Quote Originally Posted by Erudain View Post
Let's counter that:

WoW (2004 - current) - has an afk kick
Aion (2009 - current) - has an afk kick
Tera (2011 - current) - has an afk kick
Rift (2011 - current) - has an afk kick
SWtor (2011 - current) - has an afk kick

So yes....the norm in massive MMO these days is having an auto-afk kick.
Sure, those game you list had no afk kick, but also had no where near the ammount of players MMOs today have (because MMO were not as masive as they are now)
4 of those titles are free to play though... Free to play is fine with an autokick, sub games are not imo.