Shadamehr.1284 Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 A dozen or so bots standing on top of each other where Aetherblades spawn at the cache that can be found in Tears of Itlaocol in Caledon Forest I would imagine there are bots placed at all the other Aetherbalde caches. 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kharmin.7683 Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 Report and move on. 4 1 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniyyel.3428 Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 (edited) If report and move on was actually a solution this topic wouldn't be brought up weekly or almost daily then the mods wouldnt have to lock and or completely delete the thread. Edited December 11, 2022 by Daniyyel.3428 9 7 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McWelp.1723 Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 2 hours ago, kharmin.7683 said: Report and move on. Doesnt work. Same bots get reported over and over and they been afk farming for years non stop 24/7. 9 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kharmin.7683 Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 Whether it works or not is irrelevant. The official stance (and why these thread continue to be locked) is to report suspected behavior that may violate the ToS and move on. 1 1 4 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McWelp.1723 Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 (edited) Offical stance or not, but i hope these threads keep popping up more and more to get message to dev team. Amount of afk bots in this game is just embarrassing. Telling people do useless chores (report in game) and do absolutely frikkin nothing to bots is just lying to your customer base. Edited December 12, 2022 by McWelp.1723 19 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniyyel.3428 Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 I don't know how they can stop it, it's just sad to see a game I love so much be brought so low with this behavior. GW1/2 have been a big part of my life since 2006. Met a lot of great people who I hope to be friends with for life. When I bought my son an account. I walked by to see him standing with a large group. I asked him what he was doing, he said waiting for this event to start. I had to explain to him what was going on. It wasn't an event. It was people afk farming while they watch tv. 5 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kharmin.7683 Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 21 minutes ago, McWelp.1723 said: Offical stance or not, but i hope these threads keep popping up more and more to get message to dev team. Amount of afk bots in this game is just embarrassing. Cool, then the forum will be full of bot complaint threads. As if more will actually change matters? 1 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniyyel.3428 Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 (edited) 1 minute ago, kharmin.7683 said: Cool, then the forum will be full of bot complaint threads. As if more will actually change matters? It worked in getting them to nerf EoD Soowon. Not that I was for that. Edited December 12, 2022 by Daniyyel.3428 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McWelp.1723 Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 1 minute ago, kharmin.7683 said: Cool, then the forum will be full of bot complaint threads. As if more will actually change matters? Yes, thats how it usually goes. More = better in a lot of cases. 6 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slpr.2647 Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 52 minutes ago, Daniyyel.3428 said: I don't know how they can stop it, all they have to do is remove drops for pets/minions. let them do all the dmg they are designed to, but no rewards for pets/minions. 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McWelp.1723 Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 (edited) 5 hours ago, slpr.2647 said: all they have to do is remove drops for pets/minions. let them do all the dmg they are designed to, but no rewards for pets/minions. Good start, but its not that simple. All they need to do after that is to macro 'target nearest enemy' -> 'use whatever aoe attack'... I think pets are there mostly to distract the mobs anyways so botting player does not die. They need to alter their terms of service and flat out ban use of any automation. Even if the player is there overseeing their bot. Would be clear for anyone without any pickering about technicalities.. EDIT: There actually was interesting idea i came across on gw2 subreddit. Just rank up the mobs without increasing the loot if they keep dying multiple times right after spawning. Start with elites and go champions and all the way to legendaries with unstable magic abilities. Would become too much trouble than its worth, so good bye to most bot farms without devs needing to jump trough too many hoops to solve the problem. EDIT2: And another was putting diminishing returns on loot if mob gets slaughtered repeatedly, forcing players to move. Edited December 12, 2022 by McWelp.1723 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniyyel.3428 Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, McWelp.1723 said: They need to alter their terms of service and flat out ban use of any automation. Even if the player is there overseeing their bot. Would be clear for anyone without any pickering about technicalities.. This would be the best approach, watching youtubers debate how they are not violating the rules is like watching someone split hairs under a microscope. Sadly they have a leg to stand on if you agree with them. Anet needs to make changes to the ToS to lock it down tight so there is no debate or wiggle room one way or the other. Honestly I don't believe there's as many bots in the game as people think, people no longer need to bot. they can just multibox many accounts let minions autoloot, autocast do the rest and monitor them in case a GM pm's them. By reading the ToS this may appear acceptable. I also think this is why so many accounts never get banned. It doesn't matter if someone reports them. As long as they see the pm from anet they are good to keep going. I've talked to many passive farmers and this is their sincere belief. Just because I don't agree with them doesn't mean they are in the wrong. Edited December 12, 2022 by Daniyyel.3428 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slpr.2647 Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 5 hours ago, McWelp.1723 said: Good start, but its not that simple. All they need to do after that is to macro 'target nearest enemy' -> 'use whatever aoe attack'... I think pets are there mostly to distract the mobs anyways so botting player does not die. They need to alter their terms of service and flat out ban use of any automation. Even if the player is there overseeing their bot. Would be clear for anyone without any pickering about technicalities.. EDIT: There actually was interesting idea i came across on gw2 subreddit. Just rank up the mobs without increasing the loot if they keep dying multiple times right after spawning. Start with elites and go champions and all the way to legendaries with unstable magic abilities. Would become too much trouble than its worth, so good bye to most bot farms without devs needing to jump trough too many hoops to solve the problem. EDIT2: And another was putting diminishing returns on loot if mob gets slaughtered repeatedly, forcing players to move. the one i see, in southsun, never uses an attack skill of the char,ever, its all minions. with the minions of 15 accounts, he doesnt need to use any of his skills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hashberry.4510 Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 I know some avid standing farmers. It gets pretty funny hearing them complain about bots too. The pained outrage, how dare the bots take their fav spots to stand around and … ? Games gone to seed. Meh. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Moderator.3419 Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 Hi everyone, If you witness any of these acts while playing, please submit an in-game report or a ticket to our Customer Support team, so they can properly investigate the matter. Regards. ☃️ 1 2 13 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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