Guild Wars 2

I saw some people talking about autoclickers, and I was wondering if they were bannable in game? The people I saw said no, but I’m not convinced.

Depends a lot on how you use it.
If you end using just to open tons of boxes or buying tons of items then it is ok, but if you use to afk events or something similar, then you’ll end getting banned.

Not to be rude, but do you have anything to support your statement that using it for boxes or buying items is ok?

No problem, I can’t support my statement with a link, because technically you could be banned be using autoclick no matter or what, just like instrument auto player could a time ago, but devs just ignore it and don’t actively search for autoclickers that open/but “too many” things.

The closer I can link is this: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/support/Policy-3rd-Party-Programs-Multi-Boxing-Macros/

“4. You cannot program an “auto-clicker” macro that, for instance, opens chests while you play elsewhere.”
Try just to use the auto clicker to open/buy things and do nothing else while you use it.

“This means that if you program a macro, it must require one keystroke per action. You may not program a single key to perform multiple functions.”
and
“You cannot program an “auto-clicker” macro that, for instance, opens chests while you play elsewhere.”

Do chests include champ bags, etc?

So if a person sets a key to click for him, but is still at the computer pressing, tapping, holding, or whatever method they set the macro to activate, is that bannable?

Based on what I read it isn’t, but it seems to me they are intentionally unclear on the matter, which indicates to me it is bannable.

Yes, bags count as chests.
Yes, as I mentioned it is technically bannable, just don’t make a macro that open stuff while you are doing something else. Do something like bound mouse scroll as a click and open all your bags.
ANet makes it unclear because they know that they need to implement an “open all” or “consume all” option, some things requires unbelievable amount of clicking, like buying beads for the Hylek weapons collection (2850 clicks to be exactly), just don’t over do it by automating to open all bags while you farm it.

The short story is that you have to take your chances on using 3rd party tools to play the game. Is the convenience worth the risk that you might be banned? That your account might be mistakenly flagged as engaged in botting?

Some types of programs are very low risk while others are higher. There’s no way to tell for sure; the best we can do is to keep an eye out for reports from people using particular software over long periods of time. For example, in GW1, tons of people used TexMod safely for years with particular plugins, while other plugins resulted in bans. Thus, we guessed that Cartography Made Easy was ‘allowed’, while others might not be.

ANet can never say specifically that third party tools are supported or even allowed, for a variety of reasons.

• They don’t have time to validate the tools, so can’t be sure it works with the game in all circumstances.
• Similarly, they can’t guarantee that the software doesn’t include malware.
• They don’t want to have to spend time explaining why software A is ‘ok’ while the similar program B is ‘not ok.’
• They want to be able to respond quickly to threats to the game’s or economy’s stability, without having to explain why software once permitted might no longer be ‘ok’. For example, software A works fine as a minor UI convenience is later discovered to make it easy to exploit dungeon pathing.

tl;dr don’t ask if something is ‘bannable’ — there’s won’t be a definitive answer. Ask instead whether folks know of people using such software for long periods of time without issues.

The short answer is “everything other than keybinding is bannable”.

The long answer is “while every effective macro is bannable, ArenaNet has so far employed a highly subjective and unpublished method of actually handing out bans”.

Use macros at your own risk.

mtpelion.4562:

The short answer is “everything other than keybinding is bannable”.

The long answer is “while every effective macro is bannable, ArenaNet has so far employed a highly subjective and unpublished method of actually handing out bans”.

Use macros at your own risk.

Well said.
(Although I’d argue it’s not “subjective”, so much as it’s based on criteria hidden to us, which gives the appearance of being arbitrary or subjective.)

Pretty sure the stated policy is that if a single button press generates more than one in-game action, you are breaking the Terms of Use agreement. How that is enforced, monitored or detected is only answerable by Anet and I’m sure anything they say will have a “but we can change our minds whenever we want”, clause attached…..