Curse

Deakon · Jun 06, 2010, 06:23 AM // 06:23

I just brought a monk from pre to use in Kryta to 55 without running into WiK. I know that Bergen Hot Springs used to be filled with bots before the ban. But now when I go there with my 55 to do some fairly easy farming, I can't help but feel a little paranoid that someone may be watching and think I'm a bot. From what I've gathered here on Guru, there's a lot of self-appointed GW police who like to report. And I'm not saying that's a bad thing. I've done my fair share of reporting bots and leechers in JQ. I'm just wondering if others are feeling as paranoid as I am about it. Am I just being silly or do solo farmers run a higher risk now (since the bans) of being banned?

P.S. I've never started a thread here before so forgive me if I did this wrong.

PowerRAV · Jun 06, 2010, 06:30 AM // 06:30

I was thinking the same thing when I went farming today.

*starts doing a bunch of side stepping and running in circles to prove not a bot* :P

Kumu Honua · Jun 06, 2010, 06:49 AM // 06:49

I have done many feather farms from bergen.

You have nothing to fear. Simply repeating things does not a bot make. There's FAR more ways to catch them.

Such as when they say "F1cbah23" in chat when they break and so on. Playing the game normally will not get you banned.

Ben-A-BoO · Jun 06, 2010, 07:07 AM // 07:07

Hahaha,
Yeah I hear ya. Well, I'd do the same as PowerRAV...
- Run around like a headless chicken in outposts;
- Make witted Gwen jokes in All Chat;
- Don't join a Guild with a [Bot] tag;
- Don't name your character Asdf Ghjk;
- Reply to random whispers (being friendly helps);
- Take breaks
- Lat but not least: Enjoy the game, stop being paranoid.

Diab Soule · Jun 06, 2010, 08:00 AM // 08:00

Go to other districts?

luauelveneno · Jun 06, 2010, 08:03 AM // 08:03

LOL funny!!!!

C4RB1N3 · Jun 06, 2010, 08:03 AM // 08:03

As long as your name isn't Asfj Kjksf or something similar and your not farming 24/7 (literally) your fine, its rather easy to tell the difference between a bot, and a human farming.

Lord Sojar · Jun 06, 2010, 08:23 AM // 08:23

Yeh, farm all you want. They use upwards of 20 different metrics to ID bots manually. You are fine.

Eragon Zarroc · Jun 06, 2010, 08:25 AM // 08:25

nah, not really worried about being banned. but then again, i don't play as much as i used too ;-)

Horace Slughorn · Jun 06, 2010, 09:34 AM // 09:34

haha ya I was drinking in my gh a while today and when one of our allies came in, i started runnin circles to show i wasn't botting lol. Dhuum makes me paranoid :P

Gill Halendt · Jun 06, 2010, 10:32 AM // 10:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by Horace Slughorn

Dhuum makes me paranoid :P

Me too...

Sold a Miniature Princess Salma to a tattooed mini-monk in LA yesterday. As soon as I clicked "Accept", the fear of these ectos being the revenue of botting struck me.

Now I'm gonna die, I know it.

Move Down · Jun 06, 2010, 12:40 PM // 12:40

In this game you have to be worried getting banned it can happen any time.
Even when you dont use bots or whatever that happened to me

Morphy · Jun 06, 2010, 12:41 PM // 12:41

Can't say I am.

Ben-A-BoO · Jun 06, 2010, 12:47 PM // 12:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gill Halendt

... a tattooed mini-monk ...

Holy Cow,
Totally forgot about that...
Add to the list above:

- Never, ever wear multi-colored tattooes on your monk;

Thanks Gill.

Darkest Dawn · Jun 06, 2010, 12:52 PM // 12:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kumu Honua

I have done many feather farms from bergen.

You have nothing to fear. Simply repeating things does not a bot make. There's FAR more ways to catch them.

Such as when they say "F1cbah23" in chat when they break and so on. Playing the game normally will not get you banned.

LOL - Funny you mention that as I saw a few toons saying things like that and wondered if they were speaking some other language or something.

Riot Narita · Jun 06, 2010, 01:14 PM // 13:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by PowerRAV

I was thinking the same thing when I went farming today.

*starts doing a bunch of side stepping and running in circles to prove not a bot* :P

Yar. Because bots don't side step or run in circles :-P

Funny, but some of the old HFFF bots used to do "random" stuff like that... and that's one of the things that made it obvious they were bots. (HFFF was so tedious and repetitious, human players did not waste their farming time doing random stuff. If they weren't afk or interacting with other people... they just ran out the door as fast as their little legs could carry them).

Interact with people, if you really want to show you're not a bot.

Wicked Sweet · Jun 06, 2010, 01:36 PM // 13:36

Well I havn't monk farmed Bergen since I recieved a perma ban for it even though I am not a bot (after two weeks of looking at my account they did give it back though).

majoho · Jun 06, 2010, 02:27 PM // 14:27

I'm confident that Anet doesn't ban anyone just because they were reported.

Their records need to confirm that something "illegal" was taking place before they do.

**cosyfiep** · Jun 06, 2010, 02:30 PM // 14:30

paranoid, ya.....
now we worry about getting banned for no reason
we worry about getting hacked for the lax security.

yeah gw is probably giving me grey hairs already

Benderama · Jun 06, 2010, 02:38 PM // 14:38

Quote:

*starts doing a bunch of side stepping and running in circles to prove not a bot*

i don't even farm and i do this all the time now XD i keep getting paranoid

we're being watched. or maybe they're just watching me for lulz? i'm scared that they'll think i'm a bot because i'm trading golds between accounts to donate to GWevents

bots can't waste money on armour can they

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