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    Quote Originally Posted by Dawnseeker View Post
    Just to be clear, nothing was changed today except that you can no longer directly link into servers. The current homepage login process has been in place since Age II was released.
    Just because it's been around doesn't mean that it's the right process...

    The main issue is that's now a single point of failure. If the main web page goes down, so does the ability for people to log in. Previously it was only if the login servers went down. Now it's both...

    Also, there's a lot more TCP sockets being opened up to advertising companies that wastes bandwidth for me and others. I understand it's not a waste of bandwidth for you, as it's a money-maker, but I can address that by moving to Firefox and using AdBlockPlus, which I already have.

    Further, the Facebook stuff is just too tempting for Age I players to click on. There have been a few posts on here from people who have done that, and every now and then I see the "Lord123456789" (or whatever) cities showing up on Age I servers that should not be there.

    Then there's the potential for sending passwords in the clear and being stored in browser cookies / session data now rather than just in the Adobe Local Shared Object area. Potential...because I haven't validated that the data is being sent / stored in the clear. It might not be. If it isn't, then I'll withdraw that commentary / critique...

    If it helps reduce the cheating, great, but it's far from perfect...
    Last edited by neko_lord; 01-18-2011 at 03:02 AM.

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