Auto-Logout, chat, and RMT bots.

[Obreck]

Personally I think using the chat features (Say,Shout,Yell,Tell,etc) should not break AFK status. That way all the RMT bots will be booted after 30 minutes. Or at least make it more of a hassle of the RMT vendors, having to program in AFK breaking patterns into their bots.

As for anyone that finds them self having a long chat session: move once in a while.

[Curagaja]

I completely disagree. I believe participating in chat is considered to be not AFK. It it required to be at your keyboard to use your keyboard.

[Tricksy]

Yea standing around chatting is my cup a tea sometimes. Im sure SE is gonna take care of the RMT, till then I filter Shouts and blacklist the enterprising pm'ers

[Fensfield]

Mhm, I disagree and all. This is an online world. Just because some people don't have other ways to enjoy the game besides bonking monsters on the head doesn't mean others' ability to use it to chat friends or use the game as a medium for text roleplay should be compromised.

Yes, something needs to be done to make things harder for RMT spammers, but using the chat not resetting the AFK timer isn't it.

Perhaps something a little more clever, say.. characters that are on their free trial period/haven't paid a subscription can only send tells to people on their friends list/LS mates? I'm not sure about the shout channel of course.. hm.

[Welsper59]

Personally I think using the chat features (Say,Shout,Yell,Tell,etc) should not break AFK status. That way all the RMT bots will be booted after 30 minutes. Or at least make it more of a hassle of the RMT vendors, having to program in AFK breaking patterns into their bots.

As for anyone that finds them self having a long chat session: move once in a while.

Bots are designed to do functions that actual players can do (to an extent). Simple commands, such as movement, is basically no harder to program/find on a bot than the speech macro itself. It really doesn't serve a purpose beyond hurting actual players by not allowing it to break AFK status.

[viion]

Personally I think using the chat features (Say,Shout,Yell,Tell,etc) should not break AFK status. That way all the RMT bots will be booted after 30 minutes. Or at least make it more of a hassle of the RMT vendors, having to program in AFK breaking patterns into their bots.

As for anyone that finds them self having a long chat session: move once in a while.

Bots are designed to do functions that actual players can do (to an extent). Simple commands, such as movement, is basically no harder to program/find on a bot than the speech macro itself. It really doesn't serve a purpose beyond hurting actual players by not allowing it to break AFK status.

This, movement is one of the most basic things to code.

Heck you don't even need to code it, there are plenty of macro/autohotkey/mice that will loop keys for you. So this would just penalize legit players for no reason.