Guild Wars 2

I’ve commented in the past on the other side of this topic. Now, I’ve waited to see how the bot situation would level out.

Across the board. I say “Thank You”, to Arena Net, for getting rid of almost ALL the bots on my server. My server was truly overrun by them. (Borlis Pass)

I’m sure there were some bad deals. And, I’m sure it made some people angry, if they were truly wronged. Others, I’m sure, cried foul, when they were guilty.

When they pulled the trigger, and all the bots disappeared, almost overnight, it did a few really big things IMO. But, it wasn’t actually all good right away.

Right away, it was a huge relief to see them all gone, but, it created some voids, because the numbers of “characters” on my server dropped dramatically. This left some playable areas almost void of any signs of life. And, even though they were formerly almost all bots, they were still killing stuff. Now, there was nobody else to kill stuff but yourself, and it made it hard to move through difficult areas.

Prices made some huge shifts too. Things got expensive, very quickly. But, as many of us expected, this made our own stuff more valuable to craft, and to sell.

Just like the real world, it takes time for an economy to recover.

Now, after some time, all the empty player spots on my server seem to be filling up nicely. There are live players filling the areas again, making them not only playable, but, playable with real people working together, and having fun. Not just watching bots running around stealing stuff.

The economy in the game is recovering nicely, and developing as it should. Gold and Orange items are expensive to buy now, but they are also valuable to sell now. Ecto is expensive now too. As it should be. They don’t call it “Legendary” armor, because it should only take 3 days to earn it, do they? It is Legendary, because it’s hard to earn. It wasn’t before. Now it is.

Enough said. …IMO, the game is like “night and day” better since the bots were vanquished. It was frustrating waiting for something to happen. But, they lived up to what they said they would. They stepped up, lined up the ducks, and pulled the trigger.

Personally, after waiting and seeing… I can’t thank them enough for cleaning up the game, and ridding it of all the bots.

Are they ALL gone? Probably not. But, I have honestly only seen one or two in the last month. Was anybody wronged? Sadly, probably. No doubt.

But, I say…. credit where credit is due. Thanks for taking the game back for the live players!

There is no " Legendary " Armor , just saying

Decrypter.1785:

There is no " Legendary " Armor , just saying

Pretty sure they said there would be in the future? Maybe I’m wrong.

Decrypter.1785:

There is no " Legendary " Armor , just saying

Did you jump in this thread just to say that ? Seriously ?

On another note, I agree with you OP. ANet is doing its best to fight the bot problem.
While they are never going to be able to fully eradicate them, keeping them at bay and limiting their sphere of influence on our gameplay is what any self-respecting game MMO company should be strifing to do.

So kudos ANet, we know it is going to be a never-ending battle. Some times you will have the upper hand, other times the bots will. As long as we know that you are active on the issue and can see you are doing the best you can, then you will have no issues from players like me.

And to those who are constantly dissatisfied with ANet’s performance on the subject, you are NEVER EVER EVER going to get rid of bots in any MMO. Illegal gold selling is too lucrative for some criminals to ignore.
Refusing to support their hard work because there are still some bots around equals to the same as refusing to support your local policeman because there are still some drug dealers in the district. As long as it is safe, they are doing their jobs.