The AFK logout timer is being implemented.

[Xenogias]

This is good news. Yes, I'm one of those people sitting here thinking had they done that AND added a proper queue in the first place the issues wouldn't have been half as bad as it was in the first place. But that doesn't detract from the fact that they ARE adding the afk kicker now. It will definitely help them wait for the first free 37 days to run out to see just how many servers they will actually need. I know he said they are adding "plenty" of new servers but I think his hope is to add just enough that they can get all servers back down to the most stable area of around 5k people each give or take a few hundred.

[Strelnikov]

It was cathartic :P, I am glad it is happening but if you also noticed, we can log in easier now because once people realize that they could probably get back on without too much trouble, they logged out normally.

This is good data for MMO behaviorists, don't you tell me someone isn't doing their thesis statement right now for this..

"Protectionist behaviors derived from anxiety caused by log in issues of MMOs"

[Marinen]

Is there any restriction for the transfer?
Like, crowded servers can't be transferred to?

[Vydos]

I'm surprised by how popular this game has gotten. I've never seen a mmorpg with this many worlds to choose from. Then again, it is a worldwide service unlike other mmorpgs

Although let's hope that it's not like other mmorpg's where there's this huge influx the first (few) month(s) only to quickly die down. And yes, the population will eventually go down a bit, I know this.

[ArkhamNative]

Good news all around. We could see the official EN translation later today, since other recent dev postings have been same-day, too.

Yes, the AFK situation was a rolling snowball effect. Lack of capacity led to AFK which led to less capacity which led to more AFK ... etc. Auto-logging-out these people early enough may make the problem go away.

There might still be abusers, and I wonder if there could be some penalty for for them. (People who try to defeat the system would technically be botting. *evil grin*) Ideally there would be no benefit to staying AFK, though, and few enough people would do it to cause a problem.

[tuseroni]

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.

[Marinen]

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 you know
You could just logout and come back later?

[Vanex]

So they only upped it that much? That's pretty dumb no wonder it's all going back to more of the same 24 hrs. later. Guess they didn't do their homework that most big mmo launches go 500k-1mil. "Next week" will not be soon enough for an afk timer if they only added 2k+ per server.

[StillAGalka]

Very good news. I was able to pop in after the upgrade without any issue (approx 7:40pm EST), but additional measures to alleviate congestion is never a bad thing.

[Ruprect]

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

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 they can just put a rubber band on their controllers like they have been doing.