Those who afk long time in populated (popular) lobbies...

[D-Inferno]

There is one reason to "idle" in the lobby: To lower your mag's hunger when your not playing.

[Mikura]

The lobby is getting pretty bland already...would love to have different themed lobbies. If there's anything that was good about PSU's system is even if it split everyone up there was always a dynamic open world field to chill around.

Even the original PSO had different colored lobbies. Granted, it wasn't much, but at least they were slightly different. I'm honestly surprised they didn't implement something similar to that in PSO2.

Which reminds me, I miss the soccer lobbies as well...

[iwerkout]

I may seem afk for hours at a time, but I'm really just doodling on the sketch pad, or looking up quests and such.
I agree it would be nice to get a timed kick after an hour of inactivity, but just gotta deal with it the way it is now. Blocks 20-25 are where most non-Japanese people play on, so don't be too upset. If you're with friends, you all can switch to another block.

[Enforcer MKV]

I like Ferria, she's really nice. That other one, though...gross. Guh. Rows.

Also, like Drex said, nothing wrong with socializing. PSO2 is obviously meant to be a social game, with rooms, etc., so that's all well and good. However, don't let that be all you do, because then you're just a space-waster.

Agreed. On all points.

[Ryo]

I agree with you. I'm talking about people who simply step away from the game/Alt+Tab out to browse social networking sites/watch porn without letting the other party members know. Now that I think about it, an afker can't prevent the party from advancing through the mission can they? Well, it's still annoying if that happens but I guess there's no harm if they do afk during a mission, after all, they can't leach exp without being nearby the enemies.

I've had this happen to me a few times and I always kick those people out. If they don't say they'll be AFK, I just remove them, I'd rather have people actually playing in my parties.

[Geistritter]

This is one of the most bizarre phenomenon in online games to me. I just don't see the appeal, but I'm apparently in the minority.