So Bots will now have to find some other way to farm ?

JamieAubrey

From PTS patch 3.0.3

Dark Anchors

Standing still while in combat with a Dark Anchor now causes an an extraplanar charge to gradually accumulate at your location. A charge that has built to critical levels explodes, damaging those who contributed to its growth and significantly reducing their health recovery.

JahneeO

RIP Dolmen Bots!

NewBlacksmurf

Rubber banding yes seems to address one spot not others but usually bots tend to move in packs

geonsocal

now that will be one heck of an update - love it

ArchMikem

My god that sounds awesome, i NEED to see this happen.

LegacyDM

Um can't bots be programmed to slightly move at time intervals?!

Turelus

Only on consoles.

As I said in the PTS patch notes thread, PC macro's can be far more complex than just holding an attack button.

Still, we'll see how much people adapt and continue. I just wish ZOS would focus on actually getting an faster bot report tool, have reports land on a specialist GM team and have a real security division.

Spoilt by years of CCP Games and their awesome GM team.

Kiralyn2000

LegacyDM wrote: »

Um can't bots be programmed to slightly move at time intervals?!

A lot of them were apparently just staff-users constantly heavy-attacking by taping down their mouse button/controller trigger.

SydneyGrey

I just read that just a minute ago. Awesome! I hope all the bots explode.

Tandor

Pardon me while I wait for all the "ZOS never listen to us" posts...

Great news, incidentally. As for bots moving in packs, that's not been my experience at dolmens, there often seems to be a lone wolf perched in a convenient position and zapping the spot where the boss mob spawns. Given that they probably don't take much if any damage given the number of other players running around, I'd prefer it if the extraplanar charge killed them rather than damaging their health recovery, but it'll be interesting to see how it works out. I've no doubt that ZOS will be monitoring some dolmens while this is put to the test and will modify things accordingly.

SydneyGrey

They need to explode in a shower of flesh atronach chunks.

bloodthirstyvampire

Turelus wrote: »

Only on consoles.

As I said in the PTS patch notes thread, PC macro's can be far more complex than just holding an attack button.

Still, we'll see how much people adapt and continue. I just wish ZOS would focus on actually getting an faster bot report tool, have reports land on a specialist GM team and have a real security division.

Spoilt by years of CCP Games and their awesome GM team.

Yes 1 game master per area

Rohamad_Ali

That's funny .

Nemesis7884

most remotely decent bot programs allow you to "save" specific routes that the bot can walk and do stuff....not sure if the bot problem gets solved....

rotaugen454

It stops low skill botters, like car alarms stop low skill thieves.

Elsonso

JamieAubrey wrote: »

From PTS patch 3.0.3

Dark Anchors

Standing still while in combat with a Dark Anchor now causes an an extraplanar charge to gradually accumulate at your location. A charge that has built to critical levels explodes, damaging those who contributed to its growth and significantly reducing their health recovery.

Depends on how long it takes for this static charge to build, how much damage it does when she blows, and (most importantly) whether there is a knockback effect that will cause the need to re-aim any attacks. If they can just stand through it, or if someone just heals them, then it is pretty much worthless.

Kodrac

This I have to see. Hopefully standing still watching and waiting won't get me blown up too.

Darlgon

ArchMikem wrote: »

My god that sounds awesome, i NEED to see this happen.

Just make sure to stay away from them.

Elsonso

Kodrac wrote: »

This I have to see. Hopefully standing still watching and waiting won't get me blown up too.

On PTS, just go stand in a spot at a dolmen and let it happen to you.

neal_brasier

It's ok they've moved into delves now standing opposite the delve bosses rubber banding

Cadbury

rotaugen454 wrote: »

It stops low skill botters, like car alarms stop low skill thieves.

I assume most ESO skill botters are script kiddies anyway.

Fleshreaper

That would be funny to see. I really don't see why so many people care about this. I can't even imagine being that worried over what someone else is doing, when it literally has no affect me. Just wish we could get some of the dc errors fixed but hey, we get to laugh at those bots dying.

SydneyGrey

Nemesis7884 wrote: »

most remotely decent bot programs allow you to "save" specific routes that the bot can walk and do stuff....not sure if the bot problem gets solved....

Yeah, it won't do a thing for harvesting bots, but it's meant to specifically target dolmen bots that stand in one place. I see them at every single dolmen I go to, so this is great news.
I'm sure someone out there will program his dolmen bot to walk around, now, but it'll still stop the majority of them, I think.

Cpt_Teemo

Why can't they just send Teemo to blow dart afkers and botters to kill them

scorpiodog

JamieAubrey wrote: »

From PTS patch 3.0.3

Dark Anchors

Standing still while in combat with a Dark Anchor now causes an an extraplanar charge to gradually accumulate at your location. A charge that has built to critical levels explodes, damaging those who contributed to its growth and significantly reducing their health recovery.

I wish I could be there when the first one explodes, lol.

Of course it won't stop the more sophisticated cheaters like harvesters, but at least you won't be able to just go from level 1 to CP 600 just by taping down a mouse control for a few weeks.