What would you do if ESO allowed us to kill bots?

Megabear

What would you do if ESO allowed us to kill confirmed bots (rather than banning them)? Bots will have red names and outlined red.

P.S. Yes, I know this will never happen.

Fang_of_Lorkhaj

Other

Along with a reward system per bot kill? Sign me up

Apherius

Open season. Forget Cyrodiil, forget trials, it's hunting time baby

You can already do it with the Mark of the worm bug ( when you take the mark before the end of the arcane university Battleground)

Liley

Open season. Forget Cyrodiil, forget trials, it's hunting time baby

Hunt them out of Tamriel!

altemriel

Open season. Forget Cyrodiil, forget trials, it's hunting time baby

#BotHuntingYeah!!!

Megabear

Open season. Forget Cyrodiil, forget trials, it's hunting time baby

Apherius wrote: »

You can already do it with the Mark of the worm bug ( when you take the mark before the end of the arcane university Battleground)

That's awesome.

aaisoaho

Other

I'd try to kill them only if they're in my path while I'm farming mats - you know, to eliminate the competition. Otherwise I wouldn't bother joining the Wild Hunt.

Nestor

Sure I'll go out and hunt some bots, but soon afterwards I'm doing whatever that needs doing.

I would do what I say I wish I could do when I see them, kill them and teabag them.

I would otherwise play the game until I saw the bot train, and then I would derail it.

GrigorijMalahevich

Not worth my time.

Yes! You go and show them bots who is the boss! They will care so much!

Megabear

Open season. Forget Cyrodiil, forget trials, it's hunting time baby

aaisoaho wrote: »

I'd try to kill them only if they're in my path while I'm farming mats - you know, to eliminate the competition. Otherwise I wouldn't bother joining the Wild Hunt.

Personally, at least for the first few days or even weeks, I think we would witness the greatest PvP coordination ever seen during the "Wild Hunt". Zone chatters would be full of reports of scouts and victories.

Megabear

Open season. Forget Cyrodiil, forget trials, it's hunting time baby

Nestor wrote: »

I would do what I say I wish I could do when I see them, kill them and teabag them.

I would otherwise play the game until I saw the bot train, and then I would derail it.

Well, as long as you tea bag them..

Rouven

Other

Yeah ... ummm ... definitely no rewards, right. Otherwise there will be more bots, not less.

If I run across them I would most likely take one with me - or a train or gaggle or whatever you call multiple bots.

OutLaw_Nynx

Open season. Forget Cyrodiil, forget trials, it's hunting time baby

Lol.

If someone gets x amount of reports for botting sure. Make it a bounty board. Clear out the bots in Glenumbra and get a reward or something.

Recremen

KRBMMO

Sure I'll go out and hunt some bots, but soon afterwards I'm doing whatever that needs doing.

I would change it to "always" if we get to loot their crafting bag.

But I think they should just have a rampaging world boss that appears whenever a key sequence is repeated to within a certain margin (but not in towns, wayshrines, etc). Or if anyone logged in for more than 24 hours. Basically any behavior that is impossible for a human to do a World Boss should appear and kill them and loot their crafting bag - and bank.

I heard that one of the funnest experiences WOW players had was a super tough world boss that ran amok across the countryside. That sounds like a lot of fun and I wish Zos would experiment more with stuff like that - even if it does grief some crafters or whatever.

CaffeinatedMayhem

Sure I'll go out and hunt some bots, but soon afterwards I'm doing whatever that needs doing.

Might be nice for people to stop reporting me as a bot once they realize I"m not killable.

Wreuntzylla

OutLaw_Nynx wrote: »

Lol.

If someone gets x amount of reports for botting sure. Make it a bounty board. Clear out the bots in Glenumbra and get a reward or something.

Oh, the griefing possibilities. But then, whoever is getting griefed is either a friend or a total orifice. So, I approve.

No bounty board, though. It would be incredibly inconvenient and less satisfying if you couldn't put them down immediately. Just have it one-time flag a person after x reports and give someone 30sec to reject being flagged using simple 'I am not a bot' tech (e.g., click on every square with a car).

Elsonso

Other

Open season? Anyone can just kill bots?

Au Revoir. Auf Wiedersehen. Sayōnara. DaH jImej.

I would not want to play in a game where the players were active vigilantes. This is why I don't like open world PVP games.

phairdon

Other

I'd rather leave it to GM's.

Loralai_907

Sure I'll go out and hunt some bots, but soon afterwards I'm doing whatever that needs doing.

