Farming bots - the plague

Rex-Umbra

Agree its a disgusting mess and nothing is being done.

Minyassa

The reason they keep making more is because they can expect a tempting duration of time between the time someone bothers to report them and the time that they actually get banned and have to make a new account. Consequences are not sufficient to be a deterrant. If they were caught and banned very quickly and reliably it would cease to be worth their investment of time and they'd move on to other more lucrative activities.

I had to laugh at the idea that people who deliberately act like botters to troll bot farmers 1) exist and 2) deserve any consideration if they did exist. Acting like a botter to troll people would be griefing, which is bannable, sooooo...no pity, banhammer away.

Xerikten

if you stop buying their cheap mats, they would have no reason to be botting. just a thought.

Elsonso

Minyassa wrote: »

The reason they keep making more is because they can expect a tempting duration of time between the time someone bothers to report them and the time that they actually get banned and have to make a new account. Consequences are not sufficient to be a deterrant. If they were caught and banned very quickly and reliably it would cease to be worth their investment of time and they'd move on to other more lucrative activities.

Yes, and I think they are getting better about it. I have to say that I do not see the exact same accounts/characters botting for weeks and months anymore. Although, to be fair, I stopped reporting the bot trains that I used to report. I prefer to report the solo farming bots, these days. If they are around for more than 2 days, it is unusual. Or, a weekend.

Minyassa wrote: »

I had to laugh at the idea that people who deliberately act like botters to troll bot farmers 1) exist and 2) deserve any consideration if they did exist. Acting like a botter to troll people would be griefing, which is bannable, sooooo...no pity, banhammer away.

I have yet to encounter people deliberately attempting to look like a bot. I would not report them, if I did.