Please tell me the auto-login "feature" is only temporary

[Alhanelem]

There can be many unexpected circumstances that could pull you away from your computer for 30 minutes or more, making this timer ridiculously short. Login issues mostly went away after the last big maintenance, so why did they still feel the need to put this in? People aren't really staying logged in just to keep a spot on the server anymore, because it hasn't been necessary.

Please, remove this needless feature once the worlds are stable , or make it on by default but optional in the configuration. If you don't, people are going to make keyboard macros and stuff to circumvent it, so it's pointless anyway.

[Haoma]

Because the forum community pissed and moaned about it until SE finally decided to throw them a raggedy bone.

[Somnus]

If you go afk more than 30 mins you should have loged out anyways before. Also if you get thrown out after 30 min...just log back in? Where is the problem?

[A-Shock]

If you go afk more than 30 mins you should have loged out anyways before. Also if you get thrown out after 30 min...just log back in? Where is the problem?

This is what I don't understand. I'm assuming it just kicks you back to the Start screen where you have to click 3 buttons to log back in. Not a big deal! Maybe people just get off on the fact that their character can stand in town with that awesome gear so people can look at them.

[Rin_Kuroi]

This AFK timer will help prevent congestion when people come back for a big patch in the future. It's a good thing.

[Dreamer]

If you go afk more than 30 mins you should have loged out anyways before. Also if you get thrown out after 30 min...just log back in? Where is the problem?

Agreed. This was needed from the start.

[Andrys]

If you go afk more than 30 mins you should have loged out anyways before. Also if you get thrown out after 30 min...just log back in? Where is the problem?

I like to go walk my dog while waiting in my 45 minute dps queue.

[Moth]

If you go afk more than 30 mins you should have loged out anyways before. Also if you get thrown out after 30 min...just log back in? Where is the problem?

Sometimes I am qued for a dungeon for more than 30 mins. Should I really be kicked out of the game and lose my place in the que simply because I forgot to walk around while I wait? No. This the auto-time out feature should be an optional feature in the system configuration for people like you. It is not for everyone, and takes away from gameplay.

[arvydys]

Sometimes I am qued for a dungeon for more than 30 mins. Should I really be kicked out of the game and lose my place in the que simply because I forgot to walk around while I wait? No. This the auto-time out feature should be an optional feature in the system configuration for people like you. It is not for everyone, and takes away from gameplay.

Sometimes the dungeon queue fires, a person is AFK (almost always a DPS) and the queue messes up and puts you at the end again. Its rare, but it happens (WoW's queue does this on rare occasions too). regardless, its annoying to have to wait to cycle through several attempts to complete group.
So yes, I am glad that there is a lesser chance of this situation happening. 30 minutes is a *VERY LONG* time to not be at your keyboard.

[Bridgeburner]

Congratulations, week-one complainers! You cried and cried and cried about the login queues. You demanded an AFK timer. Now you've got one! Isn't progress great?

Login queues were addressed well with the initial datacenter expansion. The biggest problem since then has been gil sellers.

Dev cycles don't respond instantly to your concerns, so instead of a right-click/blacklist button or some kind of effective anti-spam heuristics, you get an AFK timer.

Enjoy it. I hope it's everything you dreamed of.