IRE Asks: What Type of AFKer Are You?

Most of the time I simply make sure I have selfishness up. Usually I go to less populated areas. My timeout is at 20 minutes..but I never get timed out hehe.

Anyway, I don't like  logging out because then I have to get all my defences back heh. 

Haven, chameleoned, with one of many kajillion techniques employed to keep me off of relevant WHO lists, bits of scrying, etc.

Of course if I'm going to be AFK for a year and a half, I just log off the damn game like a responsible person and stop getting people's hopes up.

Till I found out we ar enot allowed to go AFK in the glade of isolation :0

somwhere

I definitely go hide in my bedroom if I'm not with someone else. Otherwise, I just follow 'em and hope I don't die doing somethin stupid! Not usually gone for very long, though. Mostly bathroom breaks and the like.

I either log out, or go afk right where I stand because there's an urgent reason for me leaving.

Sandling in my grove.

Use to be phase. Now it's qq.

I generally just AFK wherever I happen to be standing. I don't usually worry too much about it. generally speaking I'm either at my nexus or standing in some hunting area or another that I recently cleared. my system keeps me alert if someone attacks or anything and I spare the screen a glance every couple of minutes, so there's not a whole lot of opportunity for something to go wrong. xD

Ignore this, Accidentally posted twice, so I've deleted the contents of this one.

I'm the afk kind of afker.

Always try to avoid it.....too much aggrivation specially from Achea with obcessive thieves....I really despise even when i carry less then 20 gold there aggressive even when you're active to try take everything you have.  One person was so annoying in ashtan one time i was attacked by him when i kept running around, then got banned from the area BECAUSE I was defending myself ~.~  I just was depressed ashtan took the understandings of a liar because I was being robbed from someone over my own word.  However we move on.  Thems the breaks...there's little you can do when you live life of a rogue in a grove with no home or clan to really back you're side.  Just serve me right not to waste my time trying to protect myself inside of a city.

Insane concept right? :P

I'd be around so much just to trans Wildarrane!

Does that even exist!?

Running out of ideas for forum topics?

i try to do my other things when I'm not logged into the game.  More efficient al around that-a-way.

I'm a 'read the news' AFK-er if that counts as AFK than anything!

I sit at Centre Crossing in Cyrene if I'm going AFK for long periods of time. Sometimes I go AFK while following a friend.

Afk shielded, phased, in guards. Pretty damn safe.

Most of the time when I go afk I try to keep it short...like running to the bathroom while I'm out hunting I do sandling. When I know I'll be 10-20 minutes if not more I'll hide on my ship... I have a VERY short boarding list and captain list and most of the captains know I don't care if they take it out while i'm aboard...then there are the I am bored smoke breaks which typically happens with ship return.

AFK methods used:

Sandling

Ships

Journals

House/ Bed (when I had access to a bed)

Following a Friend

Sitting in a crowd.

Grove Seal/ sandling

Isolation

and probally many more but I try not too often, if I have to be gone longer than 30 minutes I log out.

Earthmelding works for me or haven

i usually ship return or burrow/journal, but only if it's brief. I just log out if i'm going to be away long.

sometimes I AFK at random times when I need to do stuff in real life, so either I sit on a guard stack, or go to Nirvana. That way, at least I'm still "around" if my Housemates need me!

At the guard clot, in phase, under shield, with automassing triggers running and the logger going JUST IN CASE.

I'm only a little paranoid.  I promise.

In the street, sometimes sleeping. DGAF

I just qq

Htm I just go Afk in the city where I am to be safest

have my wolf rat for me

Manses are the best!

I go AFK all the time. All the time. I get distracted by school work and other things and forget I'm even playing. Then I come back and realize I was in the middle of bashing. Just went afk in the middle of an open area.

Normally I just afk anywhere any time, while raiding, mid sentence, talking to someone, anytime yeah anywhere.

Today I found out that passing out from hunger stops qq from finishing.

I tend to afk to do writing...but with a big screen, I can sorta just keep it open and keep track of things while I do.

Now that househalls are noprism, I go there.

Haven't been jumped in ages, I think I'm good.

It took me a long time to get used to not AFKing in Iron Realms games. Thank god for the journal option now, especially with a two-month old daughter. The only way I can really play is in chunks of 5 or 10 minutes at a time before getting up most days.

but if I do, I use a journal or a letter!

Still haven't died horribly from it.

Never having enough stuiff to worry about being robbed helps!

At least, I don't idle on Prime for hours so that my traps will still fire.

Lusternina manses greatly enhance my love for the game. It's great having a place where you can  relax and not worry about getting jumped and leisurely read/code/design/plot/step away from the keyboard. And since you don't show up on any WHO list on the planes people are playing on, you tend to not get bothered and treated as if off-line.

Try not to go afk. Maybe 10 seconds to get a drink or something.

i'm a "Run to the bathroom" AFKer. When you gotta go, you gotta go.

Today I am using you again so I can have a smoke. Sorry. I will never share any of my deepest feelings with you.

I try to play off being unresponsive as 'lost in my thoughts' but its rare I'll ever be completely AFK unless I make a mad dash to the kitchen to grab a snack. Most of the time I have multiple windows up, is all so I'm doing a bunch of stuff. If I intend to be gone like 5 mins (i time out pretty quick), I'll go into my journal.

