Leakage
Just so everyone is aware. People can tell who is logged into general chat even if you don’t speak in it.
So if you’re a regular champ hunter and you’re wondering how you keep getting caught, it’s because we know when you’re online so know when to scout.
(This is why my scouter does not log into general chat also)
So if you’re a regular champ hunter and you’re wondering how you keep getting caught, it’s because we know when you’re online so know when to scout.
(This is why my scouter does not log into general chat also)
I tell you the truth, tis better to do 10 damage on the right target than 100 damage on the wrong target.
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Partially true.
Or do you search by individual name?
hasn't seen this thread, and isn't right this very second, or sometime tonight, or this weekend, planning to follow Mervyn and his guild around on Europa, watching each and every thing they do. Never has there ever been a bigger or better invitation to do so.
Please make the Grizzled Mare a 5 slot mount, it's incredibly rare and deserves it. Some of us have been waiting a long time for this simple addition.
I just assumed they had a macro running a hidden toon on an unused account that sent them a text message when someone showed up. That way they would have a second "player" to back them up (not that anyone would multi box another player)
Until UO is truly sandboxed so NO external or "helper" programs can interact with it PVP is ..... oh hell I'll just get edited out again.
But ask yourself was that fellow who beat you last really not running any "cheat" programs? Was he/she really quicker at choosing the right attack or just better at writing macros? Did they have quicker reflexes or just a quicker computer and or internet connection.
NOTE this is no an attack on any individual but on a community. Give me an access to non PVP power scrolls or even better phase them out of the game and I'll leave you alone.
Please make the Grizzled Mare a 5 slot mount, it's incredibly rare and deserves it. Some of us have been waiting a long time for this simple addition.
Right here. What are the numbers!
I am letting you know as a public service as I for one found it quite intrusive to find out. There are some privacy concerns. Maybe you don’t want everyone to know what times you log in/out.
I didn't used to have to look up on uo.com.
I'd built a spreadsheet that listed all id numbers and character names in the past. I then linked known characters, and player names where I could.
The reason I did this, was pvpers who've acted like idiots, always changed their names, then tried to infiltrate our guild/faction for example - with the id numbers, I could track them.
So it is leaking chat numbers somewhere, the obvious question the devs will ask is where?
My questions would be, can you see the total numbers online at any time?
And if you could, and had created a spreadsheet or pivot like the one I mentioned, you could add names all the way down as well - and like you say, times.
With your suppa duppa info, can you tell me the name of that archer?
I think you're blowing smoke.
But apparently some people, not you, can use an unnamed 3rd party program to know if someone's protector character is online, if the character is logged in to general chat. I've got that right?
So in essence what you're telling us is don't have your protector char in general chat? Use instead party chat, guild chat, alliance chat, or a specially made chat channel.
When he showed me that, he told me to say anybodys name and when I named a random person it went directly to their location... and these were people he had no idea who they were... it was very creepy
The "leak" is probably the doorway that lets your "legal" 3rd party programs work. If it can grab your location to work let alone your guild mate's how hard to get the location of everyone else. And thinking about it, is there anything those programs do that wouldn't require your location info to work and if it can get your's how do you stop it getting everybody else's. Remember we are talking about a 20 year old program.
The posable fixes are probably
- Block all access (kill 3rd party programs)
- Put in some really strict security requiring verified permission before releasing data ($$$$$ and a pain in the ass to use)
- Trust that that player trying to kill you player "wouldn't use any such illegal third party software,"
All in all it seems like a feature that should be added to EC map. It would be nice to glance at the map and see who is on and were everybody is rather than have to call out on general chat. Be useful to avoid the crowd as often as join one.A spreadsheet with the account #s would suffice.
Maybe they fixed the leak since then *shrugs shoulders*
if you don’t beleive me then don’t worry about it.