I don't think so.

- Buuwl

Inns work well for this, also homes if you own one. Plus it makes sense to "sleep" in one :)

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You've reached the uninformative help match I haven't written yet.

http://i.imgur.com/fBq8R.jpg

>Log-out drain though is best, so there's really no need to sit in game unless you have to to wait out some other type of timer.

I'm sorry but that's about the most incorrect thing I've ever read on the forums.

Log-out drain is only best if that character is offline for 8 hours or more without interruption.

Any other amount of time, you're better off afk draining, which Solomon himself has said (I'm pretty sure this is an exact quote) "will never, ever, be against policy".

Trouble is 9 times out of 10 someone gets busted and they come to the forums and post "aww man I was just afk draining", when they were actually scripting for exp gains, or afking a trader in hiding to keep a shop open, teaching while afk, listening to a class while afk, or any other of a dozen other things that may or may not be exp, but may be other "gains".

The key really is you can't be doing anything that has any kind gain, RPA points, coins, items, exp and so on... only your existing field experience is acceptable.

Also be careful that your afk/idle script doesn't scroll the game, you'll get busted for that too.

>I'd like to correct this. Travel is not considered an in game advantage. Travel while AFK in and of itself will not confer a warning.

I'm not saying its proof but I know I've read posts that state other wise, and this is the first time I've ever read anyone post that afk travel is ok.
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News 5 17

>Any activity that results in ANY benefit to either you or another player while being unresponsive to the gaming environment will be considered against policy.

Traveling from point A to point B, is definitely a benefit.
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Unless you just mean riding on a ferry, or the gondola or player boats (which I could see as questionable somehow).

I swear there used to be a section just about about Scripted AFK travel not being acceptable in the in-game news policy, but I don't see it now.

Either way, whats your source, if you don't mind?

<<Either way, whats your source, if you don't mind?>>

I'd like to point you to

https://forums.play.net/forums/DragonRealms/DragonRealms%20Policy%20Discussions/Scripting%20policy/view/685

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Travel scripts are not experience gain (Unless, you know, they are. Which they can be if you're climbing or swimming or so forth) and will not get you an long term experience scripting violation.

DR-Raesh
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Yamcer

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"You know, while I understand the importance of seeing the (personal) validity in other's arguments, it's impossible for me to believe fully that others are correct. If their argument was correct, I'd change mine." - My GF

START:
put sleep
put exp
pause 60
goto START

should cover it.

Good Point, I'm fairly young and I play an open character. I have taken a bolt to the face or two that resulted in insta death. I'm not even close to the age where I would instigate such an occurance. I tend to figure if I drain in town somewhere at least the person that downed me will get a fine. Will players that kill an open character be fined if it occurs in town?

>>Guicharda: Since, I find it difficult to interpret the policies. Can anyone tell me what their scripts look like to accomplish idle drain? I saw someone mention not to cause scroll, and I want to make sure I don't run afoul of any rules that I don't know about.

For Genie:

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sleep

send stop play
waitforre ^You stop|^In the name

send stow right
waitforre ^You put|^Stow what|^There isn't|^The .+ is too long to fit in the

send stow left
waitforre ^You put|^Stow what|^There isn't|^The .+ is too long to fit in the

send stop teach
waitforre ^You stop|^But you

send stop listen
waitforre ^You stop|^But you

send release all
waitforre ^You aren't harnessing any mana|^You aren't preparing a spell|^You have no cyclic spell active to release

send avoid !all
waitforre ^All AVOID options turned on
send sleep
waitforre ^You relax|^You are already

send close my $pack
waitforre ^You|^That|^The|^What
send close my first pouch
waitforre ^You|^That|^The|^What
send close my second pouch
waitforre ^You|^That|^The|^What
send close my lockpick case
waitforre ^You|^That|^The|^What
send close my $sheath
waitforre ^You|^That|^The|^What

send demeanor cold
waitforre ^You decide

send .idle

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idle

action goto exit when ^\s+No skills have field experience or none meet your criteria!$

put /timers end all

put /timers start idle

idle:
put skills
pause 60

put look
pause 60
put /timers list

goto idle

exit:
exit

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Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall rank!

>>umm... how about logging out and just letting your exp drain instead?

Experience drains faster while logged in.

>> If you are going to be logged off longer then 7.99 hours, you should offline drain. Anything less its more beneficial to stay online for 90 minutes? (tert drain from 34 to 0)

One point to be made here is that offline drain does not drain bonus pool. So if you want to drain your bonus pools, staying IG to drain is the best thing. You can just set your exp script to log you off when your field experience goes clear.

