Hmmm. Let me tell you what I think.
You created this account today,started a poll about an issue that has been addressed many times in the past and all this because you just wanted to play.
You know it's P-OB and still you say "for people that want to play". Am I the only one that can see through your lies? You just want to play, not to report bugs etc.
So please don't ever again mention that the AFKs are the only ones that they stay online and reserve 1-10-100 or more of the server's character capacity without doing anything because people that just want to play, do the same thing.. The definition that you give to AFKs is the same as for the players that just want to play, in my eyes.
They are not even registered in the forums and if they do register is to report(more like cry about) an already known bug, mostly TLQs,Adult and Master Class quests.
Now let me tell you why the people stay AFK.
I won't speak of why the Token System gives so many tokens, why there are such rewards and in general why it is like it is, because it doesn't matter in this "angry poll" you created,but I will tell you it's general purpose at the end.
It's a part of the game system, for players to stay AFK and receive the tokens that they can spend for items.
Most of the AFKs are trying to help, do you want to know how?
- Check if things in Token Shop work correctly.
- Check and report findings about the upgrading system with the upgrade crystals from Token Shop.
- Check if the timers apply to the items in the Token Shop.
- If these are done, then they check what else the Dev Team could add to the Token Shop from the variety of items that are currently ingame and suggest it.
- Set the screen capture to record the screen for the possibility to find hackers, bug abusers etc. while they are away.
- Private Shops are ingame because they are a system of the game. I don't believe that the Dev Team will disable a crucial system in the game. (Abit Off-topic here >)People that say that they don't want them because there is an Auction House, then let me remind you that the Auction House takes a small fee right out of your pocket once you add an item for sale. That's good if it sales, but what if it doesn't? If you want them removed, make a thread in the Suggestions Section.(Back to topic)
- People that open a Private Shop add items that they currently can't sell at the Auction House. That's because there are false checks or no checks at all that allow them to sell them only at a Private Shop. It's also faster and more attractive in some way.
Of course this doesn't apply to all the AFK players, because like I said, not everyone is registered here and checks the forums. We know that most of the people couldn't care less about the forum when they can play the game, right? Right.
I would also like to inform the people who don't remember and the people who are new that in the original DBO there wasn't an AFK Kicker. You are mistaking it with the Bot-Checker. A popup window that opened when you killed too many mobs, too fast. You completed the captcha and you got timed buff. This once again was not an AFK Kicker.
Now let me tell you about Pre-Open Beta. The goal here is not to have everyone play and enjoy the game. I said it before, I will say it again. It's an Open Test Server and that decision came from the Dev Team because they wanted more people to help them find the bugs,glitches etc. They could have continued with the Founders way in the Dev/Test server but the people were limited to a few. That's why they made this desicion. That's also why the channels go online and offline all the time, it's not because of the AFKs. Don't be arrogant and ask for more than what you already have in a Test Phase that's called Pre-Open Beta.
If you can't see the reason of this Pre-Open Beta, then you can go and click that YES in the poll, but let me tell you that most of the "big" suggestions might not attract the Dev Teams eyes and just go to the recycle bin and if they are lucky they might come back on the table at Open Beta.
As you might know by now, I'm strongly against this system.
P.S.
Off-Topic : The Token Shop System is to help people level and make their life easier untill they get the Master Class at lv30, where the real fun begins.
Have fun 