Leaving your xbox on for extended hours for afk processing and worker empire certainly isn't good for wear and tear. Despite the console being designed fairly well to preserve itself, it still pales in comparison to a PC and thus should have features to minimalize the wear/tear.

For example, worker empire continuing to generate/craft mats when offline and offline processing would go a long way.

My logic is this ... 

Run it and burn it out so I can buy one of the new 4k's coming out lol. I have an og so its no big deal to me atm. 

But yeah it cant be good for it 

Ive stated this reply many times on this forums regarding this topic. It all personal preference. I had an OG xbox that i ran 24/7 365. Only time it wasnt on running something was during a power outage or when i packed it up for a trip. The ONLY reason i bought a new xbox one s was that it is 100% running BDO all the time so i needed a second one so my kids still had one to use.

Also, losing internet connection, however briefly, interrupts what you are doing. Leave your horse running & you may come back to find yourself stranded somewhere with mobs. Still, if people could just log in once a week or even once an hour or so, & then leave & come back over powered compared to new players, things would end badly. It's kind of fair?

Well, to be honest, the AFK systems should never have come over from PC. 

As the OP implied,

- The workers could do all their tasks offline until they ran out of stamina.

- Fishing should never be AFK, trivializes any titles or achievements 

- Earn training your own fitness

- Earn training your horses

etc.

I refuse to do any AFK tasks, as I prefer not to test the longevity of my Xbox’s, and I play games to earn my accolades, not AFK them.

And let’s be honest, all the MMOs i’ve played ban AFKers...so there’s that.

30 minutes ago, Uberkull said:

 

And let’s be honest, all the MMOs i’ve played ban AFKers...so there’s that.

So i take it then that your the type of crafter who crafts 1 item at a time.  You cook 1 dish at a time. You process 1 item at at time. Because any time u craft multiple items at once that is afking. Multiple games have a /follow function. Thats afking. Any game that has an auto path to destination. Afking.

What most games dont like is standing idle doing nothing. That type of afking is a problem i can agree with because it crowds servers and gives an incorrect account of server population.

And lets me honest, no one bans afkers they just get disconnected to the login.

20 minutes ago, Hieraphant said:

And lets me honest, no one bans afkers they just get disconnected to the login.

WoW bans AFKers in BGs and any activity that a player has to normally PLAY to gain lvls in game.

Any team based activity where one individual is AFKing can be reported and banned for repeatedly AFKing in every mmo i’ve played.

In BDO it’s encouraged to AFK life skills, the only real PvE the game has. Try explaining that to potential new customers.

3 minutes ago, Uberkull said:

 

In BDO it’s encouraged to AFK life skills, the only real PvE the game has. Try explaining that to potential new customers.

Do u not quest, hunt, farm, kill mobs,  gain energy, grind cp, collect knowledge or explore cause thats all PVE. The fact that a player can come kill u doesnt make it any less PVE, but more PVPVE. 

You making it seem like the game it either lifeskill or queue for red battleground and its far from it.

10 hours ago, LebronJames said:

Leaving your xbox on for extended hours for afk processing and worker empire certainly isn't good for wear and tear. Despite the console being designed fairly well to preserve itself, it still pales in comparison to a PC and thus should have features to minimalize the wear/tear.

 

For example, worker empire continuing to generate/craft mats when offline and offline processing would go a long way.

Well I ran ARK 24/7 for a year and now BDO since release, nothing happened 

It would be nice to have a way to reduce damage to our consoles if we afk overnight. But there is something you can use for now. Have your Xbox set to automatically shut off when afk. You can choose how many hours up to 8 I believe. I generally just use 2 hours for strength training. I'm too afraid to risk it for longer since I play constantly.

Just one thing: RIP all who have consoles anywhere else than in OPEN, WELL-VENTED spaces. I bet that we will still find dozens of people who place a 500 bucks worth console inside tight shelves and wonder why the hell their console overheat. Also make sure your console is placed horizontally not vertically because you block one of the vents this way. 

I've noticed that if I place my processing character in a tight room where the rest of the world is not visible on screen the console works much quieter and slower (in comparison to processing in front of the storage keeper in Velia). 

Worth a try guys. 

Or get 2 consoles, onex for active and og for afk. Simple

4 hours ago, Daniel said:

Well I ran ARK 24/7 for a year and now BDO since release, nothing happened?  ?

Yes and the lifetime of your console has diminished and doesn't perform as optimal as it once used to. You may not notice now but you will when you reach a certain point.

11 hours ago, Uberkull said:

WoW bans AFKers in BGs and any activity that a player has to normally PLAY to gain lvls in game.

