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New Anti Macro device;)

DeanWinsDeanWins ✭✭✭✭
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Unless I lost my mind I think DB added a new anti Macro program.

Kind of like captcha? Pretty clever, Im like impressed and stuff;)

should make a lot of people happy now.

Hopefully it doesn't mess anything else up in the game.
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  • AmphistaffAmphistaff ✭✭✭✭✭
    The image I saw was "Which one is Sisko?" and then three characters displayed. I can think of many ways this could be coded poorly so we'll see if it's a select grouping of pre-defined images or if it dynamically pulls from any available crew (which is likely to be problematic).
  • RogueAngylRogueAngyl ✭✭✭
    I just finished burning through this event's chroniton cache + threshold chronitons and have not see anything out of the norm.
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    6. Have fun.
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  • NivenFresNivenFres ✭✭✭✭
    RogueAngyl wrote: »
    I just finished burning through this event's chroniton cache + threshold chronitons and have not see anything out of the norm.

    Still working, but haven't seen anything yet.
    "If it wasn't for autocorrect, we wouldn't have Tuvok on a Giraffe."
  • CaptainUnderpantsCaptainUnderpants ✭✭✭
    I got it on the first item after starting the event. I'm guessing it's because i had left the game at a gauntlet screen for a few hours.
  • Quit GameQuit Game ✭✭✭
    edited November 2018
    Amphistaff wrote: »
    The image I saw was "Which one is Sisko?" and then three characters displayed. I can think of many ways this could be coded poorly so we'll see if it's a select grouping of pre-defined images or if it dynamically pulls from any available crew (which is likely to be problematic).

    What if you have not watched DS9, you would maybe not have any idea who Sisko is. I would think that plenty of the younger audiences haven't watched DS9. I have been a Star Trek fan for quite a while but I only watched DS9 2 years ago.
  • NivenFresNivenFres ✭✭✭✭
    edited November 2018
    ###Kahless### wrote: »
    Amphistaff wrote: »
    The image I saw was "Which one is Sisko?" and then three characters displayed. I can think of many ways this could be coded poorly so we'll see if it's a select grouping of pre-defined images or if it dynamically pulls from any available crew (which is likely to be problematic).

    What if you have not watched DS9, you would maybe not have any idea who Sisko is. I would think that plenty of the younger audiences haven't watched DS9. I have been a Star Trek fan for quite a while but I only watched DS9 2 years ago.

    Maybe it's really clever and only shows you people from your crew... :)
    "If it wasn't for autocorrect, we wouldn't have Tuvok on a Giraffe."
  • Quit GameQuit Game ✭✭✭
    btw, where is the screenshot you keep mentioning?
  • [10F] gobolts07 [10F] gobolts07 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I had one on the first item I crafted, it was Janeway, who is in my crew. She does not have time for macros lol.
  • Quit GameQuit Game ✭✭✭
    Peachtree Rex wrote: »
    ###Kahless### wrote: »
    Amphistaff wrote: »
    The image I saw was "Which one is Sisko?" and then three characters displayed. I can think of many ways this could be coded poorly so we'll see if it's a select grouping of pre-defined images or if it dynamically pulls from any available crew (which is likely to be problematic).

    What if you have not watched DS9, you would maybe not have any idea who Sisko is. I would think that plenty of the younger audiences haven't watched DS9. I have been a Star Trek fan for quite a while but I only watched DS9 2 years ago.

    60db43dausdc.png

    If you only have access to one device, you can't quit the game to search on Google because you might be flagged as a cheater when you didn't cheat. And okay for Sisko and other famous characters but what about some less famous characters? If I ask you every single character would you be 100% correct? Maybe but not everyone would be.
  • AmphistaffAmphistaff ✭✭✭✭✭
    ###Kahless### wrote: »
    btw, where is the screenshot you keep mentioning?

    ldk48pio7qwr.png

    Here's the image I saw on Discord. A fleetmate got a similar one but asking about Data. They also purposely clicked the wrong character and just got another question.
  • Quit GameQuit Game ✭✭✭
    Amphistaff wrote: »
    ###Kahless### wrote: »
    btw, where is the screenshot you keep mentioning?

    ldk48pio7qwr.png

    Here's the image I saw on Discord. A fleetmate got a similar one but asking about Data. They also purposely clicked the wrong character and just got another question.

    Oh okay so they don't punish you for lack of knowledge. Then it's good enough.
  • [ISA] Big McLargeHuge[ISA] Big McLargeHuge ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think this is a pretty well thought out countermeasure. The point is not to be difficult, just to disrupt a system that doesn't have a person operating it.
  • AmphistaffAmphistaff ✭✭✭✭✭
    ###Kahless### wrote: »
    Amphistaff wrote: »
    ###Kahless### wrote: »
    btw, where is the screenshot you keep mentioning?

    ldk48pio7qwr.png

    Here's the image I saw on Discord. A fleetmate got a similar one but asking about Data. They also purposely clicked the wrong character and just got another question.

