BOTS: What is the official policy?

Ohioastro · May 2014

steveb16_ESO46 wrote: »

I don't care if I can bypass bots by not doing stuff. I don't play this game to be able to stroll unmolested through dungeons to the end boss. I don't do crafting just to camp bosses for items. I play it to enjoy all the features and possibilities.

What the bot invasion is doing is both forcing us to not play parts of the game and forcing ZMO to nerf other parts.

So no - the fact I can 'work around' things cuts no ice.

In what dungeon, right now, is this the case? Because I haven't seen crowds of players in delves since the timer change.

And see my message about crafting. Bots or no, it's actually important that you don't skill up very much, if at all, by making things from found raw materials in this game. This fact has nothing to do with bots.

vict116 · May 2014

There were 10 bots running in loops inside a Mine in Deshaan yesterday. It was really obvious from their looping movements and names such as "ffeeeddfx". I tried to report them but I wasn't even able to get the report screen to pull up. I thought a patch was already made to address this?

Now I can't even report the bots because the screen doesn't even load. This is frustrating to say the least.

Is there any formal explanation on addressing this bot crisis up-to-date?

zaria · May 2014

tanthil wrote: »

nerevarine1138 wrote: »

tanthil wrote: »

I hope all the botters on that site that see the ad and want to come ruin ESO, do some research on how google ads works before they come.

no wait.

How stupid does that sound?

It sounds pretty darn stupid, because you still apparently don't understand how Google ads work.

If Google tracks me visiting the ESO site a lot, then every site with Google banner ads will tend to show ESO ads. If I visit Blizzard sites a lot, it will show D3, etc. Have you ever noticed that your favorite sites tend to show ads for your other favorite stuff?

Is that how it works? is that why any other section of the site i go to i get ads for some kind of online fax machine, and when i step in to a eso section i get eso ads?

Is that because i split my time an eso site and a fax machine site?

also just tried on a computer that has never played eso/been on their forums. same thing

Because google connect the page with eso as it have the name in the text.
if you go to an general gaming sites forum you see the same pattern, the adds tend to be related to the games discussed.
And as other say google also track you, however its not perfect as you play eso the adds are wasted. more fun is that 90% of people looking for eso bots also own eso already.