Why is there a logout timer in some places, not in others?

[Jawbreaker]

I understand why they did it back on live in the PVP zones, but now it varies all over. If I log outside of City Hall, for instance, I get the "Disconnecting in 15 seconds" timer, but if I log out inside City Hall, it disconnects immediately. If I log out on the street in Nova Praetoria, it's 10 seconds. 

[aethereal]

You don't have the timer in places you are guaranteed to be safe.  The timer is so that you can't avoid dying by abruptly logging out.

[Jawbreaker]

Hmm. Makes sense, Though I don't know if I'm more likely to die in AP than Nova, per the timer discrepancy. But what do I know? I'm the king of debt

[srmalloy]

21 minutes ago, aethereal said:

You don't have the timer in places you are guaranteed to be safe.  The timer is so that you can't avoid dying by abruptly logging out.

The problem is that it's not consistent. You still get the timer if you're in police stations or universities, for example, despite your only being able to get into them by going through a door that is inaccessible to NPC mobs. I think there should be a sanity check sweep of the various 'indoor' locations to see which ones should be redesignated as 'safe zones' for logging out.

[catsi563]

My understanding is that the timer is based on the level of public access to the area

a ""live area"" pocket D atlas near libs the university etc etc is a live area where everyone has access to and comes and goes and does stuff so if someone just afks there it creates server lag taking up resources used for active players and thus the game kicks them after a certain time frame until theyre ready to go live again

 

""Closed areas"" are instanced maps like missions and flashpoints and superbases etc that only the player and their teammates have access to at any one time and thus dont take as much resource wise and a player can remain safely tucked away inside one add in as Aethereal said that for the most part you are safe in those zones unless baddies are about and the game can afford to let you afk for a bit as its much less of a priority

[Psyonico]

4 hours ago, aethereal said:

You don't have the timer in places you are guaranteed to be safe.  The timer is so that you can't avoid dying by abruptly logging out.

This is what it's supposed to mean,  but since Portal Corp is surrounded by drones and inside it still has a logout timer.

[Snarky]

because of what you did...

[Jawbreaker]

2 hours ago, Snarky said:

because of what you did...

I'll fukin do it again

 

[lemming]

There's also a modifier on the timer based on powers used.    

[aethereal]

16 hours ago, Psyonico said:

This is what it's supposed to mean,  but since Portal Corp is surrounded by drones and inside it still has a logout timer.

They just didn't bother to necessarily flag every below-zone level safe space as safe.

[Forager]

On 11/8/2025 at 2:10 PM, catsi563 said:

My understanding is...

 

Reread the OP.