Any team based activity where one individual is AFKing can be reported and banned for repeatedly AFKing in every mmo i’ve played.

 

In BDO it’s encouraged to AFK life skills, the only real PvE the game has. Try explaining that to potential new customers.

News flash this isn’t wow and is nothing like wow or any other mmorpg, the afk functions are fantastic for those that work and have busy real life schedules, if you refuse to do afk tasks then fair play.

BDO is its own beast entirely and can’t be compared to any other mmo on the bases “wow bans afkers and other mmos do the same” that argument is completely ireelevant as this is not any other MMO.

i don’t understand why anyone would have an issue with it, the elements of the game you do afk are simple things to maintain a chat and make some coin on the side,  leaving ur proper game time to enjoy this fantastic game.

7 minutes ago, LebronJames said:

Yes and the lifetime of your console has diminished and doesn't perform as optimal as it once used to. You may not notice now but you will when you reach a certain point.

Well nearly 6 years of OG xbox running nearly 24/7/365. Not sure when that certain point will be but im sure ill replace my new xbox S when the next system drops(maybe not at release but well within your "certain point")

Save $1 every day u wanna run your xbox 24/7. You will have more then enough for a new one long before the old one kicks the bucket

When you go afk, leave it on the map. Greatly reduces gpu/cpu load since it seems to stop all world rendering.

You can tell by the sound of the fans. 

19 minutes ago, Undyinghero said:

When you go afk, leave it on the map. Greatly reduces gpu/cpu load since it seems to stop all world rendering.

You can tell by the sound of the fans. 

Nice! If that's true of course. 

1 hour ago, LebronJames said:

Yes and the lifetime of your console has diminished and doesn't perform as optimal as it once used to. You may not notice now but you will when you reach a certain point.

What if my console runs longer than someone's who didn't afk on it ;0

I can't believe this is still a discussion...far better for your console to leave it on and stay constantly warm than to continually cycle it thru hot and cold. This is true for all electronics. Heating it up and than cooling it down does far more component damage than keeping it consistently warm. I thought this was common knowledge...

I have multiple consoles and they stay on 24/7 and I've never had an issue that could be directly attributed to that.

There is zero evidence supporting the claim that "leaving my console running all the time is bad for it".

On 4/14/2019 at 10:07 PM, LebronJames said:

Leaving your xbox on for extended hours for afk processing and worker empire certainly isn't good for wear and tear. Despite the console being designed fairly well to preserve itself, it still pales in comparison to a PC and thus should have features to minimalize the wear/tear.

 

For example, worker empire continuing to generate/craft mats when offline and offline processing would go a long way.

I agree the game is less than optimal for console. The extreme afk that this game revolves around is not the best for console users. I just sent my xbox one x in for repair and it wasn't even a year old and still under warranty. I never had any issues so decided to afk horse train for two nights after which I started getting low resources error.  I have huge internal and external space so it's a problem with the game. Shut xbox down for a night and the next day when I logged in, after an hour it just black screened and froze up. Got this huge error code. It's still at microsoft and I'm using my old console which is horrible with bdo. I think a lot of people are going to start running into this problem sooner or later. 

On 4/15/2019 at 1:29 PM, Undyinghero said:

When you go afk, leave it on the map. Greatly reduces gpu/cpu load since it seems to stop all world rendering.

You can tell by the sound of the fans. 

After some testing yesterday I can confirm that launching your map after you start afk processing or fishing SIGNIFICANTLY lowers the intensity with which the console runs. Fans turn off almost instantly and console becomes super quiet. It seems true that the entire world stops to render and, therefore, it lowers the strain put on the console. 

It is worth mentioning that I rock Xbox One X with 1080p fullHD settings and my console is in fully open space on top of the TV shelf. 

On 4/15/2019 at 4:52 AM, Rocketfuel77777 said:

Just one thing: RIP all who have consoles anywhere else than in OPEN, WELL-VENTED spaces. I bet that we will still find dozens of people who place a 500 bucks worth console inside tight shelves and wonder why the hell their console overheat. Also make sure your console is placed horizontally not vertically because you block one of the vents this way. 

I've noticed that if I place my processing character in a tight room where the rest of the world is not visible on screen the console works much quieter and slower (in comparison to processing in front of the storage keeper in Velia). 

Worth a try guys. 

