(05-17-2017, 03:58 AM)LiadansWhisper Wrote: I mean, there's a couple things that they could do.
They could re-implement the afk timer. Â No one needs to be afk on the server for hours, days, or weeks at a time when there are other players who want to actually play the content.
They could address the issue of bots flooding the character creation the moment the restrictions are relaxed (causing them to immediately shut down once again).
They could officially designate Balmung as an RP server, which would probably encourage some PvE guilds to move elsewhere.
They could enable people to group with their friends, regardless of server, for things like dungeons and raids.
The bot and afk timer issues, though, would be most helpful, in my opinion.
I definitely agree about bots and afk timers. Something like GW2 would be nice with the adjustment that it registers text. I don't mind being kicked out after 30 minutes - 1 hour of afk. However, if I'm roleplaying I hate doing the dumb little shimmy. Though, I think when XIV had implemented their afk timer, it had registered text. So. There's that.
I know to some extent they are trying with bots. While the server's tightly locked, I drastically see a whole lot gilsellers which is a step in the right direction (but no by perfect or a solution). They do release stats on how many people are gutted for botting, it's a lot, bots are just. . . Â They're one of those things that I don't think anyone's perfectly removed.
(05-17-2017, 04:00 AM)Maril Wrote: I would think that FFXIV is going in Rift's direction, which now allows you (and has for like four years, I guess) to teleport to any world your friend is on by joining their party. It started as a bug and then they made it a feature. I think it also tries to place you in mediumpop zones when you level, or at least that's what it felt like yesterday.
As long as this doesn't mean megaservers I'm okay. Because there's no way in the seven hells that I want to go back to that and all the problems it creates vs the minimal that it solves.
