TLRD: you weren’t interested anyway so don’t bother posting.
So I was doing research on a weapon I want to unlock “Naegling” and I found that I need 50 Vial of Powerful Blood, 100 Orichalcum Ingots, 20 Mystic Coins and 50 skill points (Eldritch Scroll) to unlock it. Ok – fair enough. That is a lot. But I can see why.
I didn’t even predict I would need extra skill points for items so as I hit level 80 I had spent every skill point I had on useless skills for my character. Again: whatever no bigs. I didn’t explore a lot of the world, so I set off on my mission to complete 50 skill points. Bravely, me and my 20 silvers ran through the entire world on foot because I couldn’t afford to use the WP system since it’skitten expensive… so I hoofed it playing the game “your” way. You know who you are.
So I finally completed 50 skill points… and then was finding out later that after level 80, you still “level” but instead of gaining a level you gain a skill point. Groan. There’s 2 things I wish I had known. But so be it… whatevs.
So then I start to look up where I can find Vial of Powerful Blood. Well. Trolls. And there is basically 1 spawn grounds for them. Like 1. In the entire game.
So I have loaded up magic find on a specific gear set I use for PVE now… and hit the area. Did you know 30-60 mins of farming nets you like 2-3 Vial of Powerful Blood? That is even with Omnom’s on in full MF gear. Awesome, hey?
So I noticed a few peculiar people who were teleporting around. At first I was like: this guy is lagging hard core. The I was noticing that he was jumping from “troll spawn point” to “troll spawn point.” It was crazy. I flagged the guy as botting. Been there the entire day.
So… if I personally was running a game and I made decisions that impacted my players such as “anti-farming” code… 1st of all before I put said code into my game, I would have a chat with my guys… I would rule out every single possible item on the check sheet for keeping players “legit” prior to implementing some code that DICTATES the way that I want my players to play my game. I would have implemented coding into my game that would automatically ban players who are using bots and especially teleporting around the maps… that wouldn’t even be in question. Do it just once: BOOM – gone. Like instantly: “you have been disconnected from the server” type of gone.
Second thing I would do is implement a system in which, if you are in an area too long, or even randomly… it would pop up a little “type what you see” or clicking images to match what is displayed. Temp ban those who fail this simple display test 2 times in a row.
Third thing I would do is be open and honest with everyone… if I really think that it’s wrong for someone to be in an area for longer than 30 mins: I would announce what the actual coding was that I was implementing. “Guys: we’ve done our utmost and complete best to eliminate the bots, however we are still unsuccessful in our venture… so for the time being you have 50 kills (here’s a countdown for you) in an area and then you have to go to another area for 50 different kills before you come back… but don’t worry: we’ve loaded up more trolls over in X location on another map because we understand why people are attracted to this area and are just trying to have some fun with the game while attempting to attain a cool item.”
I don’t understand the necessity for the anti-farming code ESPECIALLY if you guys have TELEPORTING in your game and no code against that? How amateur is that anyways? No – seriously. Think about how amateur that is before you lock this thread and ban me. Be honest with yourself. NOT ONLY ARE PEOPLE LIBERALLY BOTTING IN YOUR GAME BUT YOU HAVE TELEPORTING UP AND BELOW GROUND… AND YOU HAVE ZERO LINES OF CODE TO PREVENT, CAPTURE, AND DEAL WITH IT.
Totally… completely… amateur. Someone needs to be fired. Someone royally messed up.