Guild Wars 2

OK, a question to the community at large:

Should we just ignore all the bots in the game?

I’m seeing them constantly these days. I realized that they were botting long before I investigated whether I was seeing things or not. The truth is there are several bots to make your character look like an average person grinding away at the game, as if you were actually playing the game.

I have to pause every time I see one just out of curiosity to make sure I’m seeing what I’m seeing. So many times these days I am seeing bot after bot. It’s hard to tell if the ones I’ve reported have been banned, or have just lost interest in the game and stopped playing. Why I say this is because some have not been banned and have been reported longer than any so far on my blocked list (that’s to keep up with whether they’re gone or not).

Now, some may say I’m overly obsessing about this, and I’m not inclined to disagree with that assessment. If I thought I was reporting in vain I wouldn’t bother with it.

So, my question stands; should I even care or just ignore the many bots I’m seeing? Does it bother any of you that there are so many people botting gw2? Do you think it impacts the game or feel it reduces your enjoyment?

I ask this because I feel like giving up on the issue and just ignoring them altogether. On the flip side, if I knew I was making a difference I would continue reporting them.

Maybe I’m just blissfully ignorant but its been months since Ive seen a bot.

I, too, have not seen a bot in a very long time. Where are these bots you see constantly?

Peetee.9406:

Maybe I’m just blissfully ignorant but its been months since Ive seen a bot.

Same here, it’s been about past 6 months or me, the first six months of release you could see hundres of bots each day depending how much you changed maps.

Can’t remember when last I saw a bot.
Where is this?
Oh and report them by all means

Has been months since I have seen the choo choo ranger/bear train or the peeps that port to a mining node – harvest -port away….

I guess they have done a good job on these new bots then, and I should be grateful they’re escaping so many’s attention.

I detected the human-less behavior while running events and grinding. After googling simply “gw2 bot” I was able to confirm what I was seeing. It looks like the person is just grinding away, and could even be running right next to you to the next mob.

Upon these first replies I’m guessing many have no idea, and I should just ignore it.

atleast when bots were around so were crafting mats on the trading post. have you seen the price of iron and steel?

There was one bot when i was farming in Orr about a month ago (im sure he was a bot, he was going and killing random mobs while spaming all his spells all the day and he didnt reply to my massages even when i pm him “i’ll report you for botting if you don’t answer”), i reported him every day, about 3 or 4 times and he was still there weeks after that, then i stoped farming in Orr, but im sure he is still there farming all day… so there is no reason to report, just let them farm. Dont think about all the money and good stuff they are getting for doing nothing or you will get upset.

Most of the bots I see these days are those teleporting node bots that you can’t even report unless you’re lightning quick; and few in deep water areas like Southsun.

But yeah its best to report them and then ignore them, don’t let them frustrate you.

Hello,

As already said in this thread, the best way to react when you see “bots” is to report them via the in-game features. If the behavior of those bots make them hard for you to report, please try to make a screenshot and/or a video, and send it to our customer support team.

This thread is now closed. Thank you for your understanding.