[Is bot reporting pointless?]

As people don't seem to read what I type:

@Ayrilana.1396 said:They’re there 24/7? So you sat there 24/7 and watched them?

No, I said that no matter what time of day or night I go there they are always there.

@"Vince.1695" said:

So, like logging to a char, chop the wood, log out, log in, chop the wood, rinse & repeat, maybe sometimes accompanied by other actions like moving a bit forward e.g.Again: That's not botting.

Yes logging one character to another and not "maybe sometimes" accompanied by other actions. It's always the same actions at the same time on every character and I've never seen them move. Even if there's a banner planted where they spawn you can see the character turn to take the banner buff rather than chop the wood then they stand there do their utility skill same as normal and do nothing until they switch chars, then the next character will take the buff and not chop wood etc. Rinse and repeat. If this was someone quickly switching characters then they'd move away from the banner to be able to farm the wood, correct? Whereas a bot won't because as far as it's concerned it's done it's job.

[Is bot reporting pointless?]

@"tatte.5389" said:The key probably is "one after the other". Ten accounts at the same time, in perfect sync, would be bots. As long as each start harvesting on their own turn, it likely fits under the Multi-Boxing policy (and alt-tabbing doesn't really take that much time).

In any case, that sounds like an interesting show to witness. Can you give directions and rough time of day?

When I say one after the other I mean there's 1 char appears goes through the routine I mentioned then vanishes. Then next char appears does the same, then next char and next etc. Then next account will start 1 char at a time, then next account etc. And they are there 24/7.

I work shifts so sometimes I'm playing during the day and sometimes I'm playing overnight and whatever time I go to harvest elder wood they'll be there one char after another.

[Is bot reporting pointless?]

Another thing I forgot to mention, if one of the chars spawns in dead(I guess the vet mob killed them) then they stay there for the same 33 seconds before vanishing, even if someone is in the middle of reviving them. Also if they've been moved and ressed using scourge skill or the like(occasionally a mesmer will drop portals on them to move them) then they will stand where they've been moved to for the 33 seconds before vanishing.

@Ayrilana.1396 said:Same 10 accounts? It’s also fairly easy for someone to stick with that timing when cycling through their characters.

Yep same 10 accounts and yeah I know it's easy enough to stick to timings as I've got lots of chars there myself but I go through each char in about 6 seconds, if that. Also why would they draw weapons and use a utility skill?

[Is bot reporting pointless?]

There's about 10 accounts I see all day every day at the trees in Malchors. I've reported all these accounts dozens of times but they are still there all day every day, and I've been reporting them for over a year now.What's the point of having a bot reporting function if nothing is ever done about them?

And to the people that will say "maybe they have been checked and they aren't bots".Character appears, pauses, draws weapons, pauses, uses gathering tool(roughly on the 7 second mark since spawning), (I'm guessing using reaping glyph), pauses, uses utility skill(roughly on the 16 second mark) then the char stands there doing nothing until they vanish (roughly on the 33 second mark).Watched 20+ chars do this exact same routine over several accounts one after the other. If that isn't bot behaviour then I don't know what is. So the owner of the accounts is making somewhere in excess of 200g per day from botting and reporting them time after time doesn't seem to make a difference.

So is bot reporting pointless?EU severs btw.

[Bonus box appreciation]

Yeah getting exotic torch x 2 from the 17 or so boxes I've opened when that item isn't on the preview is great. :(

[Suggestion: Shared Gathering Tool Slots]

I have 2 sets of unbreakable tools that I use on all my chars. 1 set with reaping sigils and 1 set with industry sigils. So depending on what/where I'm gathering depends on which tool set I want equipped. Usually the industry ones but when speed gathering the trees in malchors or iron nodes in brisban I use the reapers set.

[Weeklong Bonus Event: Meta-Event Rush!]

So I opened the 9 bonus boxes that I had and got an exotic torch!?! Where was that item on the preview??

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Same as everyone elseBuild: 90556Error Code: 1004:6:3:2126