Question s for Kabam about if a backbone is a banable offense

@Kabam Miike I am trying to get clarification before I get another strike against my account. I used to run MCOC through Bluestacks to auto fight while I was working, but received a ban when Kabam upped their security game. Lesson learned. I am trying to push for a Necropolis run, but my Iphone 15 Pro seems to have control issues mostly around block and dashing when I am trying to do the other. I was thinking of purchasing a backbone style controller to hook up to my phone so I could try the standard gamepad experience, but I am worried that setup of the device might flag as 3rd party or hacking, and wanted to see if I can do this without an insta-ban? Happy Holidays and thanks for your time.

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klobberintyme

1) you don't need bluestacks to autoplay.
You need bluestacks to script an arena autoplay, which most folks round here call "botting." They don't like that. As for circumventing the tap/swipe intended design of gameplay:

"Influence or facilitate" seems pretty straightforward from here.
But don't take my word for it, a search of comments by miike or jax will reveal the answer.

Yodalf

@klobberintyme Thanks for the input. Mainly Bluestacks was easy because I didn't even need my phone on me to do auto-fights. I know that can be done from the phone, just wasn't usually on it during work, so just ran Bluestacks in the background. I actually used Bluestacks all the time for Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes and never had issues playing that and still don't, but I get that it can flag as fishy. I have Been playing MCOC since the beginning and the control issues have been a mess since Kabam acknowledged it. It seems to have been better overall for most people, but when I upgraded my phone to iphone 15 pro, man was that a mistake. Either the screen is way over touch sensitive or something is up with the upgraded hardware not playing nice with Kabam. I have never had so many issues of the game making me dash when trying to block or swipe back. It just sucks because I have the roster and ability to do a Necro run, but the controls are going to cost me too many extra units with those issues and wanky AI.

ReignkingTW

Don't use 3rd party hardware or software. They'll ban you.

I feel your frustration with the controls, but if it's any consolation you can just brute force it with Aegon.

Yodalf

@ReignkingTW I have rank 4 sig 171 Aegon, but I have noticed with the questionable control issues, and Titania's really weird AI, that the best I can get in my trail runs is hits in the 60s before I am knocked out. Not comfortable enough with that as a high end. Most times I seem to be lucky to get into the 40 hit range, then that only banks about 20+ combo meter.

Badah

@Yodalf I was in the same boat, but I did 20 or 30 attempts on Titania before starting my run. The first ones I couldn’t do more than a 40 combo, but at the end I could regularly go over 100 combo. Just keep practicing

ReignkingTW

@ReignkingTW I have rank 4 sig 171 Aegon, but I have noticed with the questionable control issues, and Titania's really weird AI, that the best I can get in my trail runs is hits in the 60s before I am knocked out. Not comfortable enough with that as a high end. Most times I seem to be lucky to get into the 40 hit range, then that only banks about 20+ combo meter.

That is kind of low. I eventually got a 120 and ran with it it I didn't even get to 999 until the 3rd fight. Of course that's a fully maxed Aegon so that might've been something to do with it.

I farmed 150 revives, finished 6 fights and using 10 revives on average.

Yodalf

It’s frustrating and why I was looking for an alternative. I have the ability to be a Paragon player, but I did that before my phone upgrade, and now control issues and cruddy AI changes keep me from progressing without spending way more than what I would call average revives if I’m only banking 20-30 a go. That is why I have not gone all in yet. Been practicing for a week on Titania and still not getting around the combined issues.

DNA3000

It’s frustrating and why I was looking for an alternative. I have the ability to be a Paragon player, but I did that before my phone upgrade, and now control issues and cruddy AI changes keep me from progressing without spending way more than what I would call average revives if I’m only banking 20-30 a go. That is why I have not gone all in yet. Been practicing for a week on Titania and still not getting around the combined issues.

You should be banking at least sixty if you want to save as much resources as possible.

Assuming you don't have the Sigil, you should be able to fill your L1 revive inventory with the Apothecary, and also fill your L2 revive inventory with 22 hour events (the revive is in milestone 3, so you don't even need to max out the event). On top of that, you should be able to get 14 L1 revives in the stash, and depending on your activity level you should be able to get at least a few L2 revives in your stash before they start to expire. That should get you to at least 54 revives, and probably 60 or more.

This is slower per path because the Apothecary only grants one revive per day most of the time so you're looking at one run per month, but this is also the best way to save units. Going in with 60 revives instead of 30 revives means saving 1200 units.

As to using hardware controllers, this has come up a few times in the past, but I'm not sure there has been a definitive policy statement about it made by Kabam. I will try to find out if there is one. Without a statement explicitly allowing hardware controllers, I would be careful about using them, especially for players who have strikes against their account already.