Curse

DavenXion · Oct 03, 2005, 01:21 PM // 13:21

Hey guys, just wanted to give ya a heads up to the lastest attempt to ruin fun in 4v4 randoms. Botters have gotten a wee bit more advanced in there attempts. The Bot doesn't just sit there and enter mission, it now follows a person around.

I was playing a necro, so I run in cast my crap and ran back abit, thought I was being chased by a warrior from the other team, then I realized that it was my team color on him. I stop, he stops, I run he's right behind me. So I ask the other team to hold up and tell them what's going on. A few of them do and I try to rake him off on them to see if he attacks. Nope, his only function is to pick a name and continually spacebar follow. After I die, he just stands there by my corpse.

I'd guess they weren't getting enough people willing to fight when the bot would just stand there, so might as well make the illusion of movement....Now if only they could program it to attack, it'd be better than several warriors I've seen

Count Feanor · Oct 03, 2005, 01:48 PM // 13:48

Why would you want to bot faction? Damn botters.

Loops4879 · Oct 03, 2005, 01:57 PM // 13:57

I had that happen to me but he was an ele and anoying as hell i mean a guy just running behind u all the time is distracting more than any ranger.

lynxxClan · Oct 03, 2005, 02:06 PM // 14:06

think about it, you continuously enter into radom arenas all ngiht while you sleep, you lose maybe 75% of all the matchs but you stil gain 10k or so faction for the night. I dotn condone this nor do I like it but theres a reason they do it!

mm00re · Oct 03, 2005, 03:10 PM // 15:10

What's worst is if your group has a jerk for a monk and will not rez any of you but just keeps casting prot spirit on himself waiting for the other team to just get bored and leave so he can leech faction.

I was in a match at yak's that lasted like 12 minutes and the last 10 of it was just watching the monk keep this up.

So then when I would be on a team opposing him I would just tell them your monk won't rez you and I would tell my team mates to not attack him so he can't build up his energy.

If you get the faction because you helped earn it fine, but leeching it is just stupid. Efective but still stupid.

Major suckage

smurfhunter · Oct 03, 2005, 03:17 PM // 15:17

rofl thats just funny. are you totally sure its not some complete idiot controlling it? i mean just because it acts like a bot you cant be 100% sure... some people i know would make even a bot sit down and cry.

DavenXion · Oct 03, 2005, 03:22 PM // 15:22

It's possible smurf. My wife asked if she went into arena and just click followed, would she be called a bot...I told her not to try it because she'd probably get reported and I don't wanna buy another copy of GW.

User Name · Oct 03, 2005, 03:42 PM // 15:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by mm00re

What's worst is if your group has a jerk for a monk and will not rez any of you but just keeps casting prot spirit on himself waiting for the other team to just get bored and leave so he can leech faction.

I was in a match at yak's that lasted like 12 minutes and the last 10 of it was just watching the monk keep this up.

So then when I would be on a team opposing him I would just tell them your monk won't rez you and I would tell my team mates to not attack him so he can't build up his energy.

If you get the faction because you helped earn it fine, but leeching it is just stupid. Efective but still stupid.

Major suckage

if a team of 4 players can't take out a prot spirit monk you're doing something wrong.

mm00re · Oct 03, 2005, 03:51 PM // 15:51

No we would finally get him by spiking him but it was just the fact he even admitted to just leeching faction.

First time he did this though he was on my team, that when I found out what he was doing.

Andy of Glacieria · Oct 03, 2005, 04:11 PM // 16:11

Maybe it's a new noob trend, follow the leader?

Suokkis · Oct 03, 2005, 07:02 PM // 19:02

Definately a new faction farming bot around. I recently was in random arena with an ele. Before and after the match, she would randomly follow a party member and choose a new (closest) party member to follow at some interval. While battling, she would move in prerecorded line to a certain point in the map, cast Ether Renewal (without any enchants on herself at any time) and then use Stone Daggers and Obsidian Flame on random targets (I assume the nearest target).

unienaule · Oct 03, 2005, 07:06 PM // 19:06

Wait, stone daggers and ob flame sounds like some noob who doesn't quite understand how ether renewal is supposed to work. Lol i'm kidding im kidding... or am I? The sad part is, I might not be.

=HT=Ingram · Oct 03, 2005, 07:34 PM // 19:34

its happening in GvG too. I've been reporting the nicks as I find em. its a ongoing effort though. I recommend you guys do the same... Anet has a way to check the logs for such activity. By what commands the Bot character is sending the instances...

Just email where you were (Arena, Guild (If applicable), Tombs, GvG hall type), Your time and time zone... and the bots nick and guild name if applicable) to [email protected] If you want a SS go ahead. they like that as well...

Example: Team arenas, (guildname), (Offenders Nick) 14.35 EST
Attached SS...
Explanation: This (insert offenders nick here) player appears to be a bot for farming faction. it was inactive during PvP, and only following me around and never attacking anything or speaking to anyone in game.
(Describe actions further if you wish)

sign it and e-mail it away...

Anet is very open to listening to complaints... And they review the server logs and find the instance in question, then does a global search for similar actions. Quite often this will result in a ban of the offending accounts, and possible elimination of the guild that was supporting it...

So please if you come across these bots, please report them... it does help to get rid of them eventually...

DavenXion · Oct 03, 2005, 07:40 PM // 19:40

that works ingram? I came to the point of not reporting anything because I thought I had to go through the web form on gw.com's support page...which is annoying.

Ollj · Oct 03, 2005, 08:31 PM // 20:31

the funny thing about faction bots is that they give the opposing teams more faction than self and the 3 allied players that just leave it alone can fight and win against another one later.