They've already had the first wave of bans.

This is the way of things. The developers block and ban, the botters find new ways around the new code. Lather, rinse, repeat.

It is a uncontrollable force of bots, they are taking over the world. It's the matrix all over again.

Seriously though, it's things like this that will drive people away. It needs to get nailed quickly.

Please don't follow SWTOR way and IP ban anyone from China, I play from China

Anyone else seen those underground resource stealing bots?

Couple of times now i've run up to a resource and had someone pop out of the ground just to pop back under again and then appear at the next node down the road.

Amusing to watch, annoying to gather mats around.

There is a great way to report those teleport hackers. Stand in front of a wayshrine (not in a city / high traffic area). Wait for the teleport hackers to come in. Press F. Report player.

I think I averaged 5 bots a minute in Rivenspire. In total, I reported over 30 (Received a lot of e-mails from ZOS.) They are easy to spot with their "soul shriven" clothes and their crazy nonsense names.

Seriously, like ive said in other threads, they wouldnt be doing it if it werent so bloody profitable. Remove all rewards from the bosses. Problem solved.

rawne1980b16_ESO wrote: »

SexyVette07 wrote: »

Remove all rewards from the bosses. Problem solved.

Also removes the need for some folk to do them.

I don't kill mobs and bosses just for fun, I expect something for it.

You do get something for killing it, experience and the dungeon completion.

Crystals alone are worth the farm. Sells nice and keeps your gear charged and you can rez where you die if the levels are right.

Other loot can be sold for extra gold or power level crafting professions and/or resources depending on the skill points placed in crafting. To me its a nice gold farm.

Example a 80 bag slot toon, farms 15 boss guys (say 20 minutes), gets 4+ items per boss. That's 60 items and some of them stack like potions.

Break it down.
1 shard low level say 9 gold per
1+ items sword or armor 20-50 gold per
0-1 Potions 1 gold per
1 green item 20-50 gold per or resourced down to mats
1-2 gold for the kill

So off the lvl 8 boss per kill is 51-110 gold per kill, 765g-1650g+ per run.

People farming these looking at numbers like that I don't blame them for farming, but not by means of afk bots.

rawne1980b16_ESO wrote: »

SexyVette07 wrote: »

You do get something for killing it, experience and the dungeon completion.

I'd rather have shiny things.

Why don't we compromise....

They put dungeons in for people to get xp and completions and one in each zone or us that like to run them for new toys .... or rubbish toys we can break down for crafting.

That way, you lot get to happy without that annoying loot filling your bags and you won't have to worry about lots of people getting in your way and I can fight with the bots for the shiny.

Everyone is happy.

You should note that I never said remove loot from all mobs, just the boss that continually respawns in the same spot and is easy for bots to farm. You can still run around killing stuff if thats your fancy, but my proposition is to make the boss not farmable.

imowen70_ESO wrote: »

I want that "Bot Hunter" achievement. that is the best idea I have heard.

I totally agree! And make it so rewarding that it counts. And give everybody one instant spell to freeze those bots when they appear?

SexyVette07 wrote: »

You should note that I never said remove loot from all mobs, just the boss that continually respawns in the same spot and is easy for bots to farm. You can still run around killing stuff if thats your fancy, but my proposition is to make the boss not farmable.

And that's where I get my soul shards from.

Saves me money when I don't have to buy them.

I go through a lot of them recharging weapons and resurrecting dead folk in Cyrodiil.

Make me a bad healer in PvP when I can't resurrect folk, no way am I paying for shards.

nerevarine1138 wrote: »

They've already had the first wave of bans.

This is the way of things. The developers block and ban, the botters find new ways around the new code. Lather, rinse, repeat.

Sadly no BUYERS were banned so RMT aren't going anywhere.

Weird thing, though: I've seen them farming mobs that drop nothing. I mean, I'd shoot them, get kill credit, and get nothing dropped. So it's probably XP grinding.

It's probably been suggested already, but why not decreasing per-mob returns? At least for end-of-level bad guys?

First time you kill something, fine, get all the loot from it. Second time, too, maybe. But start reducing the rewards, both in terms of reward and XP, until after you've killed it ten times, you're getting nothing.

Then farming becomes useless. They're already storing whether you've completed a dungeon, so storing it as a counter instead of a flag won't add much space.