being idle doesn't waste any resource nor causes the game to lag, that's just bad optimization. In a game like vindictus you don't have afk timer, sure the game doesn't have the greatest optimization, but it doesn't lag because there are many players. This is a chat/sex game, it doesn't need a timer. It would be hella annoying chatting with someone and then having to move from time to time, or you're deep into rp and having to switch pose or something just so you don't get kicked. If you're refering to wasting resources, you probably mean MNF. That game doesn't have afk timer because of this, it's because there are many players and they will just fill the servers. WOW for example has quene because it has many players. 3DX is pretty much like being idle inside the menu of the game, you're still inside the server, also 3DX doesn't have that many players to have such timer. 3DX uses different servers, if you think other people cause the game to lag, isn't true. There are people who join from around the world and that would've caused lots of lag in the game, if it was with those servers you think about.