PvP Bots

theyear2000

So are you guys going to do anything about this?

I am sick to death of seeing obvious bots, in Level 8 grey gear, sucking the wind out of EVERY SINGLE PVP GAME.

They grind into walls running places.

They always move the same exact way in fights.

Its obvious.

Pretty obvious you aren't going to do anything about it.

Perhaps you should put pvp bots for sale in your Zen store?

wholyhandgrenade

PvP bots for sale in the Zen store sounds like a wonderful idea.

najirion

Posted the same thing yesterday now it's gone. what the f*** admins??!
just covering this up? Better remove the XP gains in PVP. this way these abusers will not use PVP for leveling!

ceryndrion

When it comes to bots, I wouldn't say that it is obvious at all that nothing is being done about them. Bots are a serious problem for any game, including the much lauded world of borecraft (ever hear of WoWGlider?) and a lot goes on behind the scenes to combat them.

In the world of F2P games, it is very difficult to stamp out bots entirely, as it is too easy to just create a fresh account to play from, get one banned, start afresh. We see this most of all with the dreaded goldsellers who go from account to account, spamming their wares. But don't think for a minute that subscription based games are immune from this, because really they are not. With stolen credit card information being used to purchase accounts, and for some very unlucky people, who choose to purchase their in-game currency from gold sellers, rather than via legitimate means, they sign up to flashy websites, give over too much personal information, and then wonder why their account gets hacked, and used to spam for the gold sellers.

It is a very difficult task to stamp out bots, but we will get there, when it becomes unprofitable for them to remain, they will leave. But while we as players, chose to give them our real money, it is worth it to them to remain.

thelastdarkness

At least make better bot code so they fight better.