Game Pass
- Thread starter Rexxar
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For me I've noticed that since they removed the edge bonus I don't appear to get any points for the first two, and then the third will give me 9 points. I assumed they borked something to do with the edge points as you used to get those first, then the searches would count (at least for me)
Does appear to be. They've redesigned the page by the looks of it so not sure if they've gone completely or just gone for a bit. Hopefully the latter, more than likely the former though.
Python?
Soldato
No, PowerShell was my script, it seems like Microsoft has further broken searches, used to be able to spoof a Mobile user agent to do them, now that doesn't seem to work anymore.
There was a post on reddit about this, I can't remember half of it but there was mention of needing to close the browser with the mobile setting set and reopen it for it to work still.
Edit: Oh nope, it seems like that's being reported as now broken too.
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Soldato
Yep Mobile searches are basically dead to me now, which is sad, 60 points less per day. Much more and it won't really be worth doing to be honest, especially if they nerf the 250 + 25 you can get for running a game for instance.
The whole thing seems to break in different ways for different people. For me I'm hit with a 3-4 search limit per 15 minutes. Luckily I can do it all on mobile throughout the day, even setting Edge to desktop mode lets me get those 90 desktop search points.
Soldato
Thing is I do the searches without doing them, but you can't spoof the user agent anymore to do mobile ones so it's 90 points per day instead of 150 which i used to get.
My script to do the desktop searches just adds a delay of a few mins between automated ones, this means I don't need to sit there doing anything.
Still barely worth it, the most annoying one is the game pass game one for multiplayer because you need to load into an AOE lobby and hope the host doesn't close the lobby without you noticing, as well as the random duration until it triggers (indeed some days if it even triggers at all).
My script to do the desktop searches just adds a delay of a few mins between automated ones, this means I don't need to sit there doing anything.
Still barely worth it, the most annoying one is the game pass game one for multiplayer because you need to load into an AOE lobby and hope the host doesn't close the lobby without you noticing, as well as the random duration until it triggers (indeed some days if it even triggers at all).
I read someone just leaves the game running on their server 24/7 with them being the host. I unfortunately can't host because literally no-one connects so I assume something is up on my end.
Soldato
Process I do is:
1) Load AOE 1
2) Go to Multiplayer
3) Load Lobbies
4) Join one that says it's for MS rewards of 250 points or w/e.
5) Alt-tab and leave it running whilst I'm doing other stuff as much as I can.
This can trigger pretty quick, or a couple of hours, some days I can't get it to trigger. Bigger issue is that sometimes I've been booted out of the lobby, as presumably the host has their points and has closed the game down.
This is annoying as a concept because I need to leave the PC running, and I can't always tell when I'm not actually in a lobby, additionally the time it takes to trigger seems fairly random, sometimes it's minutes, sometimes it's hours.
I kind of wish they'd nerf it so it's not worth it anymore, I'd get less points, but it's one less headache at least if they do.
Yea that's the same thing I do, and it's odd it's so random. It doesn't bother me, the points are funding my game pass so I'd rather they not nerf it more! I think that's the reason people just leave it running while hosting a lobby themselves - you can't be dropped from your own lobby. Just depends if people can join you, which doesn't happen for me unfortunately.
I did notice lately that the notifications for it weren't coming up, so the only way for me to know was to check the app which was/is annoying.
Soldato
Yes I noticed this as well, kind of annoying because it's hard to tell when it pops now, even in the Xbox app it doesn't seem to update right away.
Caporegime
I've mostly given up on it now just doing the three daily clicks and no searches nor playing games. Instead of using the MS Reward points to get Game Pass Ultimate every month, I'll just sub to Game Pass PC as and when there's something I want to play. It will certainly help chip away at the Steam backlog. Probably will be going from about 15,000 rewards points a month to 3,000 now.
I don't use AOE, I use Forza Horizon 4. Just load the game, I click the 2 start game buttons and then just leave it. No need to join lobbies etc. The only GP game I actually do proper multi-player in is FS2020 and that never triggers the MP reward. Go figure.
Soldato
Isn't that going to use your GPU power though? actually being in game etc.
AOE1 will use basically 0 power as it's just the lobby.
Correct me if wrong!
Plenty of multiplayer games on game pass that I enjoy so it's not a hassle for me. I got these installed that I play and they trigger the reward: AOE4, Darkide, Deep rock galactic, Halo infinite, Insurgency sandstorm, Chivalry 2.
The quickest and most reliable one in my experience is Halo infinite but you do get the occasional day that the reward simply won't trigger.
The quickest and most reliable one in my experience is Halo infinite but you do get the occasional day that the reward simply won't trigger.
Soldato
If the goal is to get the points without actually playing anything though, I think AOE lobby seems the best, doesn't use any power to run etc so can stay open in the background.
Making a lobby with just me in it doesn't seem to trigger though, which sucks.
Making a lobby with just me in it doesn't seem to trigger though, which sucks.
Soldato
Right, but my goal is to get the points without actually playing anything, sitting in a lobby in AOE is the closest thing I can find to this so far, I don't want to spend time/effort earning the points if I can avoid it.