So I decided to follow a few well more like 8-10 around for a few minutes. They take the exact same path and have a set script that they are using. I have reported these people MANY times now and nothing. For your viewing pleasure Anet…
Can we please get something about this done. I know you say your working on it but more and more are popping up. I do a report then ignore them but when they ruin my game play by not allowing me to get a single hit on a mob it goes to far.
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I know botting is frustrating. Make use of the reporting function and trust ArenaNet to figure out the rest! I get a small joy out of reporting botting hordes, knowing I’m helping make the game better.
Trolls are like stray cats.
Feed them and they multiply.
Please do not feed them.
Careful – I’ve already had a reply pulled because I had the temerity of posting a screenshot that contained 15 rangers, in identical gear and with the same pet, botting in Cursed Shore. They’re none too keen on folks actually identifying botters in the forums.
Report on them, try not to feel the futility, and hopefully hang on until ArenaNet figures out how to deal with the bot army.
It has nothing to do with that at all.
If you haven’t noticed (which obviously people don’t), there is a massive thread at the top of the forums in big red letters about bots. They close all these constant spam threads of bots because they want you to post there, not make a thread every single time you see a bot. They even post a link to that thread in all these spam threads of bots.
So no, there is no conspiracy and they are not trying to keep it all hush hush. It is called posting in the already existing thread that is stuck at the top of the forums, instead of creating yet another thread on bots and spamming the forum with it.
A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.
Lady Bethany Of Noh – Chronomancer – Lords of Noh [LoN]
That “massive thread” is now closed to comments. Or did you miss that, too?
And if you would of read this:
Hi,
As already explained by Mike, we are very commited to fighting botters. However, we are not going keep you updated about this situation every hour, or answer personally to each questions you are asking.
Moreover, we have seen reports of bots with screenshots attached that were showing personal information. Again, this should not be posted on the forums as explained by our code of conduct.
For this reason, and in order to keep this thread as clear as possible, we will close it. As soon as we will have more information to provide, we will keep you updated here.
Thank you for your understanding & cooperation.
You would know why it was just closed. They don’t need all the spam and they are not going to respond to every single post about the exact same thing. Yes, they know there are bots. So why do you feel as if you need to make yet another thread on the subject? It doesn’t get anything done faster and they won’t update you every minute, all it does is spam the forum with pointless information that we already know.
A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.
Lady Bethany Of Noh – Chronomancer – Lords of Noh [LoN]
You’ll notice my reply in that thread, just a few posts above the closure note you posted.
But, you missed the closure, didn’t understand that folks still need an outlet to complain about the rampant botting, and somehow didn’t realize that I didn’t make this thread? Wow.
Folks are going to continue posting about rampant botting until ArenaNet does something that has an actual impact – or they’re going to move on to other games. As it gets out of hand, the moderators will close threads as needed. Given that I originally replied to the person who opened the thread to say “don’t do that – you’ll get banned – and just go play,” you’re wasting not just effort, but looking none too good in the process.
It’s not your job. Go play.
Yeah I noticed your post. It doesn’t solve anything. Sure, let Anet run around and just ban every bot we see. Good job. What did that solve? Not a thing. People will still use those same programs to bot unless Anet actually works to prevent that before banning them. Just banning solves nothing. Finding out what they are doing and “studying” them is better in the long run, as you can prevent that type of botting in the future. Then after they have built a way to prevent that form of botting, they can ban those players.
And I wasn’t referring to you making this thread, I was being general about it. I should of reworded that better, my apologizes. I meant in general, making threads about botting is pointless. Anet knows there is a problem. They are doing everything they can to stop it and prevent it from happening in the future. All we can do is wait.
A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.
Lady Bethany Of Noh – Chronomancer – Lords of Noh [LoN]
