Test latency of OTHER players???
Is there a way to test the latency of OTHER players in the raid?
Something like a ping test, minus your latency, followed by a report? |
Not unless everyone in the raid were to run such an addon.
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how about a script that reports latency? make other players copy it and run it before they get invite to RBG or whatever.
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Honestly, it would be so easy to spoof that.
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an addon like this would make it even harder for people to get into raids
/2 LFM DS PST Class, Spec, GS, Achievement and Latency and come to Trade Bank for inspection. We dont need anymore "Elitist" addons. god i miss the days when all you needed was DBM and Decursive (if you needed to dispel/curse etc) some of you older players (players that have been playing WoW since Beta/Release) probably miss the days BEFORE raiding addons. |
Anything can be spoofed using the addon channel, but, I hope oRA3 does not die out, it's practical and could implement a ping check as well, it already does resistance and durability check and it's very handy. :( oRA3 come back! <3
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Can be tricked yes, also stuff like Gearscore addon messages and such.
But, I found it handy, when in a guild of 25 raiders or even 10, much easier just check their durability instead of asking if they have repaired, or reagents, or specific item we may need during boss like specific flask/potion, e.g. Addon lets leader easier check stuff and I agree, for those that like they should see some popup info message tell what leader is checking for, with an off function if they don't care. :P But oRA3 not updated for 4.3, in LFR the ready check screen does not properly update. I hope it won't die out, there is no other addon like this left! I love the zone check too, easy summoning. :'( |
What can me spoofed about it?
Have an addon send messages and auto-respond ... measure the time it takes for the other one to respond, minus your own lag ... discard the actual message since it has no use |
Hehe, nice idea... but isn't the chat and game servers separate? Often I've lagged in the world but my chat worked fine, or the other way around, but still it's a good idea! ;) Measure the time it took for the reply to reach you minus own latency.
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Seerah: LF1M, required latency under 200ms. DK: Can I come? Seerah: Please run this script so I can see your latency. /run SendChatMessage(select(4,GetNetStats()),"WHISPER",nil,"Seerah") DK: (sees that the script just whispers a number to Seerah) 120 |
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Just curious, would one be able to make an addon communication spoof-proof?
I have my doubts, but maybe someone have managed to do this somehow. :P Also, a really offtopic question but since we nerds are gathered here... can you create a lua class/table that acts like jquery? I.e something like: tableName:get(2):isUnit("player"):call(function(self)print(self)end) It would in this case run a custom function, but only on the table entry or entries where the get(2) returns the appropriate data, then a sub-function to check if the unit is player, then call something on that/those object/objects. I am not sure if it's worth making this, performance wise would it bee too bad to practice this in LUA? It works in Javascript but they are totally different languages so, hehe. But you get my idea, it would shorten a lot of code and potentially you could even code something for WoW that is jquery like, for example you can select the appropriate object using: local t = tableName:get("UIParent>Button[name='CloseWindow']") I.e. a button object owned by UIParent with the name 'CloseWindow' and then you have t where it's either one or many objects fitting the criteria, now you can: t:IsShown():Click() Ergo if it's shown then click it. You'd need to program these functions of course but it's a neat idea, makes writing a bit shorter I think. :D |
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I think what'd be more important is mental latency. Just ask them what 1 + 1 is and see how long it takes them to respond ;)
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I used to have a guild officer who would ask potential recruits simple math questions with no explanation to see how they respond. He'd just type "2 + 7 = ?" or "yellow + blue = ?".
Sadly, most people responded with things like "???" or "wut?". :( |
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Anyway - someone mentioned MoP and 4 people in the guild replied "wut"? Then Panda's were mentioned - and it was asked what classes can they play. It was suggested that these people literally live in caves - but somehow they are in game. The fail pile was so huge that for sure I thought it was all in jest - and then people started getting angry (because if you are wrong or il-informed, what else is there to do but be angry?) and then people started getting "muted" and a couple were demoted. It was so comical - I had forgotten what it was like to be in a large guild - I have been pretty much solo for 2 years. Some people really can't function - WoW is obviously hurting their development as functional human beings. It is sad. This rant was started because during one of the defensive tirades leading up to a demotion was the fact the the GM asked a guy "What is six times seven?" and there was a response of "huh? that doesn't make sense". I swear it - I almost soiled myself. |
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You'd probably not be surprised to know the failure rate was somewhere around 80%. |
A guild I applied for back in Wrath had the line "Write a haiku about your preferred role in a raid or dungeon:" as one of the questions in the application. It actually was a pass/fail question - if you tried (or were clever/smartass enough about your answer), it pretty much guaranteed you entry.
At the time, I was a paladin tank... mine was something like "Ow that hurts / Use the shield / All I see is crotch." |
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