Guild Wars 2

One note is that if a player used OPTION II to pvp flag you would have to note that.
Like x number of times you are killed you are removed from the game for x amount of time. One would think players would not do that.

OPTION I – Captcha like automated response sent

Why not allow players to send in a botting ticket which flags the person in question?
You send an auto response to the “perp” and have them go through a series of actions that require human interaction not scripted. You note who sent the botting ticket.

I was thinking something no bot could do with some kind of calculative response.
A challenge like catpcha “google ReCapthca” or image based captcha where you ask the perp a question and they select the correct image etc.

If no response you log them out. They log back in…challenge them again ..etc..
x5 strikes you ban them for an hour etc..send an email to the account blah ….

At that point you can assume they are probably bots – investigate and solve.

You take them out of the system in an automated fashion. And the trigger for this behavior was the players original report.

If the person was afk…they could log in answer done. If the reporter is just being belligerent and flagging everyone you could ban them as well for said period for being mean

OPTION II – flag and kill
I like this one personally. In this model you report someone they get flagged so that they are now vulnerable to human attack. Arming this flag would require again something like a captcha failure. Or some other failure with a countdown.

If the perp failed to respond in a timely manor they would be now vulnerable to kill.
Players could take them out ..or my personal favorite “other bots!”. LOL

Again if the perp account did not log in and correct the “I am human” challenge response..every time they came back same result “flagged for termination”.

Just some thoughts on how to handle this in an automated fashion while saving the real Ban Hammer for real people to handle at Arena.net.

p.s. as one of my guild mates informed me “XP or better some Karma say 20 for bot hunting would be a nice benefit”. XP or karma could be granted only once per bot or player found instance. Kill 5 you get some in game “Witches” hat or something.

Players would actively seek and destroy bots but be careful about reporting belligerently because they too could have issues with flagging needlessly.

The problem is I think Arena.net is having to sift through all of these reports manually.
If I were a bot maker I would randomly report characters I encounter in the game for botting. Hence increasing the number of players being reported for botting. Effectively smoke screening your behavior.

They need a solid algorithm that snaps the log like 2 mins before and after and parses the behavior server side.
If it looks suspicious…ergo same movements “a route” etc…not giving away to much. Then and only then forward them onto “real humans” to evaluate.

Tiger.9786:

Here’s what you do my man.
Do events in orr (cursed shore 80 zone) that involve groups of people (everywhere)
Sell all blues and greens to vendors
Open heavy moldy bags – there is a chance you will get powerful blood
If you get a rare – sell it on the Trading Post. Guaranteed 20 silver
Once you’ve got a little coin – you could consider buying yourself
pirate runes to increase your magic find – more rares.

Also buy Raspberry Peach Bars off the Trading post. (they are cheap and give you 26% magic find for 30 minutes)

Then when you’re going steady with around 3-5 gold. You could start saving the rares you find for the mystic forge. 4 rares put in CAN get an exotic that goes for 2.5 – ? amounts of gold. making a profit if you’re lucky. I’ve done this 2 times and have made a 12g profit in a couple of days.

Good luck.

Rasberry Peach Bars that is sick… Thank you very much
Mystic forging 4 rares gets you an exotic? Wicked

Thank you!

It is NOT working!

I have seen the same packs I mean packs of rangers on Maguuma for over a week. And more and more are springing up every day.

I report them 2 to 3 times a day and they are still here! Not in one zone but in all zones I’m being overrun with them.

I will state this again… It is not working they are increasing in numbers not decreasing rapidly!

I will update this thread every day with the same bots in the same spot to prove it.

Anyone have any hints on how to make any coin in this game.
I’m loosing my pants in dungeons now and I can barely make my waypoint payments.
The repair costs are really high now.
I am actually leveling alts just to sell the early mats for crafting because that seems like all that is selling anymore the low stuff.

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Thank you.