I know I've said this in other threads of the same discussion, but personally I am wholly against the return of the auto-boot feature. Maybe some of people do not have reasons to want to stay online when afk, and it is "retarded", but I'm sure most have valid reasons.
Such as not wanting to stare at the screen with nothing to do while waiting for a 2+ hours long queue (looking at you, Urthr's Fount and Wolves' Den).
Me? I like to stay online first and foremost because my group RPs in linkshell, and I like to come back and read the RP the day after (since I'm EU and my group is NA, RP sometimes occurs while I sleep), like a recorded version of my favorite show.
I also like to stay online when afk because I have legit and realistic reasons to use beds IC. My character has actual sleep hours!
And so on... I don't really enjoy TV anymore and there's little I watch on PC these days. So I like to keep my RP log to read. It's a way to keep my friends close when I can't be there to RP with them. They also love to hear my comments the day after an RP I missed!
I -feel- the auto-boot feature may make a temporary return in XIV when 3.0 hits, but it's a huge maybe because currently the total population of the entire game is pretty low (around 2 million registered, only 500k active?). If it returns, it's because Balmung itself is close to reaching capacity during patch days, and it might reach it on 3.0. If that so happens, meh, I'll find ways around it. I'll be sad I won't be able to afk on bed, but no way I'm staying offline
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Such as not wanting to stare at the screen with nothing to do while waiting for a 2+ hours long queue (looking at you, Urthr's Fount and Wolves' Den).
Me? I like to stay online first and foremost because my group RPs in linkshell, and I like to come back and read the RP the day after (since I'm EU and my group is NA, RP sometimes occurs while I sleep), like a recorded version of my favorite show.
I also like to stay online when afk because I have legit and realistic reasons to use beds IC. My character has actual sleep hours!
And so on... I don't really enjoy TV anymore and there's little I watch on PC these days. So I like to keep my RP log to read. It's a way to keep my friends close when I can't be there to RP with them. They also love to hear my comments the day after an RP I missed!
I -feel- the auto-boot feature may make a temporary return in XIV when 3.0 hits, but it's a huge maybe because currently the total population of the entire game is pretty low (around 2 million registered, only 500k active?). If it returns, it's because Balmung itself is close to reaching capacity during patch days, and it might reach it on 3.0. If that so happens, meh, I'll find ways around it. I'll be sad I won't be able to afk on bed, but no way I'm staying offline
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To be an interesting, intriguing, well-written character, there needs to be something to allow the audience to relate to them. That is what the problem is with who wants their character to be "perfect". Perfect characters will never be strong, and strong characters will never be perfect, because WE (those who read, who watch, who RP) are not perfect.
"What makes a strong character is how they deal with their flaws, their fears, their turmoils, their troubles that get in the way. That's what makes them relatable." -- N.C.
"What makes a strong character is how they deal with their flaws, their fears, their turmoils, their troubles that get in the way. That's what makes them relatable." -- N.C.
