Fort Trident: a minor question

[Techwright]

It is a minor detail, I know, but I just logged out from inside Fort Trident, and I noticed it was the long 30 second log out.   Why would that be?  As I recall, the long log outs were for areas where conflict could occur, and were done so that a player would not "cheat" by an instant logout and thereby remove all aggro.   To the best of my memory, Fort Trident has never been a combat zone.

 

Also, I actually saw two other players in Fort Trident! Woo hoo! Progress!

[Ghost]

Ooh, I never knew the actual reason for long logouts in the game before.

I can’t answer your question, but you did teach me something 

[Techwright]

22 minutes ago, Ghost said:

Ooh, I never knew the actual reason for long logouts in the game before.

I can’t answer your question, but you did teach me something 

Please keep in mind that was what I was told years ago back in the original game.  While I believe it to be true, someone might present evidence to the contrary.

[lemming]

The logoff timer is a little finicky.    The timer gets modified by powers use and location.  I run into this a bit with dayjob spots, but haven't narrowed it down.

[biostem]

18 hours ago, Techwright said:

I just logged out from inside Fort Trident, and I noticed it was the long 30 second log out. 

Was that added by the HC devs?  Maybe they implemented it as an outdoor/possible combat zone instead of a "safe" interior one...

[Techwright]

31 minutes ago, biostem said:

Was that added by the HC devs?  Maybe they implemented it as an outdoor/possible combat zone instead of a "safe" interior one...

No idea.  I should add that I logged off again in Fort Trident today, and it was only 15 seconds rather than 30.  No idea why the longer one yesterday.  I remember being surprised at the number.  Even so the Fort is a safe zone, I think, so why the longer timer there?  Perhaps it is what @lemming suggests.

[StorytellingMonkey]

21 hours ago, Techwright said:

It is a minor detail, I know, but I just logged out from inside Fort Trident, and I noticed it was the long 30 second log out.

 

I just tested.

I ran at level 5 speed from the Atlas base portal to Fort Trident, went in, and logged to selection screen: 18 sec log-out timer.

I logged the same character back in and stood where I was and logged out to the selection screen again: 14 sec log-out timer

[srmalloy]

On 1/14/2025 at 9:12 PM, Techwright said:

It is a minor detail, I know, but I just logged out from inside Fort Trident, and I noticed it was the long 30 second log out.   Why would that be?  As I recall, the long log outs were for areas where conflict could occur, and were done so that a player would not "cheat" by an instant logout and thereby remove all aggro.   To the best of my memory, Fort Trident has never been a combat zone.

The game is quirky about what constitutes a 'safe location' -- the universities are 'unsafe', the Midnighter Club is 'unsafe', the police stations are 'unsafe', but standing on top of a tram station where you can have an ambush pop up at any time is 'safe'.

[Luminara]

Minors aren't allowed in Fort Trident.  Longbow's last Take Your Child To Work Day... didn't end well.

[Jacke]

18 minutes ago, Luminara said:

Minors aren't allowed in Fort Trident.  Longbow's last Take Your Child To Work Day... didn't end well.

 

Think that was bad?  I only heard rumours about the Vahzilok doing the same and I don't want to know more.

[DoctorDitko]

I have a macro:

/macro BOSS quit$$dialogyes

 

(Not that I spend a lot of game time at work, but that's the traditional name for the function.)

Sometimes at lunch I log in to check my auctions, etc.
AFAICT, it's pretty random. I can log in, check /AH, and log out several times in a row, without moving, and the time will vary, usually between instant and ~15 seconds. When I get a 30 second countdown, I can cancel and try again, and usually get a shorter one. This is all without moving my character.

 

TL;DR: I think it's random.