Final Fantasy XIV Auto-Kick Meets Mixed Receptions

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn enjoyed a hugely successful launch despite a number of issues with servers and congestion. Following yesterdays extensive downtime the latest patch has been deployed and includes a number of eagerly awaiting features, most notably the AFK kick timer.

[sunnygrg]

The congestion issues have mostly been fixed now, so it's not really a big deal.

[Noami]

this feature is kinda dumb if ur smart ull know auto run exist u can just leave ur char auto run to a wall and u dont d.c already tested this and it dsnt d.c me...so again pointless unles they do something drastic as to remove autorun

[Khimarhi]

They may have taken into account autorun. In World of Warcraft you can't autorun to keep from getting detected as idle.

[guitarded77]

I want to get it for PS3 since they announced you get to upgrade to PS4 for free, and your characters transfer. But I'm holding off until most of the bugs get ironed out, and I don't have time to jump in right now with GTAV coming out. From what I've seen of the game, it looks great. GiantBomb did a 45 minute gameplay video, and talked about what was good, and what was bad... that video was better than any review.

[Coltrane_C]

There are hardly any bugs

[guitarded77]

I'm not just talking about glitch bugs, but refinement in controls, and other various things that come with patches. Every MMO gets a bunch of patches. I'm gonna wait until I get done with GTAV, I'm pretty sure there will be a couple of fixes by then.

[Coltrane_C]

The next major update is coming when ps4 version is released and DX11 support

[Shad0wRunner]

Too damn bad.

If you think youre gonna be AFK for more than 30 minutes, then do the community a favor and log out. There are other people wanting to get into these servers, who do not want to spend all day in queue. Hence why the auto kick was implemented, in the first place. Those of us who actually PLAY the game, are becoming increasingly irritated by those who just park their avatar and go AFK.

If you need a smoke break, a potty break, need to grab a bite to eat, take a phone call or deal with your kids...then 30 minutes SHOULD be more than enough time, anyway. Anyone who says it takes an hour to find a party with the Duty Finder, is full of crap. Even still, regardless of how long it takes the Duty Finder...you can still run around keeping yourself busy, while the Duty Finder is doing its thing in the background, until you are able to find a party. Theres no reason to just SIT THERE AFK, when theres plenty to be done.

The 30 minute AFK boot is a fair addition. If it turns out to be a deal breaker for some of you and you wish to cancel your subscription and sell your copy or never play it again - GOOD! That just free's up more server space for those of us who dont give a crap and enjoy playing the game.

[rdgneoz3]

"Anyone who says it takes an hour to find a party with the Duty Finder, is full of crap"

I queue as a tank (instant to 3 minutes - waiting for a instance to open up when in a full group), but all the dps I've talked to have 40+ minute wait times.

As for the 30 minutes, its not too hard to get around. Swing the analog stick around on your controller every few minutes as you wait for a queue to pop.

[phantomexe]

i've been playing it a good deal and i enjoy it but theres so many people playing it new too mmos. If your a experienced person and you enjoy tank classes wait until the new people wind there self out a bit before takeing on the job. Not worth the headache

[Pain]

I usually never log out since i chat/play/crafting but I usually do for breaks cuz my pc has a 1000 watt power supply lol so just cuz of that I do and well less where and tear on my fans since my breaks tend to be long.. but if SE wasn't so conservative on how big a success FFXIV ARR would have been and has become maybe they would have never had server issues since you prepare for the worst and not half assed, it's like planning for a flood you always prepare for the worst.

But I will say since you can't really sell stuff on your person anymore no "bazaar" no real point in staying logged in afk.

edit: but no matter what the population will drop a lil very soon when the kids play GTA and the 30 free trail is up server load issues will drop dramaticly

[Bleucrunch]

As with any high anticipated release their will be some initial hiccups even though I feel that a new game should not have bugs right out of the box or the developer relying on a day one patch (so irresponsible and lazy as far as I am concerned). These new features are cool as long as they are an added bonus and not a core need for us gamers to play the game.

[Miraak82]

if your on ps3 just put a rubberband around your anolog stcks and just run in circles :p

[belac09]

or push L1 for auto run.