Is there something wrong?

holden_caulfield · September 2019

Hi all,
A few times while running around happily farming nodes I met a strange char.
Its almost transparent (have only light shade of Black) and keep running from node to node harvesting everything.

Mouse overing on it does nothing. No name, no health bar, no F menu.
Is it normal or something I should report.
Anyway I have done many screenshot.

Hope not to sound a moron

Alienoutlaw · September 2019

could be a bot or someone in invis

Cavedog · September 2019

Please report them. Most of them are bots....or they are people training their bots.

These are resource harvesting bots, and are cheaters.

So you know, the "invisibility" is the result of Koliopi essence. (obtained from simple quest in Greenshade near main town)

The way you determine if they are bots or not is to get to a resource node before them and harvest it. If they still go to where the node was and pause, it's a bot. A player in real time wouldn't do that. ....because the node had already been harvested.

Other tell tell indicators are the harvester is moving extremely fast, and very obviously wearing 3 swift jewelry and/or a sorc with hurricane etc. Most people won't level up a toon just to use it for farming resource nodes.

There are XP farming bot trains too. Keep a look out for those and report those too. These will be low level toons following each other EXACTLY from low level npc to low level npc, and not doing much except killing the local fauna. Please report the XP bot trains too. Sometimes they do actually address the issue.

Elsonso · September 2019

I can't say that I have seen that exact one. Could be a player farming using a disguise, polymorph, spell, etc. I usually see the one that makes them more of a shimmering blue color (obtained from Greenshade quest).

Depending on what is between you and them, you might not get anything on a mouse over. They did something to the mouse over identification a few updates back that sort of broke it. Now, it is more likely to identify dead bodies than characters, if the character is behind it.

It will be interesting to see what other say.

holden_caulfield · September 2019

Alienoutlaw wrote: »

could be a bot or someone in invis

It cant be inv because I follow them for a while. They just run a straight line from One node to another. They never mount.

Numerikuu · September 2019

holden_caulfield wrote: »

Alienoutlaw wrote: »

could be a bot or someone in invis

It cant be inv because I follow them for a while. They just run a straight line from One node to another. They never mount.

Sounds like a bot that's also using another hack to 'hide' themselves, but is doing a poor job of it...

...Not that it matters, because ZOS is so bloody slow on delivering action--if at all--that most botters and hackers literally do not care, hence the recent surge in fly/collision hackers.

holden_caulfield · September 2019

Numerikuu wrote: »

holden_caulfield wrote: »

Alienoutlaw wrote: »

could be a bot or someone in invis

It cant be inv because I follow them for a while. They just run a straight line from One node to another. They never mount.

Sounds like a bot that's also using another hack to 'hide' themselves, but is doing a poor job of it...

...Not that it matters, because ZOS is so bloody slow on delivering action--if at all--that most botters and hackers literally do not care, hence the recent surge in fly/collision hackers.

Ti be honest eso its a paradise bot wise. Other mmorpgs are still running only because cheaters are playing them.
Thats why i was so surprised to see something like that in eso

MaleAmazon · September 2019

Saw a person like that this morning (Bleakrock). Probably a bot, since they didn´t pick up psijic portals (or could have not unlocked them, but my bet is with bot).

The transparent skin could of course be since they try to be inconspicuous. And if you can´t get an ID, yeah then it´s 99.99% bot.

The way you determine if they are bots or not is to get to a resource node before them and harvest it. If they still go to where the node was and pause, it's a bot.

Or me, being disappointed and sad, in Orsinium.

VaranisArano · September 2019

Kollopi Essence is pretty common for farmers for some reason.

But do know that plenty of players do level up characters just to farm mats, particular those of us who make most of our gold that way. Its pretty simple to turn any max CP stamina character into a farmer with the right CP passives and some speed or running gear.

Elsonso · September 2019

I want to point out that it makes little sense for farming bots to hide like this.

They roam freely, using whatever cheat software that runs the profiles, quietly going in circles for as long as ZOS allows it. Most of you run past them without even a second look at them. Hiding in plain sight decreases the chance of being reported.

No, this is probably a player, not a bot. Probably.

MaleAmazon · September 2019

I might have agreed if not for the mouse-over thing. I haven´t had a problem with it though. The character looked quite 'bot-y', but I didn´t follow it around since that might cause me to realize what I am doing which would force me to reevaluate my life.

Elsonso · September 2019

MaleAmazon wrote: »

I might have agreed if not for the mouse-over thing. I haven´t had a problem with it though. The character looked quite 'bot-y', but I didn´t follow it around since that might cause me to realize what I am doing which would force me to reevaluate my life.

I follow them. If necessary, I report them. If they are on PC NA, tell me where.

Following them is the only way to be sure. It is not how the bot looks, but how it acts.

I have had terrible trouble with "mouse over" identifying players/characters and not everything else that happens to be in view. Makes it harder to report them using add-ons.

