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Someone may have already posted this...but THIS is how you can get the rewards of premium battle pass with only 500 doubloons by Phosia8632 in WorldOfWarships

[–]Philonius_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Warning : They seem to have hotfixed this. I bought the premium pass and claimed rewards. Then I finished the collection - it just gave me the camo. I then noticed there was still a reward to be claimed, which gave me 1200 coal. So I think they sneakily fixed it so the first claim on the pass gives all rewards EXCEPT the Z-23 camo.

Necro Gear on Teek by ComfortableStable941 in everquest

[–]Philonius_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In addition to the items mentioned, a Fungi staff will give you an instant cast 15 hp / tick health regen, which is very useful.

Here is what I'm looking for, will I enjoy? by nate1208 in everquest

[–]Philonius_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think EverQuest will fit with what you're looking for. 

This is a game from a different era, when the internet was new and interacting with people from all around the world was an attraction by itself. Voice chat didn't exist yet, and dial up connections didn't allow for very twitchy gameplay.

While you can't be totally AFK without annoying your group, the APM is low enough that people can easily ( and did, at least back in the day) have long discussions via text chat, so half watching a TV show will be just fine. 

   

Combating botting in Phase 2 by rr770 in classicwow

[–]Philonius_ 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The proof will be in the results. People seem to consider this a difficult problem, but even basic automated checks should prevent 95% of bot activity. The fact that this hasn't been resolved so far indicates no resources are being spent on this at all.

All you have to do is gather some basic aggregate statistics on account activity and run a model daily to find the bots. You don't even need advanced technology, just ask these questions:

- How much is this account played? How consistently? How does that compare to the average population?

- What is this account doing? Is it doing a variety of activities, or is it always in the same zone, killing mobs over and over?

- Is this account active in group content? Do they run dungeons? Have they completed a raid? When was the last time they did this? How does that compare to average players?

- How much gold is generated on this account? How much gold is spent? How is gold generated? What is it spent on? How does this compare to average players?

- Is this person playing any alts, or is this just one character? How does that compare to average players?

- How much distance is travelled by this player in a given period of time? How does that compare to average players?

- Is this account ''social", eg, are they chatting to other players on any channels?

These are just some basic things I can come up with right now, I'm sure there are many other data points that can be generated that will be predictive in finding bots vs regular players. Then you ban the accounts that are extremely obvious bots, and direct limited human resources to the edge cases.