I've thought about this a lot actually. They could add a memento like the cake, with a timer, and for that amount of time, if you whack a bot with this special attack type move, the bot account gets put in a cage for ZOS personnel to review. So they could control it and we could help, but only for like an hour a week or whatever amount of time they would approve. I don't want bot hunting to be all I do, but if I could assist in short bursts like this, I could still enjoy the game with most of my time. Because we have more of problem with bot trains than singular bots, whatever we did to tag the bots should be more like an AoE or a net covering more ground than having to touch all of the bots individually.

Maikon

Other

We wouldn't have this problem if overland was pvp enabled.

phairdon

Other

I'd rather leave it to GM's.

Maikon wrote: »

We wouldn't have this problem if overland was pvp enabled.

Overland pvp would kill the game, not just bots, as there would be a lot of players not wanting to participate. So the game would need an opt out option, which would also be available to anyone creating bots.

Maikon

Other

phairdon wrote: »

I'd rather leave it to GM's.

Maikon wrote: »

We wouldn't have this problem if overland was pvp enabled.

Overland pvp would kill the game, not just bots, as there would be a lot of players not wanting to participate. So the game would need an opt out option, which would also be available to anyone creating bots.

I've mentioned before that they should give a toggle option for those of us that want overland pvp, so it doesn't affect the pve'ers, but it should be that if a pve'er attacks someone that's pvp, they become auto flagged and then you can fight them. If that was the case, you could just follow the bots and stand in any aoe they cast, that way they get flagged and you kill them.

KingMagaw

Not worth my time.

Do more work for ZOS?. NO thank you


This falls under there remit, one that is lacking obviously atm since bots are so blatant )

WhiteCoatSyndrome

Sure I'll go out and hunt some bots, but soon afterwards I'm doing whatever that needs doing.

Having our friendly [z] people show up frequently to take care of bots would be just as good. I'd like to see more of them!

phairdon

Other

Maikon wrote: »

phairdon wrote: »

I'd rather leave it to GM's.

Maikon wrote: »

We wouldn't have this problem if overland was pvp enabled.

Overland pvp would kill the game, not just bots, as there would be a lot of players not wanting to participate. So the game would need an opt out option, which would also be available to anyone creating bots.

I've mentioned before that they should give a toggle option for those of us that want overland pvp, so it doesn't affect the pve'ers, but it should be that if a pve'er attacks someone that's pvp, they become auto flagged and then you can fight them. If that was the case, you could just follow the bots and stand in any aoe they cast, that way they get flagged and you kill them.

Understood.

thedude33

Open season. Forget Cyrodiil, forget trials, it's hunting time baby

Apherius wrote: »

You can already do it with the Mark of the worm bug ( when you take the mark before the end of the arcane university Battleground)

No clue what this is

thedude33

Open season. Forget Cyrodiil, forget trials, it's hunting time baby

Watched a bot train of 7 today in Rift zone. Hate them

Tally *** ! Time for some hunting

Alchemical

Other

Maikon wrote: »

phairdon wrote: »

I'd rather leave it to GM's.

Maikon wrote: »

We wouldn't have this problem if overland was pvp enabled.

Overland pvp would kill the game, not just bots, as there would be a lot of players not wanting to participate. So the game would need an opt out option, which would also be available to anyone creating bots.

I've mentioned before that they should give a toggle option for those of us that want overland pvp, so it doesn't affect the pve'ers, but it should be that if a pve'er attacks someone that's pvp, they become auto flagged and then you can fight them. If that was the case, you could just follow the bots and stand in any aoe they cast, that way they get flagged and you kill them.

That's actually kinda ingenious.

Rouven

Other

Maikon wrote: »

phairdon wrote: »

I'd rather leave it to GM's.

Maikon wrote: »

We wouldn't have this problem if overland was pvp enabled.

Overland pvp would kill the game, not just bots, as there would be a lot of players not wanting to participate. So the game would need an opt out option, which would also be available to anyone creating bots.

I've mentioned before that they should give a toggle option for those of us that want overland pvp, so it doesn't affect the pve'ers, but it should be that if a pve'er attacks someone that's pvp, they become auto flagged and then you can fight them. If that was the case, you could just follow the bots and stand in any aoe they cast, that way they get flagged and you kill them.

Which would lead to people jumping in front of you, the Not-A-Bot PvE player, to have him "accidentally" attack you and then be flagged etc ...

Not-A-Bot - I copyright that btw, it will be a popular addon in the future I tell you.