Remove auto-logout feature

[Cyrus-Wallace]

NOPE.

If you're not playing, let other people to play. They ALL pay for this, not you only. If you get logged off, then log in and wait in the queue if the world is full. This function has been implemented in a lot of MMOs... so, if you're one of those perma-AFKers, then I'm glad your party is over.

Also, if there're less people connected (You know, putting the AFKers offline), the servers won't be overloaded and there will be less lag issues.

[Jess72]

just..... log back in?

[Ryihito]

just..... log back in?

What's the point in being kicked off if we can just log back in anyway?

We have no server issues now, so being kicked off to "let more people play" is pointless.

An AFK timer now is just an inconvenience.

I just hope that they let it be optional like FFXI had it, so people who are Pro-AFK Timers can be happy and enable it.

[Herase]

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That just complete defeats the purpose of it. have you read what people have been saying on the matter and why it implemented here differently to FFXI?

The are still servers having log-in problems, it might not be happening for you but it's still around for many others. Also who is this inconvenient for? the only people i can see are those who want to afk all the time and so far these people haven't forwarded an argument strong enough for it to be removed. It's all been selfish reasons so far "i can't afk for DF while watching tv". I'm all for feedback but if people haven't got an argument or anything for something to be changed don't expect anything to happen. I can see some saying it pointless now but to be honest it wont affect your game-play at all being there, unless you afk for 30 minutes but there shouldn't be a reason to afk for that long anyway.

[Kirito_sinistra]

I just make my keyboard hit ~ over and over again with built in keystroke saves problem solved let the Player Statues Reign Commence!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ClockworkSpectre]

definitely should be removed, it would have made sense two weeks ago but is no longer needed. Even more so when they start charging and the player base decreases. It came far to late to solve the problem it could have helped with. Besides its easy to defeat.

[Evangela]

What's the problem? You get nothing from AFKing. You aren't selling something or waiting people to repair your gears like 1.0.

Just click Start and select your char to login again when you want to continue playing. not that hard.

[PhillyBop]

Just wanted to put this somewhere:

It seems that the auto-logout feature is disabled when you are in an active crafting stance (have your anvil out for BS, etc.). Now, I may be mistaken, but I discovered this by accident yesterday. I wanted to make a bunch of lumber, so I set it to auto synth, then alt-tabbed to do some stuff. Well, Counter-Strike caught my attention, then after quite a bit of counter-strike, I realized that my FFXIV was still running. I maximized the screen, to discover that I was still logged in, with the auto-synth window open telling me how many success and failures I had.

[Vandark]

AFK boot was needed and it's made the game much better for all of us guaranteed.

[Raeletta]

Should be extended to about 2 hours, you'd get rid of the sleepers and workers, but those in the DF would be fine.

Or make it so the DF prevents the timer ticking down, that'd be acceptable (Although I'd prefer a flat 2 hours). If you don't respond to the queue you get kicked from the DF anyway, so if the 30 mins started then you'd be booted afterwards. Which would be fine: you missed the queue because you didn't hear the sound (Were not at your PC at all) rather than because you were distracted by that interesting forum post and got booted while you read all 15 pages.

Like someone else said though, AFKing in interesting places makes the world seem so much more lively, and now the servers are actually stable, the timer isn't really worth it.