AFK Kick Timer and Queue for NA East | AOE Studios | Page 1

serene jungle Oct 15, 2022, 5:05 PM

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Add both an AFK Kick timer and a Queue to NA East, it's getting to the point where it's 30/30 players for 8+ hours every day, and allowing people to go afk during those peak hours hurts players who actually want to play.

If you're afk for more than 10 minutes during peak hours you should have to either join the queue (if implemented) or try to snipe a spot like the 5+ other people wanting to get in at peak hours.

This could also incentivize donations by making VIP players have either queue priority, or giving them a far longer time to be AFK before kick.

frail kettle Oct 15, 2022, 5:10 PM

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I would be fine with an 30-60min afk timer, but 10 minutes? thats basically nothing

serene jungle Oct 15, 2022, 5:11 PM

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I'd argue 10-25 minutes afk timer is more fair, especially when, again, the server is full for hours at a time

frail kettle Oct 15, 2022, 5:12 PM

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i guess it'd also make sense to host another instance at this point anyway

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but thats up to the aof team to decide

serene jungle Oct 15, 2022, 5:12 PM

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An afk kick timer (according to some of the players I talked to Abt), is fairly easy to implement, which is why I see it as an easy bandaid decision

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It can be undone if another server is added and the player pop issue is fixed

frail kettle Oct 15, 2022, 5:13 PM

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it could also lead to frustration tho, more people nesting onto the first instance

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sure its a quick fix

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but also long time problematic

serene jungle Oct 15, 2022, 5:15 PM

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If your frustrated because you didn't hit one movement key within the 15 minute span that it takes for you to have the "afk" tag for 10 minutes, then be frustrated about not being able to join right away like anybody else who can't play because of AFK people are

frail kettle Oct 15, 2022, 5:16 PM

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no need to go into attack mode, i just think spinning up another instance is as quick of a solution than to add an TEN minute afk timer

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and is a long term solution too

serene jungle Oct 15, 2022, 5:16 PM

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Sorry I'm not trying to be hostile, just saying that frustration from people being kicked for afk isn't that much of an issue

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Wdym by another instance?

frail kettle Oct 15, 2022, 5:17 PM

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a second NA server

serene jungle Oct 15, 2022, 5:18 PM

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Yeah we also discussed that, there was a second server a bit ago but it was closed due to either payment or management issues

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Though I don't see how an entirely new server is a cheap and quick fix to anything?

mint hull Oct 15, 2022, 5:20 PM

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i think in another 2 weeks the hype will die down aswell and we'll sit around 20 people

serene jungle Oct 15, 2022, 5:20 PM

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mint hull i think in another 2 weeks the hype will die down aswell and we'll sit around 20...

In that time though server cap is gonna be cancer with 8+ afk people on at peak hours

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Which is why an afk kick timer is a quick solution that can be undone at a moments notice

frail kettle Oct 15, 2022, 5:21 PM

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mint hull i think in another 2 weeks the hype will die down aswell and we'll sit around 20...

tbf, same, but i hope not

mint hull Oct 15, 2022, 5:21 PM

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i agree, im only against opening another server for that reason

frail kettle Oct 15, 2022, 5:21 PM

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10 or 15 minute timer just isnt long enough tho

serene jungle Oct 15, 2022, 5:21 PM

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Keep in mind a 10 minute kick timer is 15 minutes without a single input

frail kettle Oct 15, 2022, 5:22 PM

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yea

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if you wait for machines to finish

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thats about the time it often takes

serene jungle Oct 15, 2022, 5:22 PM

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Just tap W once every 5 minutes if you really need to wait that long

frail kettle Oct 15, 2022, 5:22 PM

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bruh, no i wont

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i would rather not play if im forced to swap tab every 5 minutes

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or open my own instance

serene jungle Oct 15, 2022, 5:23 PM

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You aren't playing if your tabbed out for 15 minutes

frail kettle Oct 15, 2022, 5:23 PM

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im often not tabbed in for 9 minutes

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sorry but thats unreasonable

serene jungle Oct 15, 2022, 5:24 PM

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Which is perfectly fine, again a 10 minute kick timer is 15 minutes of zero input

frail kettle Oct 15, 2022, 5:24 PM

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if 8 people are afk, most of them are not in the game for 30 minutes

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i dont see why you want a ten minute timer

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a 10 minute timer, is 10 minutes

serene jungle Oct 15, 2022, 5:24 PM

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I'd be fine with anywhere from 10-20, 30-60 is outrageous and won't fix anything

serene jungle Oct 15, 2022, 5:25 PM

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frail kettle a 10 minute timer, is 10 minutes

10 minutes with the afk tag, is 15 without input

frail kettle Oct 15, 2022, 5:25 PM

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we talk about a general afk timer

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i mean we could probably also have an inverted function, where, the more player the shorter the timer

serene jungle Oct 15, 2022, 5:26 PM

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That would also work, at peak hours nobody who doesn't play for 25 minutes should be taking up player slots from people who actually want to enjoy aof with their friends

frail kettle Oct 15, 2022, 5:27 PM

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yea

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100%

fallow sorrel Oct 15, 2022, 6:22 PM

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dont agree, the timing is too short. In a week the server will lose popularity and people will fall away.

fallen tulip Oct 15, 2022, 11:19 PM

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frail kettle i guess it'd also make sense to host another instance at this point anyway

ASIA OR OCEANIA PLEASE

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We dont want 300ms ping PensiveFluent

frail kettle Oct 16, 2022, 9:19 AM

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fallen tulip We dont want 300ms ping <:PensiveFluent:865532903656259604>

this is about NA AwkwardHeh

fallen tulip Oct 16, 2022, 9:22 AM

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frail kettle this is about NA <:AwkwardHeh:681727348214595603>

I was responding to hosting another instance

frail kettle Oct 16, 2022, 9:22 AM

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yea bit this is about NA being extremly overfilled, another asia or oceania instance wont help there tbh

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we only have 2 players there as far as i know

fallen tulip Oct 16, 2022, 9:23 AM

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PensiveFluent

#AFK Kick Timer and Queue for NA East