    Oh okay so they don't punish you for lack of knowledge. Then it's good enough.

    Well you might still get punished. I'm assuming that wrong answers get flagged and could result in a ban.
  • Quit GameQuit Game ✭✭✭
    Peachtree Rex wrote: »
    ###Kahless### wrote: »
    Peachtree Rex wrote: »
    ###Kahless### wrote: »
    Amphistaff wrote: »
    The image I saw was "Which one is Sisko?" and then three characters displayed. I can think of many ways this could be coded poorly so we'll see if it's a select grouping of pre-defined images or if it dynamically pulls from any available crew (which is likely to be problematic).

    What if you have not watched DS9, you would maybe not have any idea who Sisko is. I would think that plenty of the younger audiences haven't watched DS9. I have been a Star Trek fan for quite a while but I only watched DS9 2 years ago.

    60db43dausdc.png

    If you only have access to one device, you can't quit the game to search on Google because you might be flagged as a cheater when you didn't cheat. And okay for Sisko and other famous characters but what about some less famous characters? If I ask you every single character would you be 100% correct? Maybe but not everyone would be.

    You're really going to double-down on this one?
    1. Minimizing the app and bringing up the browser doesn't kill the game (at least it doesn't on my machine)
    2. Even if it DID kill the app, that wouldn't be the same as selecting the wrong one, it would just be killing the app
    3. While I obviously cannot prove this, I imagine they will be sticking to main cast or prominent characters. Of the screens I've seen so far, the most obscure character has been Guinan.
    4. If all else fails...Google

    Yes, I will because minimizing the app has killed it plenty of times for me on Android 7.
  • Mr. LincolnMr. Lincoln ✭✭✭✭✭
    ###Kahless### wrote: »
    Peachtree Rex wrote: »
    ###Kahless### wrote: »
    Peachtree Rex wrote: »
    ###Kahless### wrote: »
    Amphistaff wrote: »
    The image I saw was "Which one is Sisko?" and then three characters displayed. I can think of many ways this could be coded poorly so we'll see if it's a select grouping of pre-defined images or if it dynamically pulls from any available crew (which is likely to be problematic).

    What if you have not watched DS9, you would maybe not have any idea who Sisko is. I would think that plenty of the younger audiences haven't watched DS9. I have been a Star Trek fan for quite a while but I only watched DS9 2 years ago.

    60db43dausdc.png

    If you only have access to one device, you can't quit the game to search on Google because you might be flagged as a cheater when you didn't cheat. And okay for Sisko and other famous characters but what about some less famous characters? If I ask you every single character would you be 100% correct? Maybe but not everyone would be.

    You're really going to double-down on this one?
    1. Minimizing the app and bringing up the browser doesn't kill the game (at least it doesn't on my machine)
    2. Even if it DID kill the app, that wouldn't be the same as selecting the wrong one, it would just be killing the app
    3. While I obviously cannot prove this, I imagine they will be sticking to main cast or prominent characters. Of the screens I've seen so far, the most obscure character has been Guinan.
    4. If all else fails...Google

    Yes, I will because minimizing the app has killed it plenty of times for me on Android 7.

    And kills it on my ipad many times.
  • Quit GameQuit Game ✭✭✭
    I could also think of a potential issue which may or may not exist, I don't know. Select Janeway- brings up Klingon Janway. There are so many non Canon characters and other weird characters that if they do include them, it would be a problem especially if you would get flagged for not knowing who is who.
  • [ISA] Big McLargeHuge[ISA] Big McLargeHuge ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 2018
    I would suspect, and this is just a guess, that there are a finite pre-loaded amount of these, much like the previous anti-macro dialog box, so that issues like that are avoided. It is only about disrupting automated scripts, not about guessing "Which is more Janeway: Mirror Janeway or Warship Janeway?"
  • Quit GameQuit Game ✭✭✭
    Data1001 wrote: »
    Man, some of these are tough.

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    This has to be photoshopped.
  • Princess TristaPrincess Trista ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have received three of these checks during this event, and I applaud DB for this! <3<3<3
  • *Nomad* {PoF}*Nomad* {PoF} ✭✭✭✭✭
    Didn't get any, but it only took 34 minutes to get all thresholds so maybe I wasn't playing long enough... :smiley:
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  • Shy KhanShy Khan ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 2018
    Fully Fused & Fully Useless wrote: »
    The only think I dislike about it is that I first thought I had somehow received a "Behold!"

    I almost accidentally clicked as though I was choosing a Behold, too. Fortunately, I needed a Data.
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