Bot Army in Coldharbour

Swindrel · May 2014

Not sure if anyone reported this now but, look at all these bots.
As I'm typing right now, they're still keep coming.
They're farming the gold for the quest "Take Tour" because the quest kinda gives good money without doing anything.
Hope you do something about these bots GMs

Adryssa_Joneley · May 2014

i dont see how on earth a bot could have reached such a high level without already being banned

Turelus · May 2014

Noticed them myself a couple of days ago.
Seems they found a new way to farm now bosses have been nerfed, which is why I was not supporting a timer as part of the bot solution (now we suffer while they just move on).

The war with bots will be a never ending one but there does need to me a much faster time from reporting to bans instead of the multiple days it can take right now.

Having been in Iceland for EVE Online's fanfest this last week I was lucky enough to sit in on their security team presentation where they explained a lot of their workings, I would really love to see ZOS adopt some of the same policies and have (if not already) a dedicated GM/Security team focused on issues.

KerinKor · May 2014

Since you can't be anywhere legit at level 2 than the initial instance .. Travel To doesn't work there in my own experience .. that character MUST have pos-hacked their way there.

What more evidence do ZOS need? Or, what more evidence do WE need that ZOS aren't doing anything which is having any effect at all.

Given the fact as I posted in another thread that Bleakrock (and other zones) are literally over-run with bots the situation is now WORSE THAN EVER in spite of ZOS repeated assertions it's a TOP priority for them. I wish they'd stop treating us like idiots when all the evidence tells usotherwise.

Turelus · May 2014

It's unfair to say they're doing nothing which has an effect at all, botting isn't something you can just snap your fingers and cure from your MMO. No MMO in history has been bot free.

I would say that whatever changes or work they're doing on the back-end doesn't seem to be working so far. Right now it might be worth them spending resources making sure that the report -> ban tools and process is as streamlined as possible, meaning when a report goes through someone is looking at it within 24 hours down to as low as two hours in a perfect world.

Also if they're not already they really need to be checking to logs of where the money these bots are farming is going and start banning those people, do the same as CCP and ban (temporarily, then permanently for repeat offences) anyone buying gold.

Not sure if posting videos from rival MMO's is allowed on the forums but I would recommend both players and ZOS staff watch this CCP security video and see how others handle the situations faced.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CZR9w3ftjY

DirtySouthWookie · May 2014

Nothing will happen.