If we could access the processing menu from inside our houses, that'd be spectacular.

why would you need to be afk for more than couple of hours if you're not doing horse/weight training? and imo only horse training is worth it, but not in it's current state (breeding is effy). 

workers will go out of stamina

utensils will expire

cooking materials will be consumed

processing materials will be consumed

your inventory will fill up from fishing

what else did i miss?? 

on most days, my xbox is on for at least 6hrs.. it's still fine, didn't get error messages, and i'm on OG device. you can play couple of hours at night and afk till morning and shut it down to rest. i've only done it once to cook beer.

so basically, you don't need to afk if you don't want to. and it doesn't give afk'ers a superior advantage over no afk'ers..

55 minutes ago, maXmood said:

why would you need to be afk for more than couple of hours if you're not doing horse/weight training? and imo only horse training is worth it, but not in it's current state (breeding is effy). 

workers will go out of stamina

utensils will expire

cooking materials will be consumed

processing materials will be consumed

your inventory will fill up from fishing

what else did i miss?? 

on most days, my xbox is on for at least 6hrs.. it's still fine, didn't get error messages, and i'm on OG device. you can play couple of hours at night and afk till morning and shut it down to rest. i've only done it once to cook beer.

 

so basically, you don't need to afk if you don't want to. and it doesn't give afk'ers a superior advantage over no afk'ers..

I ran my pc for 2 years with bdo while its true u don't need to afk your accualy wrong when u said it doesn't give afkers the advantage over none afkers because if your a 247 afker your generating passive additional income that u wouldn't get if you wasn't afk lifeskilling

13 minutes ago, dannys12 said:

I ran my pc for 2 years with bdo while its true u don't need to afk your accualy wrong when u said it doesn't give afkers the advantage over none afkers because if your a 247 afker your generating passive additional income that u wouldn't get if you wasn't afk lifeskilling

we're talking xbox here, with no remote access (even tho it's possible, but not many doing it).. xbox afk'ers doesn't get much of an advantage over none afk'ers.

5 hours ago, maXmood said:

we're talking xbox here, with no remote access (even tho it's possible, but not many doing it).. xbox afk'ers doesn't get much of an advantage over none afk'ers.

Long term afkers use giants for workers so they last for long afk times.

Calpheon cooking and alchemy stations have higher durability and increase cooking time so u can afk at them longer.

Longer time in game gets you to the time played rewards faster.

Certain processing material weighs little and can be used for long afk processing(cotton, flax, wool) while heavier stuff like wood or ore can be processed while active.

Full inventory slots allows for 9.6 hours of afk fishing. 

Am i missing anything?

4 minutes ago, Hieraphant said:

Long term afkers use giants for workers so they last for long afk times.

 

This right here. I use mostly Giants, with some Humans here and there. I afk so they can run while I am at work, and they pretty much last the entire day.

I generally only have to feed them twice a day, once in the morning before I leave for work, and once at night before I go to bed.

Giants FTW when you are lazy.

On 4/14/2019 at 10:15 PM, Hieraphant said:

Ive stated this reply many times on this forums regarding this topic. It all personal preference. I had an OG xbox that i ran 24/7 365. Only time it wasnt on running something was during a power outage or when i packed it up for a trip. The ONLY reason i bought a new xbox one s was that it is 100% running BDO all the time so i needed a second one so my kids still had one to use.

I just got me X box one s . What I need to do to prevent switching off at afk fishing ?

12 minutes ago, gurghul said:

I just got me X box one s . What I need to do to prevent switching off at afk fishing ?

Go into xbox setting and turn your inactivity timer to never turn off

On 4/17/2019 at 6:22 PM, Hieraphant said:

Long term afkers use giants for workers so they last for long afk times.

Calpheon cooking and alchemy stations have higher durability and increase cooking time so u can afk at them longer.

Longer time in game gets you to the time played rewards faster.

Certain processing material weighs little and can be used for long afk processing(cotton, flax, wool) while heavier stuff like wood or ore can be processed while active.

Full inventory slots allows for 9.6 hours of afk fishing. 

 

Am i missing anything?

you're missing the whole thing lol

giants lasts longer and do a handful.. goblins lasts shorter and end up doing about the same as giants.. 

cooking utensils, one takes longer time to cook and do a handful, the other does it in a shorter time and bout the same as the long lasting..

longer game time gets you to the time played rewards faster, that's true, however, this isn't an advantage >.<

how can you get full inventory slots? pearl shop? anyone doing this means he's not the regular player and trying to hit the top of the list. those ppl don't count, they're not playing the game as 99% of the players do.

afk'ers on xbox doesn't get real advantage over non-afk'ers.. a little more i'd say, yes, but not a great gap.  we're not on pc where you can remotely manage, spend energy, have workers do different work, beer them, move materials around, etc.