Guild Wars 2

If you are on CD and remember the level 45 asuran guardian that constantly spammed Signet of Resolve at the LA Trading Post (for months on end (nonstop)), I have some news for you.

I found him. I am pretty sure most of the people in CD know his name so I am not going to provide it. :D Instead I took a screenie of my fluffy guardian staring down this persistent botter.

Now, a few weeks ago he was gone. I believed that all of the reports made against him went through and he was banned. Tonight, I find him at the TP in the Black Citadel doing the same thing he’s been doing. Granted he isn’t hurting anyone, but then what does that say about gw2 botting in general?

:I

Exactlly WHAT makes him/her/it a bot? He/she/it could and MOST LIKELY is nothing more than someone just being a pain. I SERIOUSLY DOUBT he/she/it is a bot.

Are you sure they don’t have it set to auto attack?

TxJBxT.9370:

Are you sure they don’t have it set to auto attack?

I went on my guard to confirm and yeah he has it on autoattack.

Im Mudbone.1437:

Exactlly WHAT makes him/her/it a bot? He/she/it could and MOST LIKELY is nothing more than someone just being a pain. I SERIOUSLY DOUBT he/she/it is a bot.

After a little research he might not be a bot but part of GW2spidy.com or something equivalent. If so, good for him. If not, what is he doing and why would he circumvent the inactivity timer like he is?

I’m just pointing out that w/e this guy is doing is suspicious.

I am curious about this.
1- I keep Signet of Rage on auto-attack for my warrior because I constantly forget to spam it when it’s off cool-down (even in town for the swiftness) and it’s not something I remember to take off of auto-attack while doing mundane town chores like going to trading post, bank, crafting stations.
2- Is it possible to circumvent the inactivity timer by using a utility skill on auto-attack? I never even thought to check this out because the most I leave a character unattended is a few minutes, not long enough to trigger it.
3- do people really think by putting a utility on auto that a person is a bot?

I recently made my ranger into a shout based build and keep one shout on auto as well for the swiftness and regen. So this really does matter to those of us I guess you would call ‘too lazy’ to just spam the utility instead of using auto. Fights get too hectic for me personally and I like to micromanage my pets so using a utility with auto is helpful.

This thread just shows the terrible xenophobia of people in this game (and in general really). “This person does something I don’t understand, he must be a bot/cheater/hacker/evil/…”

A guildy of mine has gotten banned multiple times now (4 or 5 times already I think) because he got accused of botting, while all he did on every single occasion was get his dailies on all his 4 accounts simultaneously by multiboxing. Every time some kitten walked up to him accusing him of botting, and even though he replies to those people to prove he isn’t a botter, he gets reported, banned, provides proof he isn’t a botter, gets unbanned again and can repeat the process.

Just shows how thick most people are.