Author Topic: Rest Message XP Exploit  (Read 1612 times)

Super Sugar

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Rest Message XP Exploit
« on: August 24, 2018, 12:19:49 PM »
The rest menu message "What would you like to do?" seems to count as your character actually speaking, resulting in RP Experience Gain and without the need of others in the proximity.  This could be used by someone idle with something such as an autokey for "R".

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[CHAT WINDOW TEXT] [Fri Aug 24 11:30:21] Super Sugar has joined as a player..
[CHAT WINDOW TEXT] [Fri Aug 24 11:30:22] [Server] You are now in a Full PVP Area.
[CHAT WINDOW TEXT] [Fri Aug 24 11:30:37] Zytholin Noccinton has left as a player..
[CHAT WINDOW TEXT] [Fri Aug 24 11:30:53] [Server] You are now in a Full PVP Area.
[CHAT WINDOW TEXT] [Fri Aug 24 11:30:54] Resting.
[CHAT WINDOW TEXT] [Fri Aug 24 11:30:54]
Current Area: The Mists - Vistani Camp - Arrival - Visitors' Tent
--------- Current Weather ---------
Temperature:      22°C (71°F)
Humidity:             Balanced
Wind:                  Windless (0 m/sec)
[CHAT WINDOW TEXT] [Fri Aug 24 11:30:54] Cancelled Rest.
[CHAT WINDOW TEXT] [Fri Aug 24 11:30:54] Imrae Zauviir: What would you like to do? <------- Rest Menu Message
[CHAT WINDOW TEXT] [Fri Aug 24 11:30:55] Imrae Zauviir: [Teleport to OOC Lounge] <------- Rest Menu Message
[CHAT WINDOW TEXT] [Fri Aug 24 11:30:55] << Safe location stored. >>
[CHAT WINDOW TEXT] [Fri Aug 24 11:30:55] Moving to OOC Lounge in 10 seconds.
[CHAT WINDOW TEXT] [Fri Aug 24 11:30:59] -narwhal- has left as a player..
[CHAT WINDOW TEXT] [Fri Aug 24 11:31:06] [Server] You are now in a No PVP area.
[CHAT WINDOW TEXT] [Fri Aug 24 11:31:09] Zytholin Noccinton has joined as a player..
[CHAT WINDOW TEXT] [Fri Aug 24 11:31:12] -narwhal- has joined as a player..
[CHAT WINDOW TEXT] [Fri Aug 24 11:32:53] Colorfullfan has joined as a player..
[CHAT WINDOW TEXT] [Fri Aug 24 11:32:53] Lyndsay has joined as a player..
[CHAT WINDOW TEXT] [Fri Aug 24 11:33:39] The time is now 10 AM.
[CHAT WINDOW TEXT] [Fri Aug 24 11:34:48] -narwhal- has left as a player..
[CHAT WINDOW TEXT] [Fri Aug 24 11:35:10] -narwhal- has joined as a player..
[CHAT WINDOW TEXT] [Fri Aug 24 11:35:40] Experience gained.                         <------- Experience Gain
[CHAT WINDOW TEXT] [Fri Aug 24 11:36:40] Sir Ghlaunder Remus Elan has left as a player..
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[CHAT WINDOW TEXT] [Fri Aug 24 11:45:41] The time is now  12 noon.
[CHAT WINDOW TEXT] [Fri Aug 24 11:47:24] William has joined as a player..
[CHAT WINDOW TEXT] [Fri Aug 24 11:48:51] DM Tarokka : [Shout] // Greetings, being here for some minutes, is there anything I can help you with?
[CHAT WINDOW TEXT] [Fri Aug 24 11:49:15] Monktrus has left as a player..
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[CHAT WINDOW TEXT] [Fri Aug 24 11:51:42] The time is now 1 PM.
[CHAT WINDOW TEXT] [Fri Aug 24 11:51:48] Thaylorn has left as a player..
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[CHAT WINDOW TEXT] [Fri Aug 24 11:57:39] The time is now 2 PM.
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[CHAT WINDOW TEXT] [Fri Aug 24 12:03:34] The time is now 3 PM.
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Re: Rest Message XP Exploit
« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2018, 12:54:36 PM »
Were you role-playing with others before this? I noticed that sometimes you keep getting RP XP notifications for a few minutes afterward. I myself have never noticed the Rest menu triggering it, but I suppose that's easy enough to test.

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Re: Rest Message XP Exploit
« Reply #2 on: August 24, 2018, 12:56:17 PM »
Were you role-playing with others before this? I noticed that sometimes you keep getting RP XP notifications for a few minutes afterward. I myself have never noticed the Rest menu triggering it, but I suppose that's easy enough to test.

Unfortunately, no.  I provided my chat log from server log-in to XP Gain message to help illustrate this.

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Re: Rest Message XP Exploit
« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2018, 01:00:31 PM »
I doubt this evidences a bug. As Jeebs says, I've had residual XP after logging back in from a previous RP session.

One thing I wonder about, though, is the absence of the "Progression by Roleplay" message in your log. Usually when I get the "Experience Gained" without the other first, I assume a DM has given it to me for some reason. But since they changed RP XP with the last hak, it might be that the first message isn't always displayed anymore.

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Re: Rest Message XP Exploit
« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2018, 01:18:03 PM »
I doubt this evidences a bug. As Jeebs says, I've had residual XP after logging back in from a previous RP session.

One thing I wonder about, though, is the absence of the "Progression by Roleplay" message in your log. Usually when I get the "Experience Gained" without the other first, I assume a DM has given it to me for some reason. But since they changed RP XP with the last hak, it might be that the first message isn't always displayed anymore.

Oh, I didn't realize that XP gain progress between messages saved during logout time..  This may be a non-issue if that's the case.

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Re: Rest Message XP Exploit
« Reply #5 on: August 24, 2018, 09:41:03 PM »
I actually missed the absence of the "Progression by Roleplay" message the first time around (and the fact that you had just logged in)... but upon a second look at your chat log, it also looks like you didn't emote or say anything before getting that XP gain, which is kind of required to get RP XP as far as I know. I'm thinking this is just incidental... did you maybe gain a level when you rested that time? It doesn't look like you transitioned to another area so the odds that someone killed something or turned in a quest inside the MC's visitor tent are pretty low.

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Re: Rest Message XP Exploit
« Reply #6 on: August 24, 2018, 10:19:04 PM »
I actually missed the absence of the "Progression by Roleplay" message the first time around (and the fact that you had just logged in)... but upon a second look at your chat log, it also looks like you didn't emote or say anything before getting that XP gain, which is kind of required to get RP XP as far as I know. I'm thinking this is just incidental... did you maybe gain a level when you rested that time? It doesn't look like you transitioned to another area so the odds that someone killed something or turned in a quest inside the MC's visitor tent are pretty low.

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