Extending The Logout Time

[Letalisvo]

Hello everyone!

 

This is a suggestion for a personal-preference OR a re-collaboration addition.

 

I've often found myself (Thus far) setting times to meet up with people, to either trade them or discuss something with them and then, while waiting for them to show up, being repeatedly kicked off of the server due to the "logout time" currently set as a threshold. Now, in my opinion, both of the "log out" and "AFK" timers are way too short, to a point where they become a nuisance and ruin the otherwise pleasant experience.

 

On one hand, you could be browsing the Pokes in the chat, and still be set as AFK, which begins the countdown for being logged out. The game doesn't pick up on the fact that you're browsing and thus clearly not AFK, and flags you as such anyway. So you end up having to get into the habit of moving around constantly, for no reason, just not to get logged out. This breeds a sense of paranoia in what is otherwise a very relaxing experience, and it simply doesn't fit into the overall atmosphere of the game. On the other hand, if you're waiting for someone to show up, with nothing to do while waiting, you might be browsing, or doing something else while occasionally checking if the person has come online or not - if you do this, "occasionally" better mean "often, no, like really often", or you get kicked off the server. This threshold, the kick off after being flagged AFK, needs to be extended as well.

 

Now, to clarify; I have understanding (as I've been a member of many Staff teams before) for why these timers have been set as tightly as they are - and this is of course assuming I'm right in my guess - and it's due to the fact that the traffic to the server is constant and slots need to be freed up in order for the people who actually haven't moved for the last hour to take up unnecessary space and clog up the server, and I do understand the logic behind this as well as the importance of a readily available server with no queue times. However, the timers simply feel *too* tight. It becomes a thing of "If you're going to do anything else but actually play, just log off and come back when you're ready to do something" - which in and of itself is fine, however it doesn't fit the social interaction part of what a multiplayer game is.

 

I would suggest to either add an option to the game settings where the timers can be modified, or failing that, extend them yourselves. I can see 10 minutes being perfectly reasonable for example (Considering the game is running on 3 servers). This, however, is just my humble opinion on the matter as a man having to alt tab every 40 seconds and move around, for hours on end now. It's starting to feel more like a mental tick I can't get rid of at this point, but one that is more of a splinter in my mind then anything of value or benefit.

 

Let

[Prehax]

+1, I like the suggestion