Remove auto-logout feature

[DeceptionsWrath]

Rift USED to be a sub game and had Afk timer at launch.

"Used to be" Keywords. ^^ It's features like this that make games feel generic in my opinion, but w/e most of you got what you wanted. But something this simple changes how this game looks to me now. I don't afk often on the game besides bathroom breaks and simple little stuff. But it's just 1 more limitation, and limitations i don't like. I guess we'll see how this is handled by SE before my decisions are made.

[Xeonerable]

Comon people if you aren't there for a long time too then turn off your computers!

save electricity!!

THINK OF THE ERF!!!

saves you money too.

[SetzeR85]

I just think its funny when people afk for a long time in the middle of the field and something respawns and kills them... I've seen this a few times!

[jerico79]

I dont understand what the big deal is, can someone explain to me exactly what is so life ending about a 30 min afk timer.

[Nova_Dresden]

I believe this will only keep "honest" players out. It is a matter of time before people abusing 3rd party software have a program to move their character every 20 minutes to beat the 30 timer. I think the better option is to only give the resting XP bonus to people who LOG OUT in a sanctuary. Make actually logging out rewarding. No bonus xp for afk at sanctuaries.

No offense, but in this game there is no reason for anyone to "honestly" be standing around doing absolutely nothing for more than 30 minutes. That's well past enough time to use the restroom, get something to eat/drink, answer the phone, change a diaper, etc. Anything past that and you're actually not even playing the game and should have no active connection to a server with limited login capacity. If you're worried about not being able to log back in then the kick timer needs to be in place to kick players like you from just standing around and filling up the server.

[TrystWildkey]

I dont understand what the big deal is, can someone explain to me exactly what is so life ending about a 30 min afk timer.

I will sum up what I've seen so far and remember:

They want to be able to view LS/FC/Tell chat so they don't miss out on anything.
They go afk while waiting for Duty Finder.
They think it's too short an afk timer, and want something more like 2 hours, so only people sleeping/at work will be affected.
It ruins their immersion *shrug*
People haven't posted this, but I keep seeing people bouncing around in active mode, wearing their high level gear, in the middle of the street in Uldah for hours.
They feel it's an inconvenience to log back in to the game after they're kicked.
And the most repeated reason: They paid for the game, so should be able to stay logged in all the time if they want.

[Payadopa]

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While I find all of these reasons pretty funny, to be honest, the most hilarious is the paying customer one for a server with limited resources.
I also love the chat one. As if chat only produces poems on a Shakespearian level and you musn't (again, lol) miss out on it.
And for some weird reason, nobody will apparently ever talk about it again, hence they must remain on at all costs.

And expanding the delay till you get kicked is totally needed, yeah... But if you really need more than 30 minutes when nature calls, you should probably see a GP,
or do what you originally wanted to do in the first place since it takes more than 30 minutes.
Oooh, and the -massive- inconvenience of logging back in. I feel your pain. I can barely stand pushing the on button on my 360, too.
Good god, and don't make me talk about light switches. THE AGONY!

Hmm... In retrospect, I find all reasons pretty silly. lol

[Tigerwong]

He's just trolling right?

[Anakhu]

Look at this guy with his Legacy jealousy. LOL So pathetic, you are where you deserve to be for not supporting the first FFXIV, that's all there is to it. Don't like it? Then build a time machine and go back and tell your past self to actually support FFXIV so you can get the things you somehow think you deserve now. Legacy for the win, the TRUE Warriors of Light. Now excuse me, I have to ride my Goobbue to town, everything sure looks nice from up here...I guess you'll just have to take my word for it, no Goobbue mount for you, that's only for the Warriors of Light.

Pathetic..

Wow bro, you paid for 3 months of game time congratulations. I'm not a legacy player, however I bought 1.0 CE along with EVERY Final Fantasy released for NA to date. Tell me and others like myself we don't support SE again, some people..

Showing any sign of interest is support enough, making a purchase in any form is support. Get your head straight man.

[Rethoz]

Disagree with OP's view

Waiting to get in knowing people in the game are actually playing is much better than waiting because some people aren't playing. It also means those AFK people don't have to wait for other AFK's when they legitimately want to get back on.

Now all we need is /shout and /yell spam to not to count as being 'active'.