Curiousity Alter

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Re: Curiousity Alter

Postby Lunarius_Haberdash » Wed Nov 04, 2015 1:46 am

Honestly I think Captcha's should be added to prevent auto-study *And* botting overall.
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Re: Curiousity Alter

Postby sabinati » Wed Nov 04, 2015 1:53 am

Captchas are the worst solution
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Re: Curiousity Alter

Postby Leafstab » Wed Nov 04, 2015 2:14 am

sabinati wrote:Captchas are the worst solution

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Re: Curiousity Alter

Postby overtyped » Wed Nov 04, 2015 7:15 am

sabinati wrote:Captchas are the worst solution

It would solve botting at least!
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Re: Curiousity Alter

Postby Jackwolf » Wed Nov 04, 2015 7:22 am

DaniAngione wrote:I mean, it's not like no one has ever done it. Several games are using captcha (or other variations) to detect AFK players, private Ultima Online servers were using random "type this number!" pop-ups 10 years ago to prevent macroers, etc...



This looks a lot more elegant than captchas. Could literally make it 2-4 numbers or letters randomized. I guess a bot could crack it by putting in something to randomly generate a solution when posed, but it would require time to get it right - even then you could counter this by having it changed when the input is done incorrectly 4 times in a row.

Simple for players, hard for bots.
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Re: Curiousity Alter

Postby CaptainMidget » Wed Nov 04, 2015 7:23 am

sabinati wrote:Captchas are the worst solution


I dont understand how people think they're smart for even suggesting them.
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Re: Curiousity Alter

Postby boshaw » Wed Nov 04, 2015 7:27 am

overtyped wrote:
sabinati wrote:Captchas are the worst solution

It would solve botting at least!


No it doesn't.
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Re: Curiousity Alter

Postby rebornzox » Wed Nov 04, 2015 7:48 am

Im suggesting to add some kind of "hunger bar" for curiosities. Should work fine. Chain studying makes you recieve less LP, once your study bar gets a rest, you get the bonuses back.
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Re: Curiousity Alter

Postby Avu » Wed Nov 04, 2015 7:54 am

Yeah let's be incentivized to play the game even less or make more alts.
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Re: Curiousity Alter

Postby CaptainMidget » Wed Nov 04, 2015 7:57 am

Look, they can either view auto-studying as a form of botting and ban it all together since the client is doing the work or not.

Or the f2p people can suck it up, buy a sub and autostudy themselves. Those who are subbed and dont auto-study, spend 20 minutes gathering your curios and leave your laptop on overnight. Not aloud to leave a device on all night to autostudy? Deal with it. Dont fuck around with those who decide to put the extra effort in.
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