Releasing the revamped Coli without fixing the issues people were having with Captcha - in fact, making it
worse - when accessibility was one of the reasons for revamping in the first place is inexcusable.
To make things worse,
it's apparent that user-owned dragons are being used for the Captcha; users in that thread have already reported getting cluttered dragons (which makes them even harder to distinguish from the busy Captcha backgrounds),
so it's only a matter of time until someone gets a dragon with Marva's Invisibility Cloak. Or not, but the rest of my point still stands.
I also have to echo the concerns that other users already brought up - what if someone fails the Captchas too many times? Is it possible for them to get their account suspended or permabanned?
Releasing the revamped Coli without fixing the issues people were having with Captcha - in fact, making it
worse - when accessibility was one of the reasons for revamping in the first place is inexcusable.
To make things worse,
it's apparent that user-owned dragons are being used for the Captcha; users in that thread have already reported getting cluttered dragons (which makes them even harder to distinguish from the busy Captcha backgrounds),
so it's only a matter of time until someone gets a dragon with Marva's Invisibility Cloak. Or not, but the rest of my point still stands.
I also have to echo the concerns that other users already brought up - what if someone fails the Captchas too many times? Is it possible for them to get their account suspended or permabanned?
I'm not even visually impaired, and I cannot see the dragons half of the time. I spend more time squinting at the captcha than I spend in a battle. It's even worse considering they rotate the images as well. I sincerely hope they fix this.
I'm not even visually impaired, and I cannot see the dragons half of the time. I spend more time squinting at the captcha than I spend in a battle. It's even worse considering they rotate the images as well. I sincerely hope they fix this.
I do agree it needs to be made larger, to use the whole coli screen. It's very hard to see which tiny, blurry, icon is the dragon quite often.
So far I havn't been unlucky enough to get too many bad ones in a row but I have had a few where I just had to click something to make it reload.
I also think the extra-busy backgrounds need to go and maybe even remove some of the winged familiars from the image pool? When I'm already squinting as much as I can squint it can be hard to discern the difference between an upside-down owlcat and sideways dragon.
And if it's true it's using player's dragons, why not switch to exalted dragons? Since they can't wear apparel or accents, it will always just be a dragon.
And they add the idea of meeting exaled dragons afield, out serving their god.
I do agree it needs to be made larger, to use the whole coli screen. It's very hard to see which tiny, blurry, icon is the dragon quite often.
So far I havn't been unlucky enough to get too many bad ones in a row but I have had a few where I just had to click something to make it reload.
I also think the extra-busy backgrounds need to go and maybe even remove some of the winged familiars from the image pool? When I'm already squinting as much as I can squint it can be hard to discern the difference between an upside-down owlcat and sideways dragon.
And if it's true it's using player's dragons, why not switch to exalted dragons? Since they can't wear apparel or accents, it will always just be a dragon.
And they add the idea of meeting exaled dragons afield, out serving their god.
I'd rather them pull images of exalted dragons, unrotated and unflipped, on a plain background.
I'd rather them pull images of exalted dragons, unrotated and unflipped, on a plain background.
^ definitely use a plain background, and pLEASE stop pulling familiar images. So many of them have the same basic parts as dragons and I always end up having to guess between them because those blurry-ass pictures look the same.
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[quote name="Seadramon" date="2018-03-13 13:14:12" ]
To make things worse, it's apparent that user-owned dragons are being used for the Captcha; users in that thread have already reported getting cluttered dragons (which makes them even harder to distinguish from the busy Captcha backgrounds), so it's only a matter of time until someone gets a dragon with Marva's Invisibility Cloak.
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*stares into the camera*
hey are you fucking kidding me
^ definitely use a plain background, and pLEASE stop pulling familiar images. So many of them have the same basic parts as dragons and I always end up having to guess between them because those blurry-*** pictures look the same.
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Seadramon wrote on 2018-03-13 13:14:12:
To make things worse, it's apparent that user-owned dragons are being used for the Captcha; users in that thread have already reported getting cluttered dragons (which makes them even harder to distinguish from the busy Captcha backgrounds), so it's only a matter of time until someone gets a dragon with Marva's Invisibility Cloak.
