Guild Wars 2

Why isn’t Anet doing anything about the rampant botting that is going on at the moment. All I can say is that if Anet is not is not going to crack down on them, then I wasted my money buying the game and all the cash shop items I purchased. This is a serious problem that they need to address before it ruins the economy if it hasn’t allready.
Well I’m off to report these exact same botters for the 5th day in a row. Not that it will do any good but atleast I can say I tried.
By the way is there any way I can change my guild name to the Ehmry Bay Bot Patrol [EBBP]?

What are the bots doing?

Chentally Mallenged.2867:

Has botting ruined the game economy yet?

No, the community is doing it all by themselves.
People need to “learn” how to use the TP.

They are selling on TP for vendor price +1cp, even though the fee to post makes it a losing proposition over just vendoring the item. Since they just farm continuously they need to empty bags fast. Vendor price +1cp makes it very hard to sell anything for a worthy value. It’s great if all you do is buy.

I keep reporting the bots I discover, I can only hope they are being banned.

Ok, I get that the bots are selling at low prices, but what I don’t understand is what they are DOING. What does a bot do that lets it get stuff to sell?

It farms mobs, generic usually non-aggressive mobs in fairly safe areas. Here is the most typical Bot I have found.

Profession: Warrior Build: Signet build greatsword

If you see one of these killing things no one else is killing, like no heart involved, watch them. They will kill a mob, the TELEPORT across to the next nearest mob and begain attacking. This teleport is pretty key, there is no warrior skill that allows you to simply appear next to a mob a long distance away. This isn’t a leap or a dash, it’s a complete area move. Basically the hack is cheating the server on where the character is located.

Once I witness this and watch for a bit to confirm it isn’t me lagging, I whisper the character. If I don’t get a response, I report.

Well, that blows. I hope they find a way to deal with that.

Apparentley reporting doesn’t do any good though. I can goto the exact same spot I have been to for 5 days in a row and report the exact same people that haven’t budged 1 inch in 5 days and I bet that if I go there tomorrow to report them again they will still be there. And as for the people that sell outside of trading post they should just charge you postage to mail items to someone else. As for me I include the trading post fee into any item I sell.

Given the sheer volume of players with access to a single marketplace and the ease at which items can be acquired, the community is having the biggest impact on the economy. I doubt botters could have a significant impact if they tried.

Instead, I believe that the only way botters will benefit is from people trying to ‘save’ 10-20% on their gold.

(Only to be slapped soon after with a $60 bill for a new game)