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Originally Posted by Pelikano
I didn't say the player count dropped because of that, I said players don't log on servers because of that, example:
I go to my PC, log on Era and take a look at the player count:
"Damn, only 12 players, sucks!"
I log out again, because I know that I'll get disconnected anyways after 15 minutes, if I idle.
Now if I could just idle as much as I wanted, I'd stay logged in and idle. Eventually 3, 5, 10 even 20? other people would do the same. Seeing as the player count raises everyone starts playing...
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Whether it was or wasn't meant to imply that the player count was down because of it, it's certainly doesn't change the rest of what I said. You logging on, seeing only 12 people, then logging off just means you're not going to play. Getting on, seeing 12 people, then leaving it idle does not improve the statistic in the slightest, nor raise it beyond what would then become an inaccurate statistic of an active player count at all.
As stated above, it's not like it can't be disabled/enabled in the first place, and 9 times out of 10, servers just prefer people did not idle around when every person on their server is partially their responsibility and just idling there in itself can become a concern.