*stares into the camera*
hey are you ******* kidding me
I frankly hate that the captcha system is there at all, since I can only stand doing anything in the coli if i do it on autopilot while watching something else. There has to be a simpler and more user-friendly system to fool the "botters" that may or may not be out there. Alternatively, maybe make your system less of a boring grind-fest and people won't feel the need to bot because it's they're only option to make reliable money on this site,
Also, I think the camping bonuses should be more relevant. Frankly, strength, speed and maybe HP/a healing are the only things that can help because Coli builds are still ridiculously narrow.
I frankly hate that the captcha system is there at all, since I can only stand doing anything in the coli if i do it on autopilot while watching something else. There has to be a simpler and more user-friendly system to fool the "botters" that may or may not be out there. Alternatively, maybe make your system less of a boring grind-fest and people won't feel the need to bot because it's they're only option to make reliable money on this site,
Also, I think the camping bonuses should be more relevant. Frankly, strength, speed and maybe HP/a healing are the only things that can help because Coli builds are still ridiculously narrow.
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Here's a fun one I just got, looks like it has two background images overlaid on each other :)
Here's a fun one I just got, looks like it has two background images overlaid on each other :)
I just started playing the new Coli. Immediately when the camping screen came up I was like "oh no". It was hard for me to see and my vision is pretty good. It takes me leaning forward, squinting, and sometimes zooming in in my browser to find out which one is the dragon. Even then it's sometimes a guess.
I understand this is a captcha to prevent people from playing with bots. However, it's preventing long-time players from playing the game. There must be a compromise.
I immediately thought that this is going to be a huge issue for people with vision impairments, so I went to check if there is a thread on this. I am glad there is.
Please fix this as soon as possible, it is an accessibility issue.
-- A secondary note is that I was so glad keyboard playing was implemented -- as another accessibility issue.
Playing coli was a painful prospect with the mouse, and the keyboard will let me hunt for more food, an endless proposition with my lair size.
However, the camping screen switches back to mouse, and my wrists aren't so happy about that. It would be nice if for accessibility the camping screen and continue battling and main screen buttons were also keyboard shortcuts.
I just started playing the new Coli. Immediately when the camping screen came up I was like "oh no". It was hard for me to see and my vision is pretty good. It takes me leaning forward, squinting, and sometimes zooming in in my browser to find out which one is the dragon. Even then it's sometimes a guess.
I understand this is a captcha to prevent people from playing with bots. However, it's preventing long-time players from playing the game. There must be a compromise.
I immediately thought that this is going to be a huge issue for people with vision impairments, so I went to check if there is a thread on this. I am glad there is.
Please fix this as soon as possible, it is an accessibility issue.
-- A secondary note is that I was so glad keyboard playing was implemented -- as another accessibility issue.
Playing coli was a painful prospect with the mouse, and the keyboard will let me hunt for more food, an endless proposition with my lair size.
However, the camping screen switches back to mouse, and my wrists aren't so happy about that. It would be nice if for accessibility the camping screen and continue battling and main screen buttons were also keyboard shortcuts.
[quote name="NuclearWaffles" date="2018-03-13 21:01:45" ]
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Here's a fun one I just got, looks like it has two background images overlaid on each other :)
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What even is this? This is so weird. It took me a while to find this dragon too. Is that the Arcane and Earth pillar?
NuclearWaffles wrote on 2018-03-13 21:01:45:
Here's a fun one I just got, looks like it has two background images overlaid on each other :)
What even is this? This is so weird. It took me a while to find this dragon too. Is that the Arcane and Earth pillar?
I have perfectly good close vision, and I still have trouble with the camping screen. A simple enlarge of the screen would be a big help, though the other problem I have is that the background is often the same color as a lot of the icons displayed. They blend and it makes it hard to tell if there's something there or not.
I have perfectly good close vision, and I still have trouble with the camping screen. A simple enlarge of the screen would be a big help, though the other problem I have is that the background is often the same color as a lot of the icons displayed. They blend and it makes it hard to tell if there's something there or not.
