Bots !

Belidos · May 2017

Feanor wrote: »

Belidos wrote: »

An excerpt from a botting software designers diary .............
The Autocamp 2000 talks to other players with following rules:

1.) If someone says something ending in a question mark, respond by saying "Dude?"

2.) If someone says something ending in an exclamation point, respond by saying "Dude!"

3.) If someone says something ending with a period, respond by randomly saying one of three things: "Okie," "Sure," or "Right on."

4.) EXCEPTION: If someone says something directly to you by mentioning your name, respond by saying "Lag."

5.) (And remember to accept all trade requests from other players by giving them a melon.)

I sat it in front of the keyboard, made sure my character had at least fifty melons in his backpack, and then trudged off to leave it alone for the night. My

character, Farglik the Templar, waited around in a wayshrine for some adventurers. The following is a log of what transpired:

KillSwitch: [Shouting] Does anyone want to join our hunting party?

Farglik: [Powered by the Autocamp 2000] Dude?

[KillSwitch invites Farglik to join the group.]
[Farglik joins the group]

KillSwitch: We're gonna go farm dolmens.

Farglik: Right on.

[The group of players runs out of the wayshrine, Farglik following close behind. Farglik shoots spear beams at every little monster they pass.]

KillSwitch: Why are you attacking the monkeys?

Farglik: Dude?

KillSwitch: The monkeys, the little hairy things -- why do you keep shooting at them?

Farglik: Dude?

Troobacca: [A nightblade in the party] My weapon enchant expired, I need a new one.

Farglik: Sure.

[Troobacca opens a trade with Farglik.]
[Farglik hands him a melon.]

Troobacca: ...what's this?

Farglik: Dude?

Troobacca: You handed me a melon!

Farglik: Dude!

KillSwitch: Knock it off guys, I see a Dolmen up ahead. Let's do this.

Farglik: Right on.

[The group encounters a bunch of dangerous mobs, but they gang up and kill every one of them.]

KillSwitch: We rock!

Farglik: Dude!

Troobacca: We so OWNED them!

Farglik: Dude!

KillSwitch: Uh oh, hang on. Up ahead is a boss. We can't handle it, so don't attack.

Farglik: Okie.

[Farglik fires a spear beam one the boss.]
[The boss attacks; Trobacca and several other party members are killed before they beat it.]

KillSwitch: You IDIOT! Farglik why did you attacke the boss?

Farglik: Lag.

KillSwitch: Well don't do it again.

Farglik: Sure.

[Farglik attacks the boss.]
[The entire party is slaughtered except for Farglik.]

[ ... Farglik stands there, alone, for several hours ... ]

[ ... finally, a merchant runs up to him.]

Stingrie: [A Breton merchant.] Hey man! Would you like to buy a heal pot?

Farglik: Dude?

Stingrie: A heal pot. It boosts your health by 200 points. I'll sell it to you for 5 gold.

Farglik: Okie.

[Stingrie opens a trade session.]
[Farglik hands him a melon.]

Stingrie: What the hell is this?

Farglik: Dude?

Stingrie: You handed me a melon.

Farglik: Right on.

Stingrie: I told you 5 gold!

Farglik: Dude!

Stingrie: If it's too expensive, just say so.

Farglik: Sure.

[Stingrie runs away, angry.]

[ ... several more hours pass ...]

[A small hunting party led by Krushmor the sorceror comes over the ridge and spots Farglik.]

Krushmor: Farglik, what's up? What are you doing way out here?

Farglik: Lag.

Krushmor: We're rooting daedra out of a delve. You should join our group.

Farglik: Okie.

[Krushmor invites Farglik to join the group.]
[Farglik joins the group and starts following Krushmor around.]

Soop: [The party's templar]. Here, Farglik, let me hand you some hela pots.

Farglik: Lag.

Soop: I know, it's pretty bad tonight. Here you go.

Farglik: Right on.

[Soop opens up a trade window and hands Farglik a heal pot.]
[Farglik hands Soop a melon.]

Soop: Uh ... thanks!

Farglik: Dude!

[The party enters a delve and spends the next two hours brutally clearing it of npc's, room by room. Everyone gets tons of XP.]

Krushmor: Aw man, it's getting really late guys. I should go!

Farglik: Dude!

Krushmor: I know, sucks. I'll catch you all later.

Farglik: Sure.

[Krushmor logs off. By default, Farglik is now promoted to group leader!]

