Remove auto-logout feature

[Kazadora]

I'm sorry but MMO's have AFK timeouts, it's what they are to make room for people NOT playing the game, for those playing the game. Duty Finder taking too long? Don't use it, form your own group, don't wait there for 30mins reading the interwebz and expected to be treated any differently. I'm glad they have it and hope they keep it. Everyone who's complaining are guilty of being AFK and serves them right, and I think it's pathetic that this thread is 31 pages of the same people complaining about it.

[MochaLatte]

People do realize that when using the Duty Finder, you CAN do anything while it searches for a party.

You can't be in a fate party while waiting for duty finder... you can't level up your chocobo either because that puts you in a party with him. And those are the two main things I would want to be doing while waiting.

[Saisukikato]

Who are you? Join date August? k

I honestly don't even know what to think of what you're trying to prove

[Alhanelem]

Everyone wanted it.

Some people wanted it: People who couldn't log in during the first week. That hasn't been an issue since well before this was implemented though. It's no longer needed and it shouldn't exist.

The 72 thumbs up on the OP indicate quite clearly that while many people upset over the 1017s from the first week wanted it, there are people who know it's not necessary and don't want it as well.

It really shouldn't exist at all, but it should be longer than 30 minutes as long as it does exist and there are no login problems.

[Anesthesia]

Since the AFK logout started you can make characters on all the servers during their offpeak hours.

Please never remove the AFK logout SE, you beautiful bastards.

[cloverkitty]

Always remember with SE be careful what you ask for.
If you want a temporary solution don't ask for it, when SE fixes something it is always over fixed (nerfed, etc) and it is almost always permanant.
When there were login difficulties there where dozens of threads to put up an AFK kick time, in every thread someone warned that it is a bad idea because once the Server issues get resolved noone will want it, but people persisted. Now that it is not needed people got what they wanted.
When it comes to SE you give them a temporary idea they run with it to the extreme.

You ask for easier mobs you get mobs you just have to AFK fight pretty much or blow on and they fall over.

You say the game is too easy you get Titan hard and Extreme.

Always remember this warning be careful what you ask for with SE, they will fix it if enough people ask but you may not like the fix.

This is the way it was in FFXI and I have already seen that this is the way it will be in FFXIV

[Beefsteak]

I believe my ideal would be 1 hour. I can't see any reason for anyone to complain about 1 hour.

If you're not playing for half an hour you shouldn't be logged in.

[Beefsteak]

Some people wanted it: People who couldn't log in during the first week. That hasn't been an issue since well before this was implemented though. It's no longer needed and it shouldn't exist.

The 72 thumbs up on the OP indicate quite clearly that while many people upset over the 1017s from the first week wanted it, there are people who know it's not necessary and don't want it as well.

It really shouldn't exist at all, but it should be longer than 30 minutes as long as it does exist and there are no login problems.

If there's no issue logging in you can quite easily log back in after being logged out, if you're away for more than 30 minutes you deserve to be booted.

[Sebazy]

Almost all the server congestion issues were because ppl never logged out, EVER. This is a desperately needed feature at least until they get the servers stable. And almost all mmos have a auto logout feature to kick afk players.

So you are saying that idle players were responsible for the duty servers being so massively overwhelmed at launch? I suppose the 30+ minute AK queues we saw pre maint were the fault of AFKers as well? Stop being a sheep and think about what was actually going wrong for a moment =(

WoW had an auto logout to ensure client requirements were kept as low as possible (At launch the only real requirement was 1gb of ram, beyond that it'd run comfortably on near enough anything with hardware transform and light). Free to play MMOs have auto logouts because they don't raise revenue from inactive players. FFXIV has neither low requirements, nor is it F2P.

[DeceptionsWrath]

Stop acting like an entitled pariah.

Stop barking orders. I just feel i paid for the time same as anyone else. If i want to just sit there and listen to the music and read a linkshell chat or a FC chat that should be my choice. But go ahead and follow that "Enititled" train all you wish. Just a follower like the rest of the mindless pawns. I paid just like everyone else. If they want to do dungeons for an hour that is their choice. But perhaps i wish to just sit down and listen to the Final Fantasy world.