Question about apparent inconsistency

[srmalloy]

When you log out in the open, you have a countdown to actually logging out, put there to prevent people from logging out to get out of a fight gone bad. Logging out near an SG portal, or in places like a graveyard, are 'outside' as well, so you get the countdown. Log out someplace safe, like a store, the Vault Reserve, City Hall, Ouroboros, or a tram station, though, and the countdown is zero -- you log out immediately; in the case of the tram station, even if you're standing on top where you can easily be attacked, or possibly actually be in combat (the drones can't be everywhere). However, if you're inside a university, where you're safe and can't be attacked, and you get the same countdown you would if you were outside. It's not a big thing, but is it possible to mark universities as 'safe' for the logout timer?

[RikOz]

I don't see a countdown when I log out in a university, but I do see it in police stations.

[Lines]

I also reliably get no countdown in universities.

 

Could there be other factors at play, such as time since last in combat?

[MunkiLord]

I've always wondered why I get a countdown sometimes and not others.

[Number Six]

Check and see if you have the icon for a day job in your buff bar -- when you're in the day job volume for a university or police station you should get the zero countdown. It may be the case that the volume doesn't cover the entire interior.

[srmalloy]

1 hour ago, Number Six said:

Check and see if you have the icon for a day job in your buff bar -- when you're in the day job volume for a university or police station you should get the zero countdown. It may be the case

I have always gotten a countdown — typically nine seconds — when logging off in a university, and it hasn't made any difference for getting the Professor badge; I will either see progress towards the badge or receive the badge, depending on how long the character was logged out.

[General Idiot]

As I understand it, if you've engaged in combat recently you'll get a countdown regardless. Similarly, the countdown outside of day job areas is shorter if you've been out of combat for a while. So if you whack something outside the university's front door then go in and immediately log off you'll have a countdown despite being in the day job volume.

[srmalloy]

2 hours ago, General Idiot said:

As I understand it, if you've engaged in combat recently you'll get a countdown regardless. Similarly, the countdown outside of day job areas is shorter if you've been out of combat for a while. So if you whack something outside the university's front door then go in and immediately log off you'll have a countdown despite being in the day job volume.

That would be reasonable, but when I'm deciding where to park a character, I'll pull up the day job badge list, see what day jobs are left incomplete, and then travel to the day job location and log out. With universities, unless I'm closer to another one, the Kallisti Wharf location is my go-to choice, and with the minute or so it takes me to get there and the tram connection, I should have run down any recent-combat countdown.

[MetaVileTerror]

I recommend running some tests with which Log Out method you're using too:  To Login, To Character Select, or Exit Program.  I'm uncertain, but I feel as though I've noticed some inconsistency with that as well.

There is definitely /something/ wonky about the log out timer.  Sometimes it's 0 seconds, sometimes it's 10, sometimes it's 15, and I swear I logged out somewhere with it being the full 30 seconds at least once on Homecoming.  Since I have over 100 characters, and I make a habit of cycling them frequently for Day Jobs, I've noticed this wonkiness at play, but never bothered to document it precisely before.

[EmmySky]

I usually watch my logout timer (because altitude) and the other day one popped up at 19 seconds.  Not 20, 19.  Very wonky but thus far its a one-off.