Why so much hate for an AFK timer?

[ShinrinCole]

I see people complaining over stuff like this and wonder why people do. But let's be honest, the people complaining about them adding an AFK timer should really think about it closely.

Why is an AFK timer good?

1. Some servers are still over populated!
2. It enables more people to buy the game after the sales restriction is gone.
3. Makes players lag less in over populated towns, rising performance on low end computers.
4. Improves the server from giving out 90k errors for people who actually want to play.
5. There's no good reason to stay logged in 24/7 anymore. There's an Auction House system now. No more AFKing to sell things.

Why is an AFK Timer bad?

1. None that I can think of, Now if the only way to sell stuff was though the bazzar like in some games like Ragnarok online and FF11, then yeah an AFK timer is a bad Idea.

So summary of the post: AFK timers are good, not only does it unclog over populated servers, they do allow sells to be reopened to the people who want to buy the game and can't due to servers being afk. It also allows people to have better FPS in the game, as there will be less people in town to lag the area with so many characters around. It also relieves stress to servers so less disconnects. There is also no reason to stay log in 24/7 anyway. Go get a life if you think you're in title to be in the game forever.

I work, do stuff around the house, I sleep so I can function at work and do stuff around the house. If I know I won't be back to my game in a 30 minute time period. I log out and let someone who couldn't get in, get in.

So many Rude people in this world, don't care but anyone but themselves.

Guess you guys don't play WoW where they have a AFK timer, or some of the other popular MMO's that do have a AFK timer.

[KingZeus]

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[Brises]

The people who were requesting an AFK logoff were the people who couldn't log on. The people who don't want the AFK logoff are the people who were server squatting. There are two sides to everything, and now the other side is complaining. That's pretty normal.

[ShinrinCole]

The people who don't want the AFK logoff are the people who were server squatting.

It's pretty sad to see people argue over it, guess they want the game to fail by not let anyone else buy the game. That one of the major reasons why it was instated in the first place.

I guess people live to complain, even if it gets them nowhere.

[Kewhi]

I guess people live to complain, even if it gets them nowhere.

Much like Murphy's Law where "Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong".. well..

Introducing the Internet's Law of Anonymous Consumerism, which states "Anything that can be whined about, will be whined about."

The auto-timeout feature should be optional, something that you tick on and off in your system configuration, because honestly there is no real reason for it. All the reasons it was needed at the beginning of the game have been addressed.

Digital sales have not yet resumed and there are still some character creation restrictions being enforced on select realms. Once the game becomes readily available again to everyone world wide, we will undoubtedly see another influx of players. Not to mention the new players that the sale of the PS4 in November will bring in. I reckon that this AFK timer is a counter measure to these things before they have the chance to cause any further issues in the near future.

If this is why you are for the AFK timer, than you should be much more concerned about SE's refusal to actually invest in a larger server capacity. Either way, people will quit once the P2P kicks into gear and the issue of full servers will no longer be a perminant problem. It should be an optional feature.

SE has increased their data centers and server capacities while addressing server stability. Twice. And I'm sure both times were not cheap. You are correct that there will be players who leave the game for "greener pastures". Which means that they need to plan their server upgrades around a long term agenda rather than bold spur of the moment action. An AFK timer is simply more cost efficient than expanding their data centers beyond what they foresee them needing over the long term. It's the same reason they haven't simply opened 20 new servers to address character creation issues. It would be counter productive.

[Moth]

Digital sales have not yet resumed and there are still some character creation restrictions being enforced on select realms. Once the game becomes readily available again to everyone world wide, we will undoubtedly see another influx of players. Not to mention the new players that the sale of the PS4 in November will bring in. I reckon that this AFK timer is a counter measure to these things before they have the chance to cause any further issues in the near future.

If this is why you are for the AFK timer, than you should be much more concerned about SE's refusal to actually invest in a larger server capacity. Either way, people will quit once the P2P kicks into gear and the issue of full servers will no longer be a perminant problem. It should be an optional feature.

[Nanga]

The people who were requesting an AFK logoff were the people who couldn't log on. The people who don't want the AFK logoff are the people who were server squatting. There are two sides to everything, and now the other side is complaining. That's pretty normal.

Except, in this case, the side that is completely wrong, selfish, and without any merit to their argument are the one's complaining. Yes, it's typical when something being abused gets fixed.

[Ebojager]

It seems like someone wasnt thinking this through very well...If they were really targeting the people who leave it on while at work or overnight, an auto-logoff timer of 1-2 hours or more would have been more appropriate and not caused all these forum wars. The minute I saw 30minutes I knew it was gonna create allot of issues in the community.

I did not stay logged in, even though I had thought about it. I decided I did not want to put extra wear and tear on my PS3, so I would logout.

[lyse20]

The people who were requesting an AFK logoff were the people who couldn't log on. The people who don't want the AFK logoff are the people who were server squatting. There are two sides to everything, and now the other side is complaining. That's pretty normal.

LOL. i requested AFK kick and i was able to play 70% of the time i tryed to log in with less then 1h trying.

as of missing chat from LS/FC deal with it. you miss about 50-100% of what your friends says in a day you can live with 1h from your game.
its only stupid and selfish people who tink like this.

[HatsuneMiku]

When it is possible, and even likely that you will have a >30 minute queue for a dungeon, having a 30 minute AFK timer is fucking retarded. end of story.