Should AFK Be Limited?

[Basil Darkratte]

Now most of us like to get to the top servers, like Abassa, but it is always full. When you do get there, all you see is a bunch of pirates in AFK on Tortuga. Some just stay there for hours on end, filling up the slots, and slowing down Computers.

Do you think there is a need to limit how long a person goes AFK? Say, about one hour? After that, the system will bring you to the ' Pick a pirate ' Screen. And you'll have to log back in again.

[Cannonfury]

No ...some people go afk to give people crew rep.. also, some of those on abassa are still there and talking in a crew/guild or local, even though afk is over their head.

[seafox]

An hour is a reasonable time for afk. The lag would be so much less.

[Tiberius Fireskull]

An hour is too little. They should give you two or so.

[Nate Swordwalker]

Davy beat me to it. But I like the idea.

[WitchdoctorDan]

I do faux AFK so no one will mess with me while I guild chat. Or, I'm afk because I'm lurking in the forums.

[Basil Darkratte]

Originally Posted by Cannonfury

No ...some people go afk to give people crew rep.. also, some of those on abassa are still there and talking in a crew/guild or local, even though afk is over their head.

But what about the others? Some of them just go to abassa just to get a spot and they don't do anything really... just cause lag for some people.

If players are talking to someone, the least they can do is move so they won't risk getting log off.

[Basil Darkratte]

Originally Posted by Cannonfury

No ...some people go afk to give people crew rep.. also, some of those on abassa are still there and talking in a crew/guild or local, even though afk is over their head.

Also, crew rep can only go so far, If the person is out of range, there is no rep.

[Captain Del]

While the idea itself is quite reasonable, I feel an hour would be too short, especially for those of us who have to go AFK for prolonged amounts of time to do something.

I think 2 hours would be a fair amount of time, because you might as well have just shut off the game if your gone that long.

[Charlotte Truebonney]

I think this sounds like a great idea and 2 hours sounds pretty fair. We had someone in our guild that was AFK for a week. I was beginning to worry about the guy, as I can't imagine a reason to be gone that long and not sign out.

[Roger Sharkshot]

i frankly dont i think ts fine its not going to make a huge lag difference if you dont want lag dont go to abassa

[Tiberius Fireskull]

Wow Charlotte. A week? The most I've probably been AFK was perhaps... 8-10 hours when I accidentally left the game on.

[Stephen O'Malley]

Considering how long it takes to reload POTCo, I am going to say no. Also, Abassa is not the only busy server on POTCo ya know.

[Cannonfury]

sorry...but this is the weirdest idea i've ever heard.... doesn't make any sense.

[WitchdoctorDan]

I HIGHLY doubt that one AFK person on Abassa will make that much of a difference...