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IM: Dannyboy00001111

"Fool proof system do not take into account the ingenuity of fools, nor the power of numbers."

I should point out that if you set your script to log you out when injured, it's considered mechanics abuse to log out to avoid death.

http://elanthipedia.org/w/index.php/Post:TEST_fatigue_pt_1_-_6/28/2009_-_21:46:13

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http://www.elanthipedia.org/wiki/User:Caraamon#Wares
Hunta Talna Kortok, built by Gor'Togs, for Gor'Togs
http://www.angelfire.com/rpg2/caraamon/home.html

<<One point to be made here is that offline drain does not drain bonus pool. So if you want to drain your bonus pools, staying IG to drain is the best thing>>

I doubt the validity of that statement. If it does work that way it needs to be fixed immediately. Causal gamer shouldn't be penalized if they can't stay in game 24 hours

Yamcer

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"You know, while I understand the importance of seeing the (personal) validity in other's arguments, it's impossible for me to believe fully that others are correct. If their argument was correct, I'd change mine." - My GF

>> I doubt the validity of that statement. If it does work that way it needs to be fixed immediately. Causal gamer shouldn't be penalized if they can't stay in game 24 hours

Try it for yourself and stop being THAT guy.

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IM: Dannyboy00001111

"Fool proof system do not take into account the ingenuity of fools, nor the power of numbers."

First, this isn't the conflicts folder. Let's stop the bickering.

Be smart about where you are leaving your character. Invasions happen anywhere.


Annwyl
Message Board Supervisor

If you've questions or comments, take it to e-mail by writing me at DR-Annwyl@play.net.

>>That means you only have to stay online for 90 minutes to drain ALL exp to 0.<<

Once again, DaenarDR is wrong. This information is completely false. Having scripted it, checked, it, timed it on dozens of different occasions, my usual drain time to zero is between 110 to 160 minutes depending on number of skills that are sitting at 34/34 when I begin the drain. I've got Daenar on ignore, but once in a while have to respond to prevent egregious misinformation being spread and others actually buying into it.

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"EMPATHS RULE ELANTHIA -- ALL SHALL LOVE US AND DESPAAAAAIR" ~GM Melete

<<You realize pool drain is based off of RPA drain?>>

No it isn't. Bonus pool drain happens at any point you drain exp bits into real ranks. This will stack with RPA drain to get a boost, but isn't "tied" to it.

<<And that it doesn't work upon login?>>

And the GMs have stated that is should work during the exp log in and work very very well. They have also stated that the exp bonus pools combines well with level 4 RPAs.

<<And that RPA toggle was nerfed AFTER your quoted post?>>

RPA toggle and bonus pool have nothing to do with each other.



Yamcer

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"You know, while I understand the importance of seeing the (personal) validity in other's arguments, it's impossible for me to believe fully that others are correct. If their argument was correct, I'd change mine." - My GF

Unless someone has something constructive to post, this one's going to be done.


Annwyl
Message Board Supervisor

If you've questions or comments, take it to e-mail by writing me at DR-Annwyl@play.net.

I hope this is considered constructive :-).

After reading through all of the comments I'd like to know definitively whether having a trigger in an idle drain script that logs me out upon death violates policy or not. I'm not to worried about being killed during an invasion as I've only come across one in the few months I've come back that seems like a rare occurrence. I have on the other hand been experience random acts of violence that left me dead. I guess I could switch my profile to closed if I wanted to idle drain, but I really would prefer just to add a trigger to log out upon death.

>>Guicharda: After reading through all of the comments I'd like to know definitively whether having a trigger in an idle drain script that logs me out upon death violates policy or not.

I couldn't find a red name post that directly addressed this question, but my understanding is that it is not against policy to log out after death. However, logging out to avoid death or PvP is considered to be mechanics abuse.

>>DR-Auriane: However, repeat combat logging sets off some nice jangling alarm bells that get our direct attention. This is hopefully to prevent exactly that type of scenario, which would indeed be mechanics abuse.

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Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall rank!

>After reading through all of the comments I'd like to know definitively whether having a trigger in an idle drain script that logs me out upon death violates policy or not.

There is no definitive yes or no answer to this. It depends upon the circumstances surrounding the death. If its a case of combat logging - then maybe.

Your best and safest bet is to be sure to put yourself behind a locked door.

Thanks!
Lyneya