Update: (Day two Continues) Cheating Right Now Happening at Iluvamir Dolmen In Auridion PC NA

Prof_Bawbag · November 2016

WuffyCerulei wrote: »

failkiwib16_ESO wrote: »

Perhaps it's someone who got tired of farming the General Executioner achievement lol,

Lol I did that before 1T, when it was easier to get.

@WuffyCerulei Did you think it was easier before? I'm thinking the opposite. I created a new character during the Halloween festival and got that achievement in under a week, whereas my main character, it took months with a lot, lot more dolmens under its belt.

I may have just been extremely lucky since 1T, but every 2nd or 3rd dolmen seems to give out a named lieutenant/general.

bellanca6561n · November 2016

UrQuan wrote: »

Taleof2Cities wrote: »

As long as you reported it in-game ... let ZOS sort it out ...

Nah, back during the Great Bot Infestation of 2014 I learned that it's highly satisfying to drag mobs with AOE attacks over to bots (or rubber banders) to kill them. Report them in-game, then make sure that they get killed in-game.

Ah, yes....THAT......

scorpiodog · November 2016

Update Day two (11/8/16)
Does reporting obvious cheating and macro use have any effect whatseoever? I'm in doubt.
Cheating continues at same location
One Player reported yesterday is dead on the ground, but has 30 more CP than than yesterday. Probably happened when players didn't kill npcs quickly enough.

Another player currently level 44 doing the same thing.

ArchMikem · November 2016

Vigarr wrote: »

scorpiodog wrote: »

He's gone up several CP in the hour I've observed him.

You're playing this game at 3:48 am, watching a guy shooting his bow for an hour???

Methinks you need a break from this game...for sanity sake.

3am is when i usually am on. I sleep weird.

JamieAubrey · November 2016

Shame its NA I would have went and joined them xD

Ankael07 · November 2016

I cant believe there isnt a single guy authorized to ban obvious botters. I mean how hard it is to appoint one?

How about creating a team of volunteering players that is supervised by an official to deal with these?

sirston · November 2016

grab a nearby enemy and let the enemy kill em.

Ackwalan · November 2016

UrQuan wrote: »

Taleof2Cities wrote: »

As long as you reported it in-game ... let ZOS sort it out ...

Nah, back during the Great Bot Infestation of 2014 I learned that it's highly satisfying to drag mobs with AOE attacks over to bots (or rubber banders) to kill them. Report them in-game, then make sure that they get killed in-game.

Bots these days are more reactive to their environment. The last few times I tried this, the bots were able to detect and kills mobs that were outside their normal kill box.

Elsonso · November 2016

scorpiodog wrote: »

Update Day two (11/8/16)
Does reporting obvious cheating and macro use have any effect whatseoever? I'm in doubt.

Nothing obvious.

They will be allowed to run for days, then they simply are not there. We can't tell if the player finished and left or whether ZOS took some action. The idea to periodically let us know how many people they had banned died quietly, so we have no indication on what scale they take action.

I will say one interesting thing, though. Even if I do not report them, I do take note of them. I never see them again, and I do watch for such things. This leads me to believe in the possibility that ZOS does ban them, just not in a timely manner.

Ankael07 wrote: »

I cant believe there isnt a single guy authorized to ban obvious botters. I mean how hard it is to appoint one?

Well, that might be the problem, actually. A single guy can't do it. There are 6 megaservers, each one with a different mix of players that peak at different times per day. Each of them are generating players reports of all types, botting and behavior, some of them valid, some of them mistakes, and some just players making trouble for others. While I would guess that ZOS has more than one person assigned to handling this, clearly they don't have enough to handle all the reports in a timely manner.

Asardes · November 2016

WuffyCerulei wrote: »

failkiwib16_ESO wrote: »

Perhaps it's someone who got tired of farming the General Executioner achievement lol,

Lol I did that before 1T, when it was easier to get.

Actually it was harder before. I did over 250 dolmens on my main and still had one general to go, which I had to farm in the last alliance area. Now on an alt I've done maybe 130 and still one missing. Now the generals spawn more often, and the actual spawn is related to what general the players on the dolmens are missing. It's written in the patch notes and I can confirm it's mostly working as intended.

imredneckson · November 2016

scorpiodog wrote: »

Two players are AFK and shooting their bows about once every second. One of the knuckeheads is even facing the wrong direction so his AFK boswhots are going in the wrong direction.
Absolutely no interaction with the environment.

I submitted a ticket about a half hour ago.

I don't know if it's worse that they are cheating, or that they are doing it so boldly and lazily in the most easy dolmen to get to in the game.

11/7/16
3:48 am EST

Update Day two (11/8/16)
Does reporting obvious cheating and macro use have any effect whatseoever? I'm in doubt.
Cheating continues at same location
One Player reported yesterday is dead on the ground, but has 30 more CP than than yesterday. Probably happened when players didn't kill npcs quickly enough.

Another player currently level 44 doing the same thing.

ZOS won't do anything about it. My buddies and I reported three bots a while back. They were there for the next few days and ZOS did nothing. We gave them video, we gave them pictures of one of the dropping five Storm Atronachs at a time, and ZOS continued to do nothing. It's sad but it's reality. If only ZOS monitored their game as much as they monitor their forums this game would be phenomenal.

Woeler · November 2016

Cheating. Lmao.