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Posted by: DaShi.1368

DaShi.1368

They are back in full force. They vanished for a brief period, and I was actually able to place several successful buy orders for the first time since I can’t remember when. However, not it’s back to instant outbids.

Are TP bots the only way we can use the TP now?

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Posted by: Phoenixfudge.5290

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TP bots are a myth.

I thought that was already established.

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Posted by: Aberrant.6749

Aberrant.6749

The problem is that it’s profitable for them to burn accounts since they are making them more than the cost of obtaining another in between when they are started and when they are detected/banned. They need better prevention/detection so that this isn’t the case.

I hope you report it when you see them btw

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Posted by: TPMN.1483

TPMN.1483

I see my BLTP flash in the top corner from a normal state to have that ! Symbol. I get excited to see…ooh what’s sold. ????

It can be pretty addictive if your not doing too much else if you can’t get a dedicated block of time to do something else. Placing buy orders – there could be 1000s of different people placing a buy order on one item simultaneously – really hard to know.

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Posted by: Aberrant.6749

Aberrant.6749

I see my BLTP flash in the top corner from a normal state to have that ! Symbol. I get excited to see…ooh what’s sold. ????

It can be pretty addictive if your not doing too much else if you can’t get a dedicated block of time to do something else. Placing buy orders – there could be 1000s of different people placing a buy order on one item simultaneously – really hard to know.

There are some ways you can tell if it’s a bot or a human. With the bots you’ll often see the old order removed and the new one placed at the same time (not humanly possible).

Another way to tell is if you’re in a large set of items (say all soft->hard wood salvageable items). They all get outbid right after you bid. Then you wait a short while, go back into that large set of items and randomly outbid one. A human wouldn’t constantly keep an eye on that large set just to find that ONE… but a bot would be.

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Posted by: Alissah.9281

Alissah.9281

The cake bot is a lie.

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Posted by: TooBz.3065

TooBz.3065

I believe in the bots.

People on other threads have said that it would be easy to create a bot to place buy orders. It it’s easy to do and gives an advantage, why do people assume that they won’t do it?

Because you can’t see it like the teleporting botters?

Anything I post is just the opinion of a very vocal minority of 1.

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Posted by: DaShi.1368

DaShi.1368

The problem is that it’s profitable for them to burn accounts since they are making them more than the cost of obtaining another in between when they are started and when they are detected/banned. They need better prevention/detection so that this isn’t the case.

I hope you report it when you see them btw

I agree. While I certainly think they need to ban bot users, they also need a system that prevents them from coming back.

Reporting is hard. You can just a report items you think bots are operating on.

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Posted by: TPMN.1483

TPMN.1483

You are aware that there are applications which alert players of prices as son as they change on the trading post?

There is even a thread on a trading post alerter so you know instantly in-game (it’s not an exploit as I know) as it still requires people to place buy or sell orders after being alerted. It only takes a few people to be running this on several items for it to appear that there are many bots when they are actual real people performing manual buy or sell list orders into the TP.

I don’t use an TP alerting app or any form of app to automate any TP stuff. It’s all manual hard work on my part and lots of luck.

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Posted by: Buttercup.5871

Buttercup.5871

The most advanced and mature thread on this topic, where programmers literally stated how incredibly easy it is to create a TP remote buying bot, has been deleted. I’m still corresponding with Anet over this decision, which has brought this discussion back to the Stone Age of fingerpointing and tinfoil hat accusations.

TP Botting is very real. People won’t call it botting though; they’ll call it “creative condoned use of the unofficial API”. Which comes down to the same thing. While they’re watching tele their lil’ script fully manages their instant TP buy offers on 100+ items (while alerting them of sweet opportunities on the fly).