MaleAmazon · September 2019

Ok, seems to me the OP meant the player / bot really seemed to have found a way to hide their identity completely. I haven´t seen that personally, what I can remember.

Ruinhorn · September 2019

holden_caulfield wrote: »

Hi all,
A few times while running around happily farming nodes I met a strange char.
Its almost transparent (have only light shade of Black) and keep running from node to node harvesting everything.

Mouse overing on it does nothing. No name, no health bar, no F menu.
Is it normal or something I should report.
Anyway I have done many screenshot.

Hope not to sound a moron

Server, zone, location?

Agenericname · September 2019

Cavedog wrote: »

Please report them. Most of them are bots....or they are people training their bots.

These are resource harvesting bots, and are cheaters.

So you know, the "invisibility" is the result of Koliopi essence. (obtained from simple quest in Greenshade near main town)

The way you determine if they are bots or not is to get to a resource node before them and harvest it. If they still go to where the node was and pause, it's a bot. A player in real time wouldn't do that. ....because the node had already been harvested.

Other tell tell indicators are the harvester is moving extremely fast, and very obviously wearing 3 swift jewelry and/or a sorc with hurricane etc. Most people won't level up a toon just to use it for farming resource nodes.

There are XP farming bot trains too. Keep a look out for those and report those too. These will be low level toons following each other EXACTLY from low level npc to low level npc, and not doing much except killing the local fauna. Please report the XP bot trains too. Sometimes they do actually address the issue.

I've known several that do exactly that. They don't always need to level a character, simply repurpose an existing character.

Asardes · September 2019

Mousing over PCs it's quite hard for some reason even if they aren't hidden. I have no trouble doing the same with NPC.
I also noticed the fad of people wearing that Kolophi disguise, although they weren't bots, but relatively high CP (300+) with an actual name. So I don't think that's a good indication of botting. Most bots I've seen were the type that ran around on circuits killing animals for leather. I've also seen some oddly named players, with account name made up of a very long string of letters and numbers but other than that, they seemed to behave normally.

Trinity_Is_My_Name · September 2019

If you are on PC there is a fantastic Addon called "Bot Scanner 2000" that quickly and easily scans the Bots for you so you don't have to try and type in their names.

Usually Bots have names like this"3kf8ae3afj937dafe" or something similar so you cannot easily type it in. Bot Scanner 2000 grabs it instantly and when you click on "Generate Report" all the info is there. You can add more info if desired or simply click on Submit.

https://www.esoui.com/downloads/info1818-BotScanner2000.html

SquawkTheMajestic · September 2019

Cavedog wrote: »

Please report them. Most of them are bots....or they are people training their bots.

These are resource harvesting bots, and are cheaters.

So you know, the "invisibility" is the result of Koliopi essence. (obtained from simple quest in Greenshade near main town)

The way you determine if they are bots or not is to get to a resource node before them and harvest it. If they still go to where the node was and pause, it's a bot. A player in real time wouldn't do that. ....because the node had already been harvested.

Other tell tell indicators are the harvester is moving extremely fast, and very obviously wearing 3 swift jewelry and/or a sorc with hurricane etc. Most people won't level up a toon just to use it for farming resource nodes.

There are XP farming bot trains too. Keep a look out for those and report those too. These will be low level toons following each other EXACTLY from low level npc to low level npc, and not doing much except killing the local fauna. Please report the XP bot trains too. Sometimes they do actually address the issue.

I mean, you're crazy if you don't have a 'harvesting' set of armor in your alpha gear setup.

I have a 5pc coward's and 5pc fjord's well-fitted, as a magsorc. I can sprint to nodes at the level cap (i got the medium armor passive) and that's the only way I can stomach farming. So feel free to report me as a bot lol.

holden_caulfield · October 2019

So should I open a ticket or not. I dont see any consensus

VaranisArano · October 2019

holden_caulfield wrote: »

So should I open a ticket or not. I dont see any consensus

If you think its a bot after you observed the player, go ahead and report. Even if you are wrong, ZOS can figure it out.

Elsonso · October 2019

VaranisArano wrote: »

holden_caulfield wrote: »

So should I open a ticket or not. I dont see any consensus

If you think its a bot after you observed the player, go ahead and report. Even if you are wrong, ZOS can figure it out.

Yes. I doubt ZOS is going to ban anyone simply because they are reported. I have to believe they investigate these things, first.

Emmagoldman · October 2019

There is a character outfit from an AD quest in mulburn that looks like flowers and will make you be partially invisible. I don’t recall the name, but I think it starts with a K

starkerealm · October 2019

MaleAmazon wrote: »

Ok, seems to me the OP meant the player / bot really seemed to have found a way to hide their identity completely. I haven´t seen that personally, what I can remember.

Try turning on nameplates, and setting it to display @ name. That might circumvent whatever they're doing.

redlink1979 · October 2019

Using an addon, maybe?