Hello,
These restrictions were put in place to avoid multiaccount abuses in PvP modes and have been like this for a long time, but were tightened with the release of Update 2.67.
The IP restriction, however, was always meant to be in place, so a unique IP address was always meant to be necessary to participate in these PvP modes. Due to an error, that was not the case previously, but the update has restored this restriction as intended.
I understand that this situation is frustrating for many of you who share a household with other DOFUS players and play the game honestly. I will make sure to escalate your feedback to the game team.
Thank you for your understanding and I wish you a great day.
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These restrictions were put in place to avoid multiaccount abuses in PvP modes and have been like this for a long time, but were tightened with the release of Update 2.67.
The IP restriction, however, was always meant to be in place, so a unique IP address was always meant to be necessary to participate in these PvP modes. Due to an error, that was not the case previously, but the update has restored this restriction as intended.
I understand that this situation is frustrating for many of you who share a household with other DOFUS players and play the game honestly. I will make sure to escalate your feedback to the game team.
Thank you for your understanding and I wish you a great day.
These restrictions were put in place to avoid multiaccount abuses in PvP modes and have been like this for a long time, but were tightened with the release of Update 2.67.
The IP restriction, however, was always meant to be in place, so a unique IP address was always meant to be necessary to participate in these PvP modes. Due to an error, that was not the case previously, but the update has restored this restriction as intended.
I understand that this situation is frustrating for many of you who share a household with other DOFUS players and play the game honestly. I will make sure to escalate your feedback to the game team.
Thank you for your understanding and I wish you a great day.
1 person pvp's whilst the other does something else, then when the fight is over its the next persons turn?
What a dumb suggestion. You're basically saying why don't people in the same household just not play together when the whole issue people are complaining about is not being able to play together.
PvP isn't the b all and end all of the game, there is a whole host of other activities players can do with "the same household" on the multi-account server.
There is nothing stopping them taking turns to PvP on a multi-acc server, it'll just need a bit of patience and a slightly different PvP play style.
And as Dragosani#5287 pointed out -
how can Ankama positively absolutely distinguish between relatives on the same IP address wanting to play together
and
someone hiding behind saying "family wants to play together" (because anyone could use another household member's ID, email and phone number to create alts) in order to circumnavigate the restrictions surrounding PvP aka Kolossium, which is what people are sore about.
It could very easily be one person with multiple accounts but wants to hide behind "family".
I'm not saying you are, but the game itself cannot differentiate between them so the ban makes absolute sense.
Unique phone number, unique email, photo ID, different computers etc.
The restrictions don't make sense. Have you seen one post on the forums saying good job Ankama, amazing effort, well done? no. I've seen countless posts/complaints about the changes they've made with 1000's of comments and 10000's of views.
As for posts, all those will be from players with multiple accounts from the same IP and not too many will be in the position you say you're in. Most will have been taking advantage of the lax rules.
It might be impacting your game, but the tightening of the rules is down to the players.
While I fully respect your viewpoint on this situation I feel like you have a misunderstanding of the situation.
My girlfriend and I (I introduced her to the game) have been playing Dofus together for a very long time now, we play on our own accounts and fully comply with the TOU Dofus has provided. We both live in different cities but see each other every weekend. We do PvE activities like questing, dungeons etc. but also like to feel the waters of AvA activities or the occasional 3v3 match. These new restrictions make it feel like we are being punished for something we did not do and while there are alternatives to PvP, like the kolosseum you suggested, they are just not the same (one is not a replacement for the other). 3v3 allows you to play in a very competitive environment where in a premade setting you often face 1 person playing on 3 accounts, even when playing with 2 other people. The setting you find in AvA (be it during KOTH or 5v5's) is completely different, for me 5v5 is a way to have fun with guildmates / friends while having a fun chat about life and discussing strategy. Like I posted earlier, swapping around where 1 person plays one match and the other plays the other match is possible, yes, but makes it feel like you are restricted from participating in this activity.
Don't take this message in any hostile way eighter, I am just trying to shed some light on how I and my girlfriend experience these new restrictions and explain why this is more than just generic complaining from people who (even if just occasionally) live together. Try to place yourself in someone else's shoes before criticizing their way of thinking.
- That right there is exactly why the restrictions have been put in place and then tightened and then tightened some more.
If you really want to PvP with your girlfriend when she visits, one of you will have to use an alternative method of wifi/internet access possibly by tethering the pc/laptop to a phone's internet or with a dongle internet service for the PvP matches.
It is what it is and Ankama have not shown any interest in changing it.
"Try to place yourself in someone else's shoes before criticizing their way of thinking."
- Well actually there were 3, then 4 people in my household, myself, my 2 sons and later my daughter-in-law all trying to play Dofus at the same time on the same ISP.
Whilst I dont partake in PvP, the others did, and they simply came to realise that the restrictions put in place by Ankama to stop people abusing multi-accounting in PvP was here to stay and used the alternatives that I've already suggested.
Now there is just myself and 1 of my sons who play in this household and my other son and his wife in theirs, they still use the same alternative match PvP method.
Since some throw stones, let's let all throw stones?
That could be an idea...
...At least, they can defend selves (ig).
This will let players enjoy all content together.
Bots can be found by logs, they farm all day move together etc.
And let's be real if they wanted to fight the bots you would not be messaged anytime you enter bonta/brak/astrub by the SAME bot not for months
They are actively killing the game imo.
And to whoever said this is an issue for multiloggers only or double household players.
That is untrue
I am not playing currently due to ALL of my friends quitting, some of them live together.
This is just unjust. If I were ankama I'd revert the whole last patch, give out 3 months sub as apology and pretend it never happened.
We have to understand that the game has a tight uninviting community, in a game that is more complex than your average mmo.
Understanding that we have a small community, every player and every household counts. The forums have gone ballistic in the past month or more.
Ankama should take actions, or rather stop taking actions and killing the game.