Possible Solution to the NASA Bot

[Seraphus]

So this idea came to me several times in the past, and I said it in another thread so I wanted to make a Poll to see what exactly people think of this idea.

The idea behind this is to make it so that packet sniffing bots, or any kind of bots for that matter, are rendered roughly 99% inoperative against the claiming of Fafnir, Nidhogg, King Behemoth, Aspidochelone, and other highly contested (H)NMs

The idea is as Follows:

All of the previously mentioned NMs (others can be added as needed) will spawn using a form of AOE stun, or other special spawn parameters.

Any Kind of Wyrm spawns with Touchdown

Behemoth/King Behemoth spawn with Thunderstrike

Adamantoise and Aspidochelone have a spawn method similar to that of Tuchulcha from the ENM "Sheep In Antlion's Clothing" where the person needs to run over it and get it to agro, and upon spawn/agro the mob autoclaims to the person who got it.

What would everyone's thoughts, feelings, and concerns be on this?

[byte]

Been posted before and it's still an epic idea.

However,

So this idea came to me several times in the past

The idea behind this is to make it so that packet sniffing bots, or any kind of bots for that matter, are rendered roughly 99% inoperative against the claiming of Fafnir, Nidhogg, King Behemoth, Aspidochelone, and other highly contested (H)NMs

The idea is as Follows:

All of the previously mentioned NMs (others can be added as needed) will

have a spawn method similar to that of

ENM

You unknowingly posted a superior solution

[arshesney]

Been posted before and it's still an epic idea.

This, original idea was from Max™ iirc

[Colenzo]

how about just making them instanced through some sort of quest that takes liek 3 hours to do

[jurjur]

can still do radar programs to find aspi if it pops like enm antlion

[rex_garuda]

fealty, terrorize-ga would be more awesome

[SephYuyX]

Make all HNMs ??? able to be popped once an irl day, increase difficulty and lower drop rates.

[Drex]

how about just making them instanced through some sort of expansion that takes liek 3 months to do

fixed, this is ffxi

[Aro]

Time to build a resist stun set..?

[BerenTebogo]

People here know my stance on botting and I still think this would be hilarious.

I voted yes.

[jimbo]

why not just make aspid fall from the sky and crush/kill whoever it lands on and is in casting range? the big earthquake signals the pop!

[drwaffles]

Don't mean to backseat mod, but what's the point of making a new topic just to speculate on possible fixes that SE (not we, the players) could implement in order to combat botting? It's hardly constructive, and most of it's been said a million times before...

[Seraphus]

About as much of a point as there is to Backseat modding.

If you don't have anything worthwhile to contribute, then ---------->

[Corrderio]

I voted it'll work to an extent. Since bottng mules could PoS hack to avoid the AoE.

I did have my own idea on how to fix HNM camps, I might post it later.

[drwaffles]

About as much of a point as there is to Backseat modding.

If you don't have anything worthwhile to contribute, then ---------->

Very convincing argument thar.

[Seraphus]

I think it'd work to an extent on the grounds that more and more shells would just be focussing on how many people they have at camps, probably creating more lag in more hopes of claiming anyway.

That thought just crossed my mind

[Eanae]

Would work to an extent. Bots would still be faster then human reaction time when stuns wear off. Good bots can also claim what a player can't see created by a high player count in a zone.

[Gregorio]

I voted it'll work to an extent. Since bottng mules could PoS hack to avoid the AoE.

I did have my own idea on how to fix HNM camps, I might post it later.

I'd imagine that would be pretty easy to catch someone who's doing that.

[matt4684]

can still do radar programs to find aspi if it pops like enm antlion

with 60 people in the valley waiting to claim good luck being the first person to get there

[Seraphus]

Would work to an extent. Bots would still be faster then human reaction time when stuns wear off. Good bots can also claim what a player can't see created by a high player count in a zone.

Thats why you make it a stun for a random duration, varying by person