Bot Farming

iiKiiNG522

Is anyone else noticing these groups of bots just farming zones for mats to sell? It’s really getting annoying when I have to go through areas for questing and seeing 60(all have been aldmeri) sorcs just mass murdering werewolves/mudcrabs etc. it’s getting old. Please find a way to fix or prevent this, I know it’s not easy but *** like this is just lame

MrGarlic

You need to report them when you see them.

I report them regularly but new ones just keep popping up to replace them. I still report them though even though it's a never ending battle.

ZOS keeps quiet on whether they do anything about it. It's part of their T&C to not keep us informed.

So just keep reporting them...... There's nothing else you can do except ignore them and move on.

Good luck.

Malacthulhu

Happens on console too. Usually they do it in areas that phase out through questing.

xenowarrior92eb17_ESO

another day, another bot train.

Chicharron

A month ago report 10 bots, more or less, took me 10 minutes to report all of them, 2 days ago pass by Grahtwood and they were still there, the same names, same race etc...

It was the first and last time i report bots.

Unit117

They don’t even care now. Last time I went level up on alikr domens they were swarming it. None of our groups were getting good Xp because of them

Slick_007

Chicharron wrote: »

A month ago report 10 bots, more or less, took me 10 minutes to report all of them, 2 days ago pass by Grahtwood and they were still there, the same names, same race etc...

It was the first and last time i report bots.

gee, you have a good memory. after a whole month you know the names and races of the bots you saw once.

OrphanHelgen

I would say do as much as you want and can. If you want to report them 20 times and spamming forums about it, I support that. Accepting the bots is not a solution.

Tasear

Chicharron wrote: »

A month ago report 10 bots, more or less, took me 10 minutes to report all of them, 2 days ago pass by Grahtwood and they were still there, the same names, same race etc...

It was the first and last time i report bots.

Are they still there? Do you have any videos of them?

OrphanHelgen

Chicharron wrote: »

A month ago report 10 bots, more or less, took me 10 minutes to report all of them, 2 days ago pass by Grahtwood and they were still there, the same names, same race etc...

It was the first and last time i report bots.

Doesn't help ignoring it either. It cost you 2 calories to send in another report. I know zos haven't heard of the word hotfix, but still.

LadyNalcarya

It's not just bot trains. You can also see those lvl 4 chars in basic gear collecting nodes. I've seen 2 yesterday in Deshaan, followed them around a bit, and it was obvious those were not human players.

DocDova

It's nothing serious, there is plenty of material for everyone. I don't even actively farm and I have enough of everything.

If these guys are providing cheap and plenty of material in economy, I see no harm.

Elsonso

Chicharron wrote: »

A month ago report 10 bots, more or less, took me 10 minutes to report all of them, 2 days ago pass by Grahtwood and they were still there, the same names, same race etc...

It was the first and last time i report bots.

I hear you. I have reported hundreds of bots and, last fall, I noticed that some of them were still around months later. At that point, I decided that (a) they didn't care, or (b) they were just too busy. I changed my methods and stopped reporting them until the ones I had already reported were gone. Sometime early this year, the last of them finally vanished from the game. I think the person running them died of old age .

I never resumed reporting them. I suppose I could. I see them quite frequently, and they remind me not to buy Crowns the next time they are on sale.

blacksghost

I tried to farm bots but the yields were dreadful. I lost my tempers.

Chicharron

Slick_007 wrote: »

Chicharron wrote: »

A month ago report 10 bots, more or less, took me 10 minutes to report all of them, 2 days ago pass by Grahtwood and they were still there, the same names, same race etc...

It was the first and last time i report bots.

gee, you have a good memory. after a whole month you know the names and races of the bots you saw once.

take screenshots, they are in my mail, so check that they were the same, and yes, i have a very good memory.

FinneganFroth

I also really want to report people when I see them selling 2-3 pages full of complete stacks of jute or mudcrab chitin in a guild store. I mean, we all know that's the result of a bot, but I just don't have the proof on the back end

Elsonso

DocDova wrote: »

It's nothing serious, there is plenty of material for everyone. I don't even actively farm and I have enough of everything.

If these guys are providing cheap and plenty of material in economy, I see no harm.

Yeah, it is serious.

It is against the ToS, until ZOS says otherwise. I can't do it, because I play honestly. When they do it, it is cheating , and they claim an advantage I cannot have. As ZOS is the the steward of this game, I expect them to police the game for cheaters.

If they don't care, they need to let us know that is how it is, then I won't expect them to do it, and it is my fault for not running bots, myself.

iiKiiNG522

Malacthulhu wrote: »

Happens on console too. Usually they do it in areas that phase out through questing.

lordrichter wrote: »

DocDova wrote: »

It's nothing serious, there is plenty of material for everyone. I don't even actively farm and I have enough of everything.

If these guys are providing cheap and plenty of material in economy, I see no harm.

Yeah, it is serious.