Soop: Well that sucks. What should we hunt next?

Farglik: Dude?

Soop: Let's hunt dolmens!

Farglik: Dude!

Soop: I know an awesome spot. Follow me.

Farglik: Right on.

[The group runs out of the cave, but Farglik, because he is now group leader, just stands there. Several minutes pass before Soop returns.]

Soop: Farglik why didn't you come with us?

Farglik: Lag.

Soop: Well catch up when you can.

Farglik: Okie.

[Farglik stands motionless in the cave and eventually the group disbands. Half an hour passes.]

[Suddenly, one of the game developers, controlling Molag Bal, enters the cave.]

MNolag Bal: Well, my young friend, we've been watching your progress for quite some time.

Farglik: Sure.

Molag Bal: You have done well. We have decided to bestow upon you: GM status!

Farglik: Okie.

Molag Bal: You will be the most powerful Templar on Tamriel!

Farglik: Dude!

[Molag Bal gives Farglik GM powers.]

Molag Bal: Would you like an Infallible Aether Sword?

Farglik: Dude?

Molag Bal: An Infallible Aether Sword. I bestow it onto you.

Farglik: Right on!

[Molag Bal opens up a trade and gives Farglik an Infallible Aether Sword.]
[Farglik hands Molag Bal a melon.]

Molag Bal: Thanks, uh, for the ... melon.

Farglik: Sure.

Molag Bal: Well? Aren't you going to try out your new GM powers?

Farglik: Dude?

Molag Bal: Your GM powers! The powers I just gave you Farglik!

Farglik: Lag.

Molag Bal: Okay, you know what. Just forget the GM powers. I'm taking them back.

Farglik: Okie.

Molag Bal: And give me back my Infallible Aether Sword!

Farglik: Sure.

[Farglik hands Molag Bal a melon.]

[Molag Bal kills Farglik.]

[Farglik respawns at a wayshrine.]

KillSwitch: [At the wayshrine] Whoa! Look who just popped in. What happened to you, Farglik?

Farglik: Lag.

KillSwitch: Want to come hunting with us?

Farglik: Okie.

[Farglik and the Autocamp 2000 join the hunt and gain experience for several more hours...]

I'd call the experiment an unqualified success.

If that is true then 99% of the players I see in game are Autocamp 2000 powered.

Haha.

Belidos · May 2017

delboyspencer_YNWA wrote: »

Well, I thought I would add video evidence because yeah this is getting tiresome.

https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=sHh-IKAmfms.

Erm that link goes to the editing page for the video, which of course instead goes to the account page of whoever clicked it lol

the link should be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHh-IKAmfms

elven.were_wolf · May 2017

I'm on PS4 EU server. Does anyone know a bot farming spot on there. I want to see what bots look like and their behavior, so I can recognize them If I see them.

Elsonso · May 2017

Feanor wrote: »

If that is true then 99% of the players I see in game are Autocamp 2000 powered.

Right on.

JiKama · May 2017

Had guildie adventure out to report bots.... trio after trio... Report after report... All I did was tag along for amusement. It's quite sad to see all of the characters glitched on top of one another. Would be nice to see gamemasters RP walking riding through. Just keeping things in check. Oh yeah... Stonefalls-Vivecs antlers is a bad bot spot.

Belidos · May 2017

lordrichter wrote: »

Feanor wrote: »

If that is true then 99% of the players I see in game are Autocamp 2000 powered.

Right on.

Dude!

waitwhat · May 2017

Overworld bears need a buff. It seems to me many egregious bot groups congregate where there are large groups of bears, at least in Covenant lands. The area around Scarp's Larder comes to mind, in Stormhaven leading up to the mine.

Save the bears. 200k health, 20k phys/spell resist, 4k weapon damage for overworld bears. Completely serious. Let cheaters fear.

Asardes · May 2017

waitwhat wrote: »

Overworld bears need a buff. It seems to me many egregious bot groups congregate where there are large groups of bears, at least in Covenant lands. The area around Scarp's Larder comes to mind, in Stormhaven leading up to the mine.

Save the bears. 200k health, 20k phys/spell resist, 4k weapon damage for overworld bears. Completely serious. Let cheaters fear.

Let's not forget the ones Dominion lands #BearLivesMatter #IstandWithShatteredGrove

Apherius · May 2017

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Apherius wrote: »

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

@Apherius, can you post or send me your ticket number from the last report you made on these bots? Thanks!

