Remove auto-logout feature

[Synvul]

I want to say thank you to the OP for making such a great joke post. I got some great laughs out of this. Sitting and doing nothing is not playing. If that is playing then every person who is sitting on couch watching tv while awake is playing something as well then. I think the feature is needed and needs fine tuning. I just know that from other games that people who want to avoid it find a way. Ok, won't a macro for fishing keep someone as active? Inventory full of lvl 1 bait? Every 5 minutes throw out line and then reel it in? How does that get prevented? And there will always be at least 2 sides to every debate or childish rant.

I believe the OP post was a joke post. Like it was meant just for people to get enraged about and respond. That is my OPINION and my OPINIONS might influence SE but most times I keep them to myself. Seems like this always makes me think about the statistics that people use about the number of people who play and the number of people who use the forums.

[Anesthesia]

I support AFK logout because:

1- I'd like to have new people be able to make characters on my server.
2- If you're AFK you should get logged out. There's no bazaars anymore, there's no need to be AFK.
3- If you're AFK in a DF queue, you should either do something in the game while you wait or log the hell out and free up the DF for people who are actually playing.

If you have better things to do then go do them.

[Demlix]

I support AFK logout because:

1- I'd like to have new people be able to make characters on my server.
2- If you're AFK you should get logged out. There's no bazaars anymore, there's no need to be AFK.
3- If you're AFK in a DF queue, you should either do something in the game while you wait or log the hell out and free up the DF for people who are actually playing.

If you have better things to do then go do them.

1. Being logged in vs. logged out has ZERO bearing on character creation. This is only related to the total number of characters created on the server, period.
2. You have no need to be logged on all the time, that's fine but don't assume you know best.
3. Why do you feel the need to dictate how people spend their time in game?

[TacoTheTaru]

Oh man... After reading through all these pages of posts I only at the end wondered how many people that were pro afk kick were less than level 50 compared to those who supported it. I'm guessing that the vast majority of posters who are against having the auto kick are level 50. Did someone actually count?

Maybe SE could change it so that when the world was full and someone tried to log in the person who had the most hours of playtime would get kicked as long as the person trying to log in had less hours than that. I think that would be fun.

[Oku_Yurei]

I have been requesting this feature since the game went live and I'm happy that SE is listening. I understand that not everyone wants this, but if you're not AFK you don't have to worry about being kicked. There are still people having problems, digital sales are about to start up soon and I would hate to see a repeat of what happened at launch. This feature is needed.

[TheRhodan]

1. Find a wall or corner in FFXIV.
2. Face the wall.
3. Toggle auto-run.
4. ???
5. Profit.

You are the whiner.

[Moth]

1. Find a wall or corner in FFXIV.
2. Face the wall.
3. Toggle auto-run.
4. ???
5. Profit.

You are the whiner.

Auto run does not work, you actually need to shove a small piece of paper next to your W key to keep running forward.

[Supersomething]

Really? In this day and age? I guess my expectations for SE are too high.

This day and age? What exactly do you mean by this. Every MMO that I have played so far has an auto kick feature for being AFK. I am perfectly fine with this auto kick feature and in fact it should have already been in the game at launch. Having an infinite connection to the game servers, especially when their capacity is quite limited, is just plain silly.

[Sorakeith]

#ByeAFKERS

[Mhyrria]

A band-aid fix or a diversion for the actual issue that is simply SE's explicit refusal to invest in larger server capacity. AFKers like myself, who learned the hard way of the pains of logging back in, will simply find ways to stay logged in during prime hours. Simplest of which is hold W down.