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Thread: Captchas Now Testing on ss57 and ss60

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jaftica View Post
    What do you mean final days? Do you work for Evony and know something we do not? There are new users and new servers, a new server just opened up 8 days ago. No links? What page do you use to sign in?
    i started on a newer server just recently, but have a new internet provider. went to register new email to play, all links go direct to age 2 - no choices. you have to log out/in and PURPOSELY choose an age 1 server from the big list of ALL servers- which new players probably wouldnt even think to do - let alone want to.

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    Evony, if you haven't gotten the impression yet... WE DO NOT WANT NOR DO WE NEED THIS! I'm a customer but if you try and push back armies of honest players you will lose my support and i will quit and bring my money to a new game simple =] most enjoy what age 1 is, if they do not then they have age 2 (both versions) to play on.

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    Quote Originally Posted by irchie View Post
    i started on a newer server just recently, but have a new internet provider. went to register new email to play, all links go direct to age 2 - no choices. you have to log out/in and PURPOSELY choose an age 1 server from the big list of ALL servers- which new players probably wouldnt even think to do - let alone want to.
    yep if you click login and click on new user it doesnt give you the choice to choose age 1, takes you straight to age2 :>
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    Shows how long it has been since I signed up for a new server. Thanks for the info.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jaftica View Post
    Shows how long it has been since I signed up for a new server. Thanks for the info.

    i think it was 149 i noticed it, so for everyone that has quit age 1 since that server started, there is almost NO new players to replace. Thats what i meant by last days.

    even the biggest coiner will sooner or later tired of having to constantly spend on vestas, hench captcha is gonna speed up its death.

    must admit tho, since evony has clearly given up on age 1, i dont understand why they even care how people play, as long as the money keeps coming in. seems silly to me

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    Quote Originally Posted by neko_lord View Post

    A counter-tactic that bot-makers would then use is a configurable time where the bot is idle. Players will simply test using various amounts of time until they find the setting that causes the least number of popups.


    It was Dave Mata, and I agree wholeheartedly, it's insulting.



    That's a fair question to the company that they should answer and make sure they stick to their answer.
    Good Point, you are probably right about the bot configuration being able to be changed to suit this. Point taken. My idea narrowly sucks but it was worth a shot. Maybe it'll get someones fire started and they could come up with something different.

    I had thought I had seen Dave make that comment but because I could not find it again... I started to think I'd lost some marbles in this mess.

    and... Thank you very much. I was hoping people would not be convinced I was a silly little girl.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Thantium View Post
    You will not sign out, but you will not be able to enter any commands untill the captcha is answered. On a side note why leave the game on all day if you are not home?



    Nothing, they will work, you just cannot enter any new commands



    Again the game will still play just as if you are logged off, you just cannot enter any new commands untill the captcha is answered.

    I leave my game on all day rather I am actually at my computer or not some times . Does it bother me nope . If i walk by I can glance at my reports and see their is nothing because you made a little number next to it :P

    Is it taking up your bandwidth yep . Is it taking up mind yep but i pay a set amount and that is it.

    I have done this since s4 and if i get a random 5 minutes between doing work i will send out farms.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pantea View Post
    1. I cannot answer this one, through my personal feeling is that 1 out of 4 is legit and the others are just crying such to stop the capthas

    2. This is your most sound idea.

    3. This is silly, reward for what.

    4. Compensation for what, I bet if people answer honestly they have lost more heroes and troops to the lag, the dreaded spinning clock. I would wager that a capthas popping up would be a rare thing during attacks and defending in comparison to what was lost due to the lag caused by the bots.

    I've lost troops, heroes due to the lag. It ****ed me off, but I didn't go ranting, I took it in stride. Treated it as if power had gone off or IP dropped. Thou in the future I rather risk a capthas popping up, instead of dealing with the cheaters using bots and their lag. Just as I look forward to the end of multple accounts, the feeder accounts.
    1. LOL Legit or not it's not a person specific thing. If they make the needed adjustments to make the captcha friendlier for the disabilities then they have done their job. If the player still has problems then it's not by fault of Evony not attempting to make it more friendly to those who do have those disabilities.

    2. Thank you but I was already proven wrong in my idea. A Bot designer may be able to find issues around the idle time triggers. I do, however, think that if the increase in activity of a botting account is THAT much higher as was described by Thantium (did I get that name right?) that perhaps that would be an effective trigger. Again, a programmer would likely find a way to taylor this to drop below detectable levels. Idea nixed. Damn and I thought I had a good one!!

    3. I'm not sure i understand that you are agreeing it's silly or saying I'm silly. (Looks aren't everything) Still, I'm with Dave on this even though I assume he said it more to say that players should not be rewarded for following the rules when they have agreed to do so without the bribery of a reward to do so when they signed up.

    4. and ok... simply failing to close the gates, no. However if it's been a long battle and you are not able to keep loyalty on your hero up as high as you want and someone sends multiple devastating hits to land at the same time... in that moment in time that you might have been able to close the gates but instead was busy entering the capthca, yes you can lose that defending hero. since a heroes loyalty drops 5 points for every loss and devastating hits can take a hero of higher loyalty as a reward the chance is there. I did specify that the probability should not be the question but the solution to the possible situation should be addressed. Especially since many have actually asked. That is only one such possible situation. As far as the troops or resources, you're right... that is much easier to get over than the loss of a top hero. In reference to the captcha being anything like a power outage or internet loss... that, I'm sorry is not a concern. That is not something controlled by Evony. Unfortunate, yes. Devasting if you lose the hero... definently. The only difference is that Evony did not put you in that risk as it does with the captcha.

    I do appreciate your feedback and thoughts as I'm sure others do too. Now.... really... where's the refreshment bar??

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    Their is far easier ways to tell who is botting then a captcha system if they use the game code and check internal functions from the clients and special version numbers or heck even put in a sid into the flash engine that negotiates the send and receive of the packets .

    Captcha's will work for 90% of the bots but with the right utilities and and a talented developer they will not.

    But I do agree getting rid of 80% or 90% of the bot usage is by far better then the amount I have seen since i started playing this game. It is so frustrating going against a player that is botting.

    Good Example in Age II i have seen players who admitted to botting and have maybe spent a 100 dollars on the game and have all 13+ star sets because the drop rates of gems from farming lvl 5 or below npcs which occur no losses from ballistas and trans it absolutely ruins the game . One of the main reasons i have started playing age 1 again.
    Last edited by Beoku; 08-05-2011 at 05:25 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by KaylaMarie View Post


    I do appreciate your feedback and thoughts as I'm sure others do too. Now.... really... where's the refreshment bar??

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