So, how does a player tell a bot apart from another player who is just anti-social?
Bots usually:
Have no/broken armor,
Run towards points that interest their dark masters in a pattern that is recognizable after few minutes,
Don’t revive others,
Instantly travel to WP upon dying,
Attack only mobs that A) Attack them or
Are nearby,
Don’t dodge or move during combat,
Die alot,
Are unlikely to have any money on them.
Now, a player who is extremely bored and antisocial might occasionally behave like this too, so we shouldn’t just ban anyone due to acting like this. However, detecting stuff like:
Having no armor,
Instantly traveling to WP upon death,
Die alot,
Have no money,
Do not chat.
is very easy to do automatically.
Still, those shouldn’t be used to ban the player.
Instead:
If for example
a player Dies with broken armor AND has no money OR dies for the 5th time without repairing their armor,
You should:
Record the players actions.
Upon dying a few times more:
Place a image verification in front of them that prevents them from re-spawning before solved, upon X mistakes suspend the account for 60 minutes and investigate the player.
Or a slightly more fun way to go about it instead of having a image verification would be sent the player to a Grenth’s instance, where they have to navigate a short jumping puzzle and dodge a few (insta-kill) traps.
Of course, the maze should be generated dynamically.
People who can’t tend to call the opponent troll, scream something utterly incomprehensible
and finally result to personal insults.