It is against the ToS, until ZOS says otherwise. I can't do it, because I play honestly. When they do it, it is cheating , and they claim an advantage I cannot have. As ZOS is the the steward of this game, I expect them to police the game for cheaters.

If they don't care, they need to let us know that is how it is, then I won't expect them to do it, and it is my fault for not running bots, myself.

It’s a serious issue. It’s causing legit players to have to work around their cheating.

Lindsey

They are still doing it as of January 19. I am sick of reporting these people and nothing being done about it. I play ps4 and the thought of someone hacking into the game to program their bots really annoys me. You know they are bots because they all run in zig zag paths stopping every few steps to open their maps. They are all level 3, all sorcs with 1 pet and are all wearing just underwear.
It is not just the bots that is ruining the game, people are also modding items. I saw a master writ that was rewarding 200k+ writ vouchers.
I pay for eso plus and I have 9 max characters, I am starting to think what is the point in playing anymore. My friends are also sick of this and are thinking of doing the same. When Zos are left with just cheaters they might pull their fingers out and actually do something instead of creating DLC.

Mr_Walker

Lindsey wrote: »

It is not just the bots that is ruining the game, people are also modding items. I saw a master writ that was rewarding 200k+ writ vouchers.

Say what now?

Drummerx04

Chicharron wrote: »

A month ago report 10 bots, more or less, took me 10 minutes to report all of them, 2 days ago pass by Grahtwood and they were still there, the same names, same race etc...

It was the first and last time i report bots.

@Chicharron So is this a good time to plug my addon specifically written to report entire bot trains with minimal effort? That 10 minutes could have been 30 seconds.

MLGProPlayer

Welcome to Elder Bots Online.

The problem is just getting worse and worse while ZOS isn't doing anything about it.

MLGProPlayer

Lindsey wrote: »

It is not just the bots that is ruining the game, people are also modding items. I saw a master writ that was rewarding 200k+ writ vouchers.

You can't mod items. What you can modify is the item data you link in chat. As long as you know the item code, you can change the values to whatever you want.

MLGProPlayer

DocDova wrote: »

It's nothing serious, there is plenty of material for everyone. I don't even actively farm and I have enough of everything.

If these guys are providing cheap and plenty of material in economy, I see no harm.

Bots ruin the economy by creating oversupply. They take profits away from legitimate farmers.

Mr_Walker

MLGProPlayer wrote: »

DocDova wrote: »

It's nothing serious, there is plenty of material for everyone. I don't even actively farm and I have enough of everything.

If these guys are providing cheap and plenty of material in economy, I see no harm.

Bots ruin the economy by creating oversupply. They take profits away from legitimate farmers.

Technically they distort both the supply and demand side of the curve.

On the flip side though, being a guy who just wanders around collecting stuff whilst on my way to whatever quest awaits me, if "legitimate farmers" are the ones who sprint up and undercut me when I'm heading towards some ore, they can get stuffed.

DovahkiinHeart

Lol, the only 'open world pvp' I would whole-heartedly love to see is pvp against those bot trains. Would still be hi-lar-ious even if it doesn't do much.

mocap

bots are main producers of golden mats. Don't report them. Seriously, not trolling. How many golden mats most of you sold last month? I bet 0.

MLGProPlayer

Mr_Walker wrote: »

MLGProPlayer wrote: »

DocDova wrote: »

It's nothing serious, there is plenty of material for everyone. I don't even actively farm and I have enough of everything.

If these guys are providing cheap and plenty of material in economy, I see no harm.

Bots ruin the economy by creating oversupply. They take profits away from legitimate farmers.

Technically they distort both the supply and demand side of the curve.

On the flip side though, being a guy who just wanders around collecting stuff whilst on my way to whatever quest awaits me, if "legitimate farmers" are the ones who sprint up and undercut me when I'm heading towards some ore, they can get stuffed.

How do they distort demand?

InvictusApollo

Do you want cheap materials?

Mr_Walker

MLGProPlayer wrote: »

Mr_Walker wrote: »

MLGProPlayer wrote: »

DocDova wrote: »

It's nothing serious, there is plenty of material for everyone. I don't even actively farm and I have enough of everything.

If these guys are providing cheap and plenty of material in economy, I see no harm.

Bots ruin the economy by creating oversupply. They take profits away from legitimate farmers.

Technically they distort both the supply and demand side of the curve.

On the flip side though, being a guy who just wanders around collecting stuff whilst on my way to whatever quest awaits me, if "legitimate farmers" are the ones who sprint up and undercut me when I'm heading towards some ore, they can get stuffed.

How do they distort demand?

They hoover materials normal "non-bots" would otherwise collect.

I'll pretend you didn't ask that question.

OFFL1MIT

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/98882/not-sure-where-to-put-this-but-something-i-noticed-about-the-bots#latest
I used to do this a year ago at wrothgar botters. I was so dedicated to this it was really funny to increase their electricity bill just for nothing