Guild Wars 2

Lutinz.6915:

Arenanet has said quite a few times know they know of the issue and trying to come up with an effective fix. Since most bots are probably hacked accounts trying to investigate and shutdown bots on a case by case basis would be extremely resource intensive. They need a better solution to have a good lasting effect.

They cant just ban everyone reported otherwise they would risk banning innocent people getting randomly trolled.

Personally I suspect that Arenanet wrongly expected that the gem/gold market would make GW2 unattractive to gold sellers. This doesnt seem to be the case unfortunately and they have been struggling to deal with it since. They need to come up with an effective way of either undermining botting programs or detecting the use of such programs. Either way its going to take them time to develop.

LOL…all anyone has to do is go to the areas where botting is prominent and see for themselves. This isn’t rocket science and is pretty apparent. Take a look at the number of videos already posted on these forums. HELLO!

Ya know, I find it amazing that when the Karma exploit happened ANet was quick to move in and stop it from happening. Some ppl even got a ban I believe. I’m truly surprised at ANet’s lack of action in this regard. In today’s gaming world you would think that any MMO Dev would have some kind of plan on how to deal with Bots. It’s not like they’re new to the MMO scene. It makes ANet look very inept.

Punishing the player base with an anti-farming code was the wrong solution. A GM police force would be a great solution.

Also…it’s rather easy to make a bot if you have a Razer Naga or any MMO gaming device that allows you to make macros. It’s not as sophisticated as the ones that run around and such, but it can be programmed to spam 1, and loot very easily.

Cheers

Nice article and spot on…just a note on the TP tax…it’s 5% to list and an additional 10% on the sale for a total of 15% http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Trading_Post#Fees

And yes…I have seen the adverts saying “10G for 11.6 USD” which is more than you can get with gems.

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Temper.7265:

Monthly mass bannings has and never will deter botting.As proven by most MMOs that do it,otherwise the bots wouldn’t be there.

If they already run 10 accounts similatneuosly,it pretty much means the botter in question can most likely afford a monthly ban hammer.

Rule number one of choosing a game to bot…is it profitable enough to replace accounts from bans.In the case of GW2,it obviously is.

The anti farm code is not a deterent to botters,but a deterent for non botters to keep playing or making it attractive to buy gold/goods from the botter accounts.

Bots run 24/7 and their routines are advancing remarkably fast.Thus bypassing the anti farming code somewhat.Ten bots running 24/7 with a routine that covers the span of three events,a variety of different creature types and swag of different loot tables.

Regardless of diminishing returns,the bot x10 will make a killing

Running ten bots per account at even just one account,more than pays for a monthly mass ban.

Aggressive daily perma bans by active server GMs is the only deterent.

I agree with this…let the Bot Police come forth and tame the wild wild west!

ravinhood.3981:

So they are just basically attacking at nothing? Randomly? So if they are attacking nothing how is that hurting anyone?

It’s a DE. Pretty obvious they’re bots farming loot and Karma

Here’s an example on Sea of Sorrows server in Kessex Hills bridge event. Video is not the greatest.

The solution is not in reducing drops through DR, but to start banning those that are botting. DR only hurts the legit player IMO.