I'm afraid that the BOTS and empty dungeons have ruined this game for me.

F7sus4 · May 2014

drkfrontiers wrote: »

Why not randomize the spawn location of the NPC's?

Because the spawn points (say 4 per dungeon) will be occupied by bots and you'll be ruining like a puppet from point A, B, C and D hoping that you'll catch the boss before it is already dead on the opposite site of the dungeon.

If spawn points would be 100% random, too many players will actually miss the boss (eg. when the boss respawns in the place where player have already been earlier, but no one was there then). Can't imagine something more frustrating.

ciannait · May 2014

Beesting wrote: »

There is one out of the box solution, that sprung to mind yesterday

Because the goldfarmers will always go for the easiest and most lazy way to earn gold.

Put something in the game that normal players do not need, but sells for a lot to the vendor,
That way the bots will all go for it, normal players will not find it anywhere and still not miss it.

And then put all the bots who harvest said material in a few quarantine zones, so no one can see them.

That balances out the whole game, the goldsellers are happy and so are we, the normal players.

I recently had some level 7 and 10 players join our guild and they did not know how to get iron, when i started playing in march the iron nodes were everywhere.

So maybe it is time to think outside the box :-)

I don't give a frak about keeping the goldsellers happy.

badmojo · May 2014

But, but, but, didn't bots leave after dungeon boss nerf? No? Wait, didn't they get the memo? They were supposed to leave, not move to every other part of the game.

ciannait · May 2014

badmojo wrote: »

But, but, but, didn't bots leave after dungeon boss nerf? No? Wait, didn't they get the memo? They were supposed to leave, not move to every other part of the game.

I was running around collecting delve achievements in Stonefalls last night and there are still bots them, too. So, mission accomplished... I guess. $:\$

Singular · May 2014

Reevster wrote: »

What makes me madder then bots is people calling for nerfs ie, bosses spawn/loot as a way to "fix" the problem, so now they Nerfed dungeons bosses and it ruins it for the players who like to farm a bit , now dungeons are boring as heck and I just want to leave as fast as i can, most of the whiners likely have stopped playing now , so we are stuck with the results.

Fix the bot issue but dont ruin it for the players who remain paying the subs or we will leave too because of all the nerf batting.Surly there is a better way to deal with it then to nerf everything.

The only conclusion you can reach is that Zenmax also didn't want player farmers.

j.frank.nicholsb14_ESO · May 2014

I leveled a NB tonight in Ebanhart and while leveling 1 to 8 I saw a total of 3 bots - all three underground (and reported them using FastReport). I harvested 2 stacks of Rawhide, 2 stacks of Jute and 1 1/2 stacks of Iron Ore for armor for myself and my wife. This would not have been possible yesterday. I expect "something" was done last night or today.

I am not suggesting the problem is "fixed", I am saying that things are at least temporarily better along that path (Bleakrock Isle).

There are plenty of negative comments here (some of them mine) so I thought some positive comment might be refreshing...

F7sus4 · May 2014

You were leveling from 1 to 8 or VR1 to VR8? Some items are actually area-sensitive, so you'll find more bots in higher level areas and not in lower level areas.

starkerealm · May 2014

Dita wrote: »

reggielee wrote: »

...they are working on it and after each update I see a reduction and change in bot behavior which tells me that what they are doing is working...

They (bots) adapting, like Borgs in Star Trek. Resistance is futile.

My inner geek is leaking out, but the plural is the same as the singular, "Borg"... and, there was a game without a serious bot problem... oddly.

Blackzombie · May 2014

The annoying thing for me about the Bots is they can stay logged in longer than i can

ausmack2014 · May 2014

YourNameHere wrote: »

Epona222 wrote: »

I have reported many many bots, but I don't want to stand around reporting bot after bot. I paid my sub to play, not spend half an hour of my paid time reporting bots. I appreciate that doing so may (and I say may with a degree of doubt) help the situation, but after reporting so many and seeing no reduction. it gets a bit disheartening.

Who says there is no reduction? You do realize a report doesn't automatically ban them, right? There are protocols to look into things to make sure.

I've seen days with no bots, and days with tons. I guess since I've played MMOs since 2001 I'm a bit more jaded. I don't let one little thing ruin my fun. I've been through the FF14 bot fiasco (which was just as bad as here with many innocents being caught in a net, banned for over 2 weeks etc) so I know things start getting ironed out after time.

Please don't get me wrong, I dislike bots too. But I also won't lose sleep or let it ruin my enjoyment of such a lore rich game.

I say it because Ive noted a few of the names and on returning to the same location, the same bots are there days later. I would call that a zero reduction.

j.frank.nicholsb14_ESO · May 2014

F7sus4 wrote: »

You were leveling from 1 to 8 or VR1 to VR8? Some items are actually area-sensitive, so you'll find more bots in higher level areas and not in lower level areas.

I was leveling from 1 to 8 (not VR) and the previous day I had given up in frustration at not being able to loot enough basic iron ore and rawskin scraps to make two sets of armor - one for me and one for my wife - which normally would/should have taken about 30 minutes or so.