(08-28-2013, 03:20 PM)Bea Wrote: It depends on how long we're talking here, I think. If you're called away from the computer for an hour to go get food or something and fully intend to get back to the game as soon as you sit down, I have no issues with that. But, if you're leaving your character sit over night? For days? Unacceptable and shitty to do. There are other people who want to play the game, let them have their chance.
This. It's one thing to afk while you eat or run a quick errand or if you're called away for a little while etc. It's another entirely to log on at 7am knowing that you won't be actually playing the game until 5pm or stay logged in overnight.
Yes it sucks that you won't be back until peak hours. But that's true for a lot of people (they wouldn't be peak hours if everyone wasn't in the same boat, after all). And you're making the peak hours of people in different timezones even more unbearable.