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Post by sigemon on Jun 27, 2015 21:13:04 GMT -8
Arthur and Carlos hunt every Bosses(VT Seru GV GoD PoP...) in each location every two hours by MQ warp.
This is why other players have no chance.
I suggest that you should add Instance Zone.
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Post by sunbeam on Jun 28, 2015 4:49:49 GMT -8
Who are these guys, Arthur and Carlos?
You know it sounds like paranoia, but if you have a known spawn rate, and you can warp...
What stops someone from doing this? I bet you could even macro it if you didn't mind loot rotting, so you could be asleep or at work while this is going on.
The question is why bother? I dunno, but dicks will go to any extent to... be dicks.
Genie is out of the bag on Macroquest, but I still don't know what I think of that. If it is a "solo" server, with you playing one char, it would be wiser not to have it.
I've grown addicted to the map feature because I hate wasting time looking for roaming outdoor spawns. Still the potential downside is pretty big considering what that program is capable of.
If it is a boxing server, I don't know how you really box without the stick command. /Follow is totally unworkable in a lot of zones unless you have a two monitor/keyboard setup, or a whole lot of patience to alt-tab.
I've used it a lot, but if I were the dev I'd ban Macroquest. Hate to go back to running around Skyfire looking for Talendor (spent 30 mins doing that once, no joke), but the downside is pretty big with the program.
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Post by Osiris on Jun 29, 2015 6:33:51 GMT -8
quite a few stuff is logged on the server - I can compare a kill log with when/who has spoke to janejett. eventually a pattern will develop (actually can be done quite easily with a sql query). if there are a bunch of kills in a short amount of time, with no, or very little speech to JJ. that can suggest a repeated pattern of getting to zones without using JJ to get around. its not a perfect way of determining things, but, again, it can show circumstantial evidence as to how ppl are getting around.
the teleport script that is currently not finished (but is usable, may be put into place very soon) can be altered as well with some parameters that will make things easier to 'log' and compare to the kill log.
I don't mind that macroquest is used for mapping features, as the talendor example you gave - or say hunting quillmane. but I definitely don't want it abused for warping and such.
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Post by furniture on Jun 30, 2015 20:32:59 GMT -8
I have to say that the hackers table in the eqemu database is really handy for catching people using MQ2 to warp. Some things will set off false flags (like npc porters and such) but it is pretty reliable to catch offenders. If someone is flagged for warping in several zones that arent setting off false flags then it is worth looking into. If someone is a serious repeat offender they will stand out in the table pretty clearly.
On Vengeful I would be invisible and used MQ2 to stick to people i was investigating while doing other things. If they all of a sudden warped across the zone after they killed something I could see it with my own eyes and caught many people this way.
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Post by sunbeam on Jul 1, 2015 11:07:10 GMT -8
Furn by any chance do you have a list of some of the classic mobs that are missing in the EMU database that you added by request?
I can think of 3 off the top of my head:
1) Petrifin in Rathe Mountains
2) Kobold Predator in Sol A
3) Minotaure Elder (think that is the name), Lower Guk drops the Chrysoberyl Talisman. (Not sure you ever added this one, but I remember you adding the others.)
Obviously this makes no difference, because if Kunark is in, you can do better than this stuff. Still I am a completist though.
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Post by furniture on Jul 3, 2015 18:47:32 GMT -8
I don't remember, maybe you can find some in the bug section on the old forum.
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