Curse

Dionyzuz · May 29, 2006, 12:08 PM // 12:08

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Originally Posted by obastable

If you aren't doing anything, maybe the game can take some initiative and kick you out.

I don´t think that´s the solution, cause imagin situations where u do missions with guildies, and u have to answer the door or sumthing like that.
It would at least be some 15 minutes.
But than again, if u solo areas it could be a pain in the ass.

~Kill the bots, kill em all!~

Ninna · May 29, 2006, 03:42 PM // 15:42

Id like to see ANet "test the waters" soley with *Fort Aspenwood* and implement something for AFKs

the mission is less than 20minutes long

one possibility:
a combination of an Idle Meter and Vote System - that allows the team to Vote to BOOTAFK anyone whos not playing if Idle for 5+ min

this may not be appropiate in other areas of GuildWars but Fort Aspenwood needs "something" to address all the repeat name AFKers im seeing

I've reported them but now what?

killer toast · May 29, 2006, 03:58 PM // 15:58

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Originally Posted by Omega X

For Missions, could be farming items/gold without working for it.

well i was doing a mission in factions and we had this one worthless monk who would follow me and just recast divine intervision on me when we werent even fighting. also he would just spam heal area out of no where but when he did get a gold drop he didnt even pick it up. so i just sat there until it went to everyone and i got it (20% demonslaying staff wrapping ftw -.-).

John_Doe · May 29, 2006, 05:22 PM // 17:22

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Originally Posted by obastable

As to an anti-bot function in the challenges, how about something as (seemingly) simple as an auto-disconnect after being idle and/or not using skills for XX amount of time. If you aren't doing anything, maybe the game can take some initiative and kick you out.

That would be fairly easy to circumvent by telling the bot to move or use a skill every now and then.

Lepton CFd · May 29, 2006, 07:12 PM // 19:12

lol, what an annoying bot...

Pillz_veritas · May 29, 2006, 07:28 PM // 19:28

I had a VERY similiar experience with such a bot but it was alot wierder...

I was doing the stolen eggs quest, and this guy joins the group. He is a warrior. So we start the quest, and i say we should run to the first portal, there were 8 human players. Me being a monk didnt want to risk getting killed and getting DP, so I stayed behind and let the other people run. Well this warrior stayed behind to... So I started to move and it folowed me. I moved every which way, and he was always behind me. I stoped, he stoped, I moved, He moved. Then we zones to the other zone. At this point I was starting to get annoyed, He was still folowing me everywhere we went. so we go on, and the warrior is still behind me. the first group we see, he runs off to them and then we see him use his skill bar, every 2 seconds the bot would go from 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 and use those skills. it was obvious because you saw a few of them that had cast times get canceled, over and over again! So we go on, and then the 7 of us die. Guess who is the one who survived. The W/Mo bot, who we started to yell at to either die or rez us... 2 minutes latter, as we were about to leave, a patrol comes into his line of site, he tabs him into view, and away he goes 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8. And he dies, Shortly afterwards we went and finished the quest. A few minutes latter he sent me an IM and said the following. "H4 H4 H4, n00b ! \/\/@$ us1ng hax0rz!!!" Screenshoted, and reported.

arcady · May 29, 2006, 07:46 PM // 19:46

In parties you can kick out a member, can't you do that on missions as well?

Pillz_veritas · May 29, 2006, 08:12 PM // 20:12

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Originally Posted by arcady

In parties you can kick out a member, can't you do that on missions as well?

Durring the middle of a mission? please tell me how!

Count to Potato · May 29, 2006, 10:44 PM // 22:44

easy faction farming, why make it leech, why not just let it run in circles and say IM LAGGING, SRY IM NOTA BOT BTW

Lets Get to Healing · May 29, 2006, 11:59 PM // 23:59

Bots suck. Dont give them the pleasure of being there. Tell the dist hes a bot.

Stabber · May 30, 2006, 12:15 AM // 00:15

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Originally Posted by Lets Get to Healing

Bots suck. Dont give them the pleasure of being there. Tell the dist hes a bot.

Fat load of good that will do with random matchings. How are you going to prevent that bot from joining the next game?

Arkantos · May 30, 2006, 01:57 AM // 01:57

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Originally Posted by Count to Potato

easy faction farming, why make it leech, why not just let it run in circles and say IM LAGGING, SRY IM NOTA BOT BTW

Your the smartest person ever. You should program bots and make them say that

VGJustice · May 30, 2006, 05:38 AM // 05:38

Oddly, this new bot program is more useful than the previous "Stand there like I'm lagging" bots. No, really, I mean it.

Think of it this way: Now the guy in the #1 position has a temporary meat shield when they need it. If you get mobbed, and you have a body to hide behind, that could be useful, unlike a bot that just stands there at the begining and does nothing. That's one more target for the enemies to attack, which will slow them down (slightly) so they're not killing the spawn locations. This could be quite useful when used properly.

But, in continued seriousness, report their botting butts. They're still worthless, just a bit less so now.

Tuoba Hturt Eht · May 30, 2006, 08:06 AM // 08:06

Various suggestions to improve Fort Aspenwood and Jade Quarry

Direwolf76 · May 30, 2006, 09:34 AM // 09:34

What?!!

You mean that this monk who was following and healing me all along the round hasn't choosen me because he though i was the best player of the party?!!

I'm sooo disappointed!

I was so happy to have my "personnal monk" behind me... I felt invincible!

Eet GnomeSmasher · May 30, 2006, 09:49 AM // 09:49

What irks me is that I know people, including me, have been reporting these habitual botters/AFKers and they're STILL there doing it. I know it takes some work to investigate stuff like this but something needs to be done already...

Unkillable Cat · May 30, 2006, 10:14 AM // 10:14

well there seemed to be fewer of them yesterday, either that or I just got lucky.

TheMadKingGeorge · May 30, 2006, 10:24 AM // 10:24

i go afk in aspenwood as anet has took there time to make some decent pve missions

Denny Pace · May 30, 2006, 11:22 AM // 11:22

Yesterday, there were several times where I was on a Kurzick team with two monks, only to have the two monks quit right after the mission began. It wasn't the same two monks, and it happened no less than three times.

The whole design of this type of mission is flawed, allowing multiple groups of people to join the same team. Both Aspenwood and Alliance battles need to be restricted to full teams of a single guild or alliance. That way the guild/alliance can police itself. No more randomness, which allows buttwipes to ruin the fun for everyone else.

C'mon, Anet, you did a mea culpa for us on the buy-back of attribute points, a core idea that simply wasn't a good one. Isn't it time to do one for Aspenwood/Jade Quarry/Alliance battles?

Big_Iron · May 30, 2006, 12:35 PM // 12:35

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Both Aspenwood and Alliance battles need to be restricted to full teams of a single guild or alliance.

/not signed

While I agree the system is broken right now, this is not the way to fix it. You're forgetting about people who are in small guilds or aren't in a guild at all. It would completely screw these players.