captcha on forum login

Never had a captcha window to complete prior to logging into the forums. What would all of a sudden cause this?

What a crock of crap Daybreak must want to cut down on people logging in.

I honestly do not see the big deal, it is one more mouse click.

Well, if bots are not allowed in-game, why should they have access to the forums?

It's probably protecting us from the forums being spammed by people selling or posting links to watch movies online. At least that's the case if you go by what happens on other forums that don't use Captcha's.

Was about 8 additional mouse clicks for me. Just saying.

I only asked because it didn't have it before.

Yea I noticed it as well. Only mainly annoying when on mobile. I have to relog back in if I am on WiFi and then happen to be roaming, like leaving home or the office or coffee shop or whatever. Doing capcha each time is a bit annoying but I guess I have no choice!

At least its no longer asking to save my scrambled name and password every time.

Stops automated brute force attacks trying to guess user/passwords.

So does locking accounts after multiple failures. So does blocking IPs after multiple failed attempts. But neither of those inconvenience users.

I can't even figure out the intention behind adding a checkbox and a time delay. Without presenting a test that "only a human could solve", it's not even a real CAPTCHA. It's just wasting time? Somebody enlighten me. Right now, it just seems like they turned it on because everybody else is doing it.

Nevermind. I googled it and discovered that you can get the checkbox instead of a regular CAPTCHA if the site believes that you are already logged into a google or other trusted service. Basically, because they've already been tracking you.

I still don't see what they have to gain that would balance out the collective inconvenience. Especially for logins (as opposed to account creations).

Yea, thankfully it has “learned” that I’m not a bot anymore so I don’t have to do the test each time and can just click the checkbox.

Everytime I click the box, I feel a little bit more like a bot.

Wish I could just click the check box... 12 clicks today. I am starting to worry I may be a bot and not know it.

A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law. A robot cannot tell the difference between cars and store fronts.

Oh oh.

Clearly they think that the discussions we have on this forum are TOO founded in logic...

Only hyperbolic and emotional drama-queens(humans!) are allowed to post...

And I just failed 4 or 5 in a row, even though I saw roads and signs in the boxes I clicked. Very annoying tool.

I failed to... looks like some of the street signs you have to select the post holding them up, and some not. And some pictures are too dark for me to see them well enough to figure out what is on them.

I wouldn't be at all surprised if they have some auto-fail images, just to make you repeat the process so they can collect more data.