night it took about 15 seconds to clear itself up for me. Around midday (NA) yesterday when they had the problems it was taking 10-15 minutes to clear up.

[Rivalda_Kreissieg]

it doesn't say how long you have to be idle before it kicks you. i sometimes go idle for an hour or two while i go get dinner (sometimes leaving my character at a table with food on it) and i don't want to have to log back in when i get back
of course when it goes live people on PC will just set up a macro to move their character every few minutes.
ps3 users will be SoL...you would need a machine to physically move the sticks, or get their PC to spoof the ps3 controller over bluetooth and send signals for a joystick move...but that's far more complicated.

Or......... put a rubber band on the RS to make the camera spin.

[Oawi]

All good news and hopefully they can stick to the time schedule for all the upgrades/updates. I am still surprised they haven't implemented a system for overly congested worlds yet like they had in FFXI. Once a server was too full they would lock it down to new character creations, but say you had friends on the server one of them could buy a code in game and give it to you. You could then use that code so you could create your character on that server to play with them.

[Gucci_Charms]

Since login issues have been addressed somewhat, I don't even see a point now in staying AFK overnight or certain timeframe just so you can avoid the login headaches.

If you're not playing, you really are better off logging out. Save some wear and tear on your PC or console! Your electric bill will thank you too