Remove auto-logout feature

[Pururin]

And yet almost every MMO has it .... odd

That's funny, i'm paying for the game just as you. And if i wish to sit there and stare at the screen for an hour, i should have the right to. Stop dictating how i play my game.
I have never played a mmo with a log-out feature, I will concur with my first post "It's the dumbest thing i have ever heard in a mmo"

[ZitoHowlett]

That's funny, i'm paying for the game just as you. And if i wish to sit there and stare at the screen for an hour, i should have the right to. Stop dictating how i play my game.
I have never played a mmo with a log-out feature, I will concur with my first post "It's the dumbest thing i have ever heard in a mmo"

Except you're playing an on-line game, you have the right to sit and stare the screen for hours, weeks and days but then you'd spending your money for that? Also, people need to log in, people who actually won't stare the screen like you do.

With all these measures it takes a few seconds to log on after you got dc'd for being afk, read your text again and it you'll see it's you who's trying to dictate the game, not the community.

[Orophin]

I like how they fixed the servers, THEN implemented the totally now useless AFK disconnect.

I still occasionally got 1017 on Tonbery server at prime time. Hope this feature reduce it

This is why auto logout is needed. Even though some people may not be currently affected, there are still some servers having 1017 issues.

[Eliseus]

And yet almost every MMO has it .... odd

Actually, most modern day MMOs DON'T have this feature anymore, because like I said in the original post, this day and age, it isn't needed.

[Bouteiller]

Actually, most modern day MMOs DON'T have this feature anymore, because like I said in the original post, this day and age, it isn't needed.

Which ones don't? I'm legitimately curious because I'm of the mind that most do.

[Iolair_Silverwing]

Actually, most modern day MMOs DON'T have this feature anymore, because like I said in the original post, this day and age, it isn't needed.

Since you said "most" I'm guessing that means more than one or two. Care to name five MMO's that don't have auto disconnect for AFK'ers?

[Pururin]

What is it people like you don't understand? My god... Limited available connections being used up by people AFKing the entire day is a problem. If you can't understand that you need to kill yourself.

This just shows the thought process of people who think they are entitled to have someones spot. You must be a sad sad person in real life

Actually, if you had read the Final Fantasy XIV User Agreement (http://support.na.square-enix.com/ru...1&tag=users_en) you would know that your statement is inaccurate. You do not in fact have the right to "play the game however you wish." Specifically, I imagine that walking away from your keyboard for extended periods of time can be considered disruptive, in that it prevents others from logging in who wish to make more active use of the service.

This is not to say whether or not I agree with the OP or whether the logout timer is too short, or whether it should exist at all, however no one has the right to do anything in this game. You accept an agreement when you log in for the first time, and you continued playing of the game is contingent upon that agreement.

I'm not sure if you are less then a stellar person or just horribly uneducated when it comes to social ideologies, But "self Entitled" would be you thinking you deserve someones spot because you disagree with how they play their game. Also, no where in the Tos does it stat i have to be moving to be online. Yes, i choose to play this game as i wish, and may mean watching out over the water for an extended period of time not moving.

[Kazahashi]

This just shows the thought process of people who think they are entitled to have someones spot. You must be a sad sad person in real life

Entitled to have someone's spot? LMFAO. Do you think before posting?

They bought the game, just like you did, it's not like buying a seat at a concert....if you're going to go to work for 8 hours, then yes, someone else is entitled to be able to play the game they paid for when you aren't. It's not like SE is booting you after an hour of actually playing.

Goddamn this community never ceases to amaze and totally embarrass me at the same time. Brilliant.

[Lingarn]

So how i choose to play the game angers you? I had a rational response (that your post seemed to back up). Yes, i bought and pay to play this game, you dictating to me how i should or shouldn't play it, is what the problem is.

This has probably already been said in the intervening pages, but...

The other player isn't telling you how to play, SE is. And, as per the TOS, SE can definitely tell you how to play.

The question of whether or not your selfish behavior angers another player is moot. Your "rational response" is irrelevant.

[StephieLynn]

wow.. are we that lazy that you can not spend 30 seconds to log back in? no need to be afk for 30 + minutes.. waiting for a duty? craft, fight mobs, heck just hit the jump key once every few minutes.. not that difficult to do.. after all i bet most of you sat for hours trying to log in the first 2 weeks..

this also prevents afk people from being in a duty ( aka if they fall asleep waiting or something)

they will probably add a timer feature or turn on/off as ffxi had once things are stable..