AFK

[Metis]

Some of you may have noticed during busy times if I am on I will look for people afk for extended period of time and boot them, of course they could log back on at anytime. I would ask if your going to be afk for a long time, 20 minutes or so, that you log off and come back when you are able to play. This mainly applies to the weekends when the volume is much higher. Having the AI script running in an area where someone is just sitting doesn't help and I don't like taking my time trying to find those people so I can reduce lag a little. going to do something for a couple minutes is no big deal but if you or someone in your group is going to be gone a while, you or ask them to leave and come back, every little bit helps.

I will always send you a tell asking if your online before I boot anyone.

[$chase$]

i will send you a tell. if you dont answer ill dye your armor and boot you

[P. Fricebottle]

Good idea. They do the same thing over on Counter-Strike servers. Hey, did you happen to dye Rudash the Rogue's clothes thinking he was afk? He said that it was a gift, but I'm not so sure .

[Zing]

/me adds pink dye to the toolset

[Oltho]

Glad to see this is getting set into action across the board. People sitting in hunting areas afk just blows my mind. It's one thing to hit a city and go afk where it doesn't affect much, hell if you're gonna go afk do it in a Smithy or Clothing shop so people can use it, but to go afk in an area where you will keep things from spawning is not cool. Props to the DM's doing this & props to Meliki (sp?) for moving the corpse of someone I killed for going afk in Frozen Reach for over an hour.

[Elagneros]

If I afk for a long period of time like that, I do it in a safe area like my guild hall or Avendell. I don't do it anywhere else, because there's too many toon is don't trust on this server, and I don't feel like getting pked.

If I'm nowhere near a safe area, I log. I don't like taking the chance a mob will wander over to me and kill my toon when I'm afk.

[$chase$]

you missed the point.....if your away for a bit logg out. or deal with what you get

[Batlas]

pink dye eh? *afks*

[MLoki]

In a guild hall their are no NPCs running scripts so is this still a problem to go AFK there?

MLoki

[MasterYoda]

You should do something so they cant redye it with there guild hall colors lol that would be great.

[TGPO]

MLoki, unfortunatly it doesnt matter where you go AFK at. It still adds to the overall server load. So ... regardless of where you are if your walking farther than the fridge, please be polite to the rest of the players and reduce the server load when you can.

[Zing]

Plus server slots have been reduced to 46 now from 64 to give everyone online a better time so it's kinda selfish to do so.

[MLoki]

Sorry, was just playing devils advocate. I usually am not afk longer then the occasional potty break or run to the fridge but since that was Metis's point and Elagneros's counterpoint I thought I would check the facts. Thanks for the clarification.

MLoki

[Metis]

A bump to bring this back to everyones attention. Server is running very full so if you do go afk for a long time start expecting harsher punishment then just dyeing your armor. No reason someone else shouldn't be able to play while your doing something else for 20 minutes.

[alena]

removing the relics would solve some of the pseudo-AFK problems...

Why punish others for a single player?

I think 20 minutes is a long bathroom trip . I would think 10 is more than enough. Good idea to bump this issue up as the weekends do get busy.

Sunny