New Server Notes about taking breaks...
Yateball
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Need clarification on this:
"To remind players that taking breaks is important, a new pop-up system has been introduced. Players might encounter this pop-up while playing and might be required to restart the game."
To me, that sounds ridiculous
"To remind players that taking breaks is important, a new pop-up system has been introduced. Players might encounter this pop-up while playing and might be required to restart the game."
To me, that sounds ridiculous
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Unless they are referring to events, which might require us to spam the exact same missions for 8 hours out of each day just to maintain our event rank. If they are concerned about our collective health due to event demands, why not just decrease the amount of spamming that is needed in events?
It feels like another shove towards making us spending cash to compete.
Ahh, true... hadn't thought of that. If that's the case though, why not call it what it is instead of hiding it in some stupid "take breaks" nonsense. You're probably right though that's what it'll be for
Very happy to see DB take a step like this. I would hope it's smart enough to not trigger mid action, often enough to not let folks just macro in hour plus smaller sessions, and proactive enough to trigger frequently off repeated sequences.
Surely just a first step that will need tweaking and tuning, but exactly the kind of first step we needed.
To me it sounds like a way to stop people from using macros in skirmishes. I approve as long as they don't do it in the middle of a battle or away mission or something, causing you to fail.
This is a positive change in my mind.
Probably won't solve all problems, but a good first step.
I hope they send it out as a message to all players so no one has the excuse that they "don't go to the forums" and start punitive actions against people using macros once they find a way around this.
Agreed that it's a positive for this purpose, originally posting I hadn't thought about it for the macro wars usage. I still just wish they'd call it what it is instead of claiming it's encouraging taking breaks
Bring on the next Skirmish
True, but at the same time the follow up announcement speaks to using various methods to fight macros. I'm sure that, among other things, that type of behaviour would flag their system.
I can't see that happening (for me) because I don't cut it so close that I'd be out of anti-matter in the amount of time it would take me to log back on.
Here's to hoping you are right and this isn't the only thing they are actually doing
It has happened to me multiple times. I was so close to the 8th hour dilemma that I had to watch the antimatter, sometimes I passed it but sometimes I didn't. But I did manage to hit the return every single time. If a restart pop-up would have appeared, I would have lost all those voyages. It's not paranoia, unless they code the pop-up really well, they will cause this to happen many times.
All that matters is that you don't get between me, and the blood wine ! Kaplagh !
Lol sorry, sisko moment.
All that matters at this moment is that they are trying.
If the"rests" / "breaks" are indeed anti macro movements I think it's great that such a forward and pretty transparent move has been made.
I'd be ok if they even put in some sort of random "are you real" test that came up randomly that would just ask you to.. "touch the yellow triangle Followed by the blue circle" a non complicated captcha. Something a macro couldn't defeat but wouldn't halt a legit player from playing legitimately. Maybe even attach a small player bonus for getting / doing them like 100 honor or chronitons or something.
I do hope, that this doesn't hurt legit players by means of false flags at horrible times.
(Like, the last 15 minutes of any event, recalling voyages and that sort)
but that still has an open question for skirmishes...
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Agreed! Personally though I would rather they made the events/game less dull/repetitive!!
Endless clicking in Skirmish and Galaxy events are not fun!
Jim