phone number verification

Noaani

Fantmx wrote: »

I like the idea for keeping bots away but I at times have more than one account for roleplay or sinister reasons. This would take that away.

If it would be even remotely effective at making it harder for bots, I'd be all for this. The problem is, it isn't even remotely effective at doing this.

Elwendryll

I'm not convinced phone number verification is the best identification process. It does keep people out of the game, yes, but it's too easy to circumvent if you have bad intentions, and it can lock out legitimate people. When Overwatch 2 added phone verification it was a mess because it didn't work with pre-paid plans, and a lot of people are on pre-paid. It's one of these measures that probably annoy real players more than the cheaters/bots.

I'm waiting for the day I can just provide my ID to Steam or Google, and then use that or even better, my national identification app (used for taxes, healthcare, etc...) as a Single Sign-On, so I can prove I'm a real physical person to games without showing my ID to all of them.

Drachenpaladin

if they had so much ponenumbers - it would be a security problem because of hacker.
Also scammer could simply use virtual phone numbers/ softphone.

Arya_Yeshe

Arena.net adds a random number after your login, if your login is like "myguy", they will turn it into something random like "myguy.9022"

This helps with security a lot, since many brute force applications use the same list of possible logins, if someone starts brute forcing new logins, then their devs will blacklist those logins

This brings more security and privacy than phone verification

Gospell

In my country, I can buy at least 100 cheap SIM cards and not pay a penny for them every month. Which means I can potentially create a bunch of bots and twinks. Oh, there are also fake phone numbers that you can use xD

Myosotys

Yes SMS check would be a good thing (if it works in any country). Also the best think to fight againt boss is the old school method with unlimited aggro, you bring mobs to the bots.

After playing New World, I started to think that the studios do not want to fight against bots. Maybe it brings them more money than they lose ?

SheimSharehu

I totally understand where you're coming from and think phone number verification could be a fantastic addition! It could really help limit botters, cheaters, goldsellers, and alt account abusers. Using a free UK virtual mobile number for SMS receiving could be a game-changer! Just like Steam did with CS:GO, implementing phone number verification could lead to a significant drop in hackers. It's a brilliant idea to prevent banned phone numbers from being reused, and regular verification could help keep things in check. Let's hope the devs take notice of this suggestion and consider implementing it. #NoMoreCheaters #PhoneVerificationFTW

Nemeses

There are dumb ideas, then there are really dumb ideas
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