AFK Tower!

[A8TOOL]

You really think most people that are AFK are doing so intentionally and would go out of their way to stay logged on?   

I remember in 2007 sometime, there was this problem that came up where players would switch countries before they logged to increase the enemies eny and stay AFK all night long to help protect their country while they slept. Once the arena falls near 100 it's very common to see eny rise quickly for someone. 10 -15 people sitting in tower doing nothing makes a big difference then.

[Dadsguns]

I remember in 2007 sometime, there was this problem that came up where players would switch countries before they logged to increase the enemies eny and stay AFK all night long to help protect their country while they slept. Once the arena falls near 100 it's very common to see eny rise quickly for someone. 10 -15 people sitting in tower doing nothing makes a big difference then.

2008, 2009, and its still a problem....... 

[grizz441]

I remember in 2007 sometime, there was this problem that came up where players would switch countries before they logged to increase the enemies eny and stay AFK all night long to help protect their country while they slept. Once the arena falls near 100 it's very common to see eny rise quickly for someone. 10 -15 people sitting in tower doing nothing makes a big difference then.

Lol, that's as lame as spying.

[DMBEAR]

Took this today.  123 in arena ..... 73 in flight.  It could just be that 50 people are just about to up though. 

[Overlag]

You go afk for dinner for 2.5 hours ?  Why not just log off?  Why does your afk time trump some other dweeb that'd actually be flying?

where did i say 2.5hours?

[moot]

That's what I'm saying.  Find the value that's sure to only get the disposable idlers.

[Masherbrum]

I go afk quite a bit and do stuff around the house, but the people that are advocating this change aren't interested in saving HTC money or bandwidth. Those individuals are only asking for this change because it affects the way they want to play AH and they don't want to fly a plane with lower ENY or switch countries.

Unless someone can put forward concrete numbers, I think it is safe to assume the 'afk crowd' is roughly consistent between countries and cancel each other out.

BINGO!   

[phatzo]

Tower sitting is a great way to let the kids know that the computer is bagged and I will be using it again very soon, dont even ask.

[Ean1]

I like the idea because i've known people to go afk in the tower and not return for a day or more. I wouldn't mind a kickout time of something in the neighborhood of 6 hours. This should give ample time for people to do whatever and return to the game.