M NPC - Hours on patrol

[Greycat]

Incredibly minor, but longstanding.

Every once in a while I'll go ahead and check NPCs to see what they have for time and number of times on patrol. The "M" NPCs supposedly give (basically) total time played. Except that time gets "stuck" one way or another on occasion.

 

For instance, back on live I had a character in a foursome of shield users. We only ran together. Their 1-50 time was in the 80-ish hour range. Me, with the same logins, other than perhaps an occasional auction house check.. 300+.

 

Currently, I was checking on a level 38 sentinel. NPC reports 14 times on patrol. The "M" NPC reports 306 hours - which means I'd have to be playing an average of 21.8 hours *each time* I logged that character on.

 

Which ... no.

 

Again, incredibly minor, but it's there.

[Honorbridge]

Sounds like your character occasionally does not get logged out properly, though I couldn’t say why that might be.

[RikOz]

I've been told I've played a character for several thousand hours a few times.