...just stand around.

stand around yo

I make a generous effort not to go AFK at all in Midkemia. If I really must, I'll find myself a spot where I won't be disturbed. I log in to interact with the player base, do quests etc. If I'm logged in I try to keep an eye on the screen. One of the great things about MKO is that deffing up doesn't require a pocket full of herbs.

Journal.

The journaling kind

I should just set "You will timeout in" to trigger journal now with how much I AFK.

Wherever my character currently is. Nobody steals anymore, nobody ever attacks.

Sometimes phased, to avoid receiving tells.

I try my hardest, unless nature calls or the kids/animals/hubby have need of something that just can't wait, not to be AFK at all. When I was in Achaea I would sandling or be on my ship. In Aetolia I go to my coffin. It makes me crazy the sheer amount of AFK people that just hang out in Aetolia, especially the various leaders. They come in and then sit in the same place or their Havens for hours and hours... what's the point of being here if you don't actually -do- anything?!

Crying babies mean its pot luck when I go and where I am - hopefully never too dangerous

journal, burrow if I want to keep vibes and won't be gone too long.

A lot of times when I am "AFK" I'm working on stuff like writing up ideas or reports or logging stuff or mind mapping. Other times I am really AFK mostly these days because I'm helping take care of my very ill stepdad. Usually he sleeps  so I play a bit but I need to jump to when he needs me to check his blood pressure or bring him his meds or make something to eat. When that happens I usually head up to the manse and sit at my desk working on papers or lounging on the couch. For me logging out and back in for short simple tasks is weird for in game purposes and a real waste when using power defs. I know some persist but I think surge still doesn't.

I tend to go AFK while I'm chilling in my commune. Usually when I've been called away from the computer suddenly, or when I need to work on stuff that is game related.

I still like guards.

And having access to a house now.

But mostly I still like guards.

Never afk!

Heh!

oops! i'm still on!

I'm just working on another app, websurfing, reading emails etc.  Sometimes I'll forget and not check Achaea for 10+ minutes.  

journal

Nevah!

who sometimes forgets he's logged in for 30 minutes.

But I try not to often.

I usually just log off for the ten minutes or so it takes me to do something like have a smoke. I hate doing it because it wastes herbs and stuff to redef, but... yeah. I never thought about using a journal...

I go somewhere private, phase, put up a shield, and put up my cloak/ghost.  I dunno why I do this instead of popping into my journal, but I just do.

Mostly I use places like the Junction, as long as I'm going to be AFK for a half hour or less. All those guards and the campground that chills there makes it hard (Though not impossible) for me to be killed. If I am, then so be it, AFK in Dis is about the safest you can be. If I'm going to be any longer than a half an hour, though, I just log out. It's easier than trying to cach up.

Sadly, other than convoluted world events generally undertaken only by the strongest characters the game has to offer (generally those who excel in combat and their various alts), nothing really happens in game anyways. People ask questions, but they can be answered when you return. Other than that, there's never really a whole lot going on.

So going AFK for half an hour (Take the dogs out, make dinner, answer the door or the phone, even just to navigate away from the game cause you're bored out of your skull waiting for someone or something) can often result in coming back to find that there's not really a whole lot to scroll back TO.

I afk alot. sorry :(

Ther type of AFKer that goes POOF

I've actually tuned down on my afk'ing. Being bored on a textmud doesn't help, if I can be bored anywhere else as well.

um...

I am the type who wants free credits

credit

who logs in to daydream anyway?

a smart one

really I just AFK by going to somthing else and forgetting to go back

credit

The relative safety of an estate or temple!!

oh poop I forgot the game on! AFKer?

I hop into my journal if I need to go AFK.

Now that theft is gone, I usually just stand around

I had a habit of falling asleep regularly and forgetting I was logged in.

I try to be around - when IRL gets in the way, I just log out. IRL always, always come first - the only people who don't understand that don't have very much of a life to go back to. :(

I AFK to to look at porn.

I AFK in a bed

The type who wants free credits

I'm the kind that reads the IRE boards while afk.

could very well be a taco party.

Manses are the best

I just log out personally

I read.

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credit

Not that there is much threat with thieves these days, but a journal entry is good.

creditsss

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Credits

cr

and lots of people... so yeah places like Crossroads in Hashan, Fish Street in Shallam, Stygian Crossroads in Mhaldor, Centre Crossing in Cyrene... don't really hang out in Eleusis, and well to be honest don't feel like AFK-ing in Ashtan

is a good way to rip.

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use to stay logged in while afk to get free lessons.

credit

I need a beer, so...

one that likes credits

The kind that hides out in a manse.

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Not very often, and usually with the Mush window at least somewhat visible.

Never enough people on Midkemia for it to be a worry

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I'm the kind of guy who AFK's whenever something happens to distract me, which can be bad, since it can actually grab me in the middle of a conversation..but then again, if lag gets terrible, I can't help but get distracted because I'm waiting at that point.

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I usually just cast sandling and hide in the ground.

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I'm the kind of afker that afks to get past this 20 days snazz.

Good change to no AFK rules.

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nuf said

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oh heck I forgot I was still connected! type.

If I'm going to be away for longer than it takes my character to sleep I usually just log off.

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Credit comment.

usually purposely go afk. Usually it's the hubby or friggin kids distracting me then I turn back to realize the thing I was hunting wasn't actually dead, but now I am :,( .

saves time and resources on redeffing