Guild Wars 2

I’ve starting running into hackers very frequently in WvW. I know you’re supposed to submit proof via email, but I don’t run video recording software and screenshots usually either don’t show what’s going on or I can’t get my fingers on the button in time.

For example I just downed an engi, and he ran quite a long ways back to his keep while in the downed state. Once a friendly was nearby he went back to his normal downstate animation and was able to be rezzed.

I don’t know how to submit proof for that, so I just hit “report player”, selected “botting”, and hoped for the best. I usually type a little note in my say chat or something to guide a dev if they are even able to review footage. Am I completely wasting my time? Are you guys able to review footage, or would you even think to do that based on a botting report?

Here is a thread with many Dev posts about reporting:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/wuv/GM-Proheals-is-running-around-WvW/first#post4845366

Good luck.

I saw mention of a GM being called when you report as bot. Can I assume the game does not save any footage, and thus it’s pretty easy to get away with “light” hacking?

That engi may not use his program again for hours, where he would be in a situation where running around in the downed state is a) useful and b) not seen by lots of players (better chance of being videod and that person taking the time to mail evidence to Anet.)

The ‘game’ keeps complete records (of things that are normally recorded).

Did you read every Dev post? He posts quite a bit about nefarious goings-on. You can also read all posts by Michael Henniger…and/or Chris Cleary.

Good luck.

Oh good! I thought I read all the posts, but I’m pretty sleepy. Ok, I feel better. I guess me typing into say chat probably is useful to the GM reviewing as well.