Guild Wars 2

I have to ask this question, because it’s something i am seeing players do more and more often and after multiple reports for “botting”, not only from myself, but from many other players that are getting fed up with it. These afk players in question continue to engage in this practice of gaining rewards while afk (karma, xp, coin) and nothing is being done about it.

Let me explain one players actions in detail. In cursed shore there is a location called Penitent Path where two dynamic events spawn. This individual will park his character near the entrance to one of either two outposts, set his turret on auto-attack, and then go afk for hours at a time. His turrets will then automatically tag mobs as they approach the outpost, giving him credit for every event that is active at the time. Sometimes we’ll find him with his armor broken (naked), and unfortunately players resurrect him and he continues on his merry way, gaining rewards for doing absolutely nothing!

Now i just recently caught him at his computer and decided to confront him about it. He claimed he got in contact with anet staff and said he was given the green light to engage in this activity. He claimed that because it was a built-in function it was not against the Terms of Service, only script use was.

So what’s the deal here?

I have a screenshot of the conversation i am willing to provide upon request. I elected not to post it here or mention his IGN due to any possibility that it could be against forum policy. I look forward to hearing back on this matter soon, thank you.

LastSurvivor.1036:

I have to ask this question, because it’s something i am seeing players do more and more often and after multiple reports for “botting”, not only from myself, but from many other players that are getting fed up with it. These afk players in question continue to engage in this practice of gaining rewards while afk (karma, xp, coin) and nothing is being done about it.

Let me explain one players actions in detail. In cursed shore there is a location called Penitent Path where two dynamic events spawn. This individual will park his character near the entrance to one of either two outposts, set his turret on auto-attack, and then go afk for hours at a time. His turrets will then automatically tag mobs as they approach the outpost, giving him credit for every event that is active at the time. Sometimes we’ll find him with his armor broken (naked), and unfortunately players resurrect him and he continues on his merry way, gaining rewards for doing absolutely nothing!

Now i just recently caught him at his computer and decided to confront him about it. He claimed he got in contact with anet staff and said he was given the green light to engage in this activity. He claimed that because it was a built-in function it was not against the Terms of Service, only script use was.

So what’s the deal here?

I have a screenshot of the conversation i am willing to provide upon request. I elected not to post it here or mention his IGN due to any possibility that it could be against forum policy. I look forward to hearing back on this matter soon, thank you.

Staying afk and killing with turrets is allowed, but you’ll be kicked to character selection screen after short period of time. I believe in your case person used 3rd party (script , program, etc) to stay online – such things aren’t allowed

“He claimed that because it was a built-in function it was not against the Terms of Service, only script use was.”

Pretty sure GW2 doesn’t come with built-in customizable scripts. If that was allowed then ALL botting is allowed so obviously he’s being stupid.

What I’ve always wondered is where would building an actual robot fall? If you actually built something that physically pressed the keys on your keyboard, what does this count as?

Hey gang, well the situation just got interesting. I found him at Jofast’s Waypoint once again afk, turrets firing away, i guess he thought i wouldn’t find him there. This time i began recording it. His rifle turret after expiring would automatically get recast. He got knocked around by mobs didn’t flinch, he stood there. After about 15 minutes he realized i was standing behind him and began to move his character. I followed him, tried to communicate, he refused to respond in /s and his status was set to offline. Instead he chose to wave and dance in front of me.

So now i have a screenshot of him admitting to it, and video footage of the turrets being recast. Now it’s up to anet to decide if those actions were automated or not. As previously stated the screenshot and/or footage will be given upon request.

Hi,

This topic has already been addressed Here.

Here is the link for the Policy about Third-Party Programs.

This topic is now locked, thanks for your contribution.