The last report i made on a bot ? Of course ! 170510-001158 but i need to prevent you , i'm french .. so the ticket is write in french
I can give you others tickets that i made about these bots , before this ticket .

That's ok, we can pull all the previous information on our end. Thanks!

I went back to the Kerbol's Hollow spot , All bots I report 1 month ago , are gone , Probably ban
BUT there is new bots , with different gametargs/ names , you can't just " bann " account , something need to be done about all these bots spot ... a " system " .If you can't do anythings about these bots ... do somethings about " mobs " or the " spot " .

I hope a new system for destroy these bots will be introduce , it's the only thing i can do " #cross finger " .

Soundso · May 2017

The Kerbols bots were banned around Friday last week (EU server). Replacements came at Monday. I made a ticket at Tuesday and also sent the ticket number to Gina but nothing happened yet. Ticket include much more bots from other locations too. Most of them reported weeks ago already. One of the (now banned) Kerbols bots was reported over 5 months ago. And i am sure without Ginas help here he would still run around.
It is just really bad how support handle this.

Elsonso · May 2017

Soundso wrote: »

The Kerbols bots were banned around Friday last week (EU server). Replacements came at Monday. I made a ticket at Tuesday and also sent the ticket number to Gina but nothing happened yet. Ticket include much more bots from other locations too. Most of them reported weeks ago already. One of the (now banned) Kerbols bots was reported over 5 months ago. And i am sure without Ginas help here he would still run around.
It is just really bad how support handle this.

It takes 6 to 8 weeks to nurture these bots and turn them into adult bots, then ZOS can do something with them.

Elsonso · May 2017

Seems that Morrowind has thrown the poor bots into a state of disarray. The Shadowfen ones are gone, the last couple of times I checked on PC/NA. How long do we think it will take the cheat program to be updated?

MasterSpatula · May 2017

I promise you, ZOS, the amount of goodwill you would gain by having active, visible, in-game GMs who take care of these things as soon as they're reported would be worth the cost. The money you'd make in customer retention would pay their wages.

Elsonso · May 2017

My faith in the people who write, and use, the cheating programs is not to be denied! The bots are back as of this morning!

It was almost like a friend stopped playing.

Soundso · May 2017

At PC EU in some zones the bots are in more than one instance simultaneously. If you don't see them it is possible that you are just in another instance.

Tarmika · June 2017

To add to the list of places: Grahtwood
1. near Karthdar
2. near Haven

Apherius · June 2017

AURIDON
-Shattered Grove .

oh and you probably don't know who i have seen there ? one of the bot that i have report at the bangkorai spot !

I won't report them , you made me lost enough time , i've done a list of all bots that i have seen ... but apparently they simply don't care
same thing for french translation error ... there was a post for this in the french section of the forum , but they also don't care .

Franieck · June 2017

Well, as long as they are enjoying the game, I'm happy

Qbiken · June 2017

Another huge issue is that there´re people/players who know who these people are who run these bot-accounts. Most of them are in big trading Guilds and are watching eachothers backs, since they also benefit from the players using bot-accounts to boost their main account with gold.

On PC-EU a trading Guild that obviously contain people with BOT-account are Auridion Trading Company (RIP naming and shaming but anyway......). When I see a player Selling 6k rubedoscrap and 6k rawhide togehter with 200 dreugh wax every 2-3 Days......I call BOT-account.

If farming very efficiant you can get around 700-900 rawmats/hour (give or take a few hundred depending on how efficiant you are). Sure if you decide to do a 24 hour super efficiant farm you can end up with around 20k rawmat. If I saw someone doing Selling Everything they got from that farm ONCE, I might Think it could be legit (but still very suspicious). But no one can do this week after week without using BOT-accounts

Apherius · June 2017

HERE YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THAT THEY FARM XP

HERE YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY ALTERNATE , THERE IS 20 BOTS THERE +

DO SOMETHING RIGHT NOW , I WON'T DO ANY STUPID TICKET , SEND A GM

( notice that you can only see them if you don't have done the quest of shattered grove . )

I will post a screen everyday , until somone move his ass .

Apherius · June 2017

AND THEY FARM GOLD

in this image you can see what you allow ,behind some Mobs over-farmed , 20 players sneak behind a tree who alternate for farm xp
at the left , oh the merchant !