Guild Wars 2

It would be nice if there will be added 2 animations for the characters which are AFK or OFFLINE.

for example,

1 ) if a player is AFK for 5 minutes, an animation will make the character sit down on a chair and start to read a book.

Of course, if a you guys want to make this animation more unique, the chair can be replaced with a rock, a wood depending on the aria where the player is AFK.

2) if the player is OFFLINE, which means he has logged off from the game, it will be interesting if the game will create a image copy of that character – if not keep the character its self until the next log in – and keep it in the game, as the character is sleeping in a hammock.

There are games keeping the character in the game even when the player is offline.

In both cases, the character become invisible to the foes so they wont get attacked, but they will remain visible for all the players.

Yes! This is a great idea. I want this! I always find it hard to tell who is AFK and who is there just by looking around town. SWTOR never added this and it always bugged me. WoW has had it since release and it makes it easier to see who is there and who isn’t.

I wouldn’t mind the first idea; It would be kind of amusing to run past a little Asura sitting on a rock and reading a book.

However, the second idea would just make the world incredibly cluttered. Think about how many people play this game, and think about crowded places where many people log out. It would be a mess.

1. You can go /sit or /sleep
2. That’s a bad idea. Imagine how would LA center or TP look. It would be cluttered (as Zeffy already said)

Yes but my sylvari sitting on a random object and reading a book/paper/whateverthekitten just sounds like an awesome idea compared to her lying in a fetal position or posing like a model

.. Or we could all go join the [AFK] guild (saw this once, pretty genius)

You are right guys, The 2nd idea cant be implemented by the reasons you mentioned. Although, the sleeping hammock can be added to AFK players after the “reading the book” if the players are AFK for more than 30 min

The 1st idea, ok. The 2nd…waste of server resources.

+1 to First idea
-1 to Second idea

The specific animation doesn’t exactly fit all character settings.

A simple [afk] hovering over their name is fine imo… Doesn’t even have to be an entire animation. I just want to know who’s afk and who isn’t so I’m not talking to a wall.

As for second idea, no. Just no.
Would be amusing to have character in player housing once that’s introduced but otherwise it’d clutter the game.

both are a waste. In both cases you should get booted from the server

You do get booted for being AFK. I think the timeout is an hour. And you get booted even if you are not AFK, but are typing and not moving.