What's a bot? What's botting? - Guild Wars Forums

Soulfire Cleopatra · Mar 14, 2009, 09:00 AM // 09:00

What's a bot and what's botting?

I hear about botters all the time and I hear they roam in Alliance battles, Jade Quarry and Fort Aspenwood a lot. You can even use a report emote on them. How do you know when someone is botting?

Hugh Manatee · Mar 14, 2009, 09:55 AM // 09:55

A Bot is a program that plays the game for you, kinda like a macro but more complex. The term comes from FPS type games, the CPU players run around the maps in a predefined pattern and use their abilities according to their scripted AI(just like the NPC mobs in guild wars). What's going on is botters set up programs external from guild wars that input keyboard and mouse commands automatially, mostly for farming or hitting the enter mission button in AB and CMs. They know exactly where to position the mouse on the screen, know exactly what keyboard commands to hit to get, let say, a 55 monk out of the door of the altruim ruins into arborstone, then exactly what path and skills to activate to kill the mobs in there, collect the loot and /resign out and do it again, no human intervention. used to be you could watch hordes of Mo/Me sarming out the gates, respawning in town and swarming back out in a huge conga line.

Watch their behavior, if they get stuck on terrain features or just stop moving, repeat the same text over and over, follow another character closely(as if they have them targeted and are presing space bar) or are repeating the same skill pattern over and over and it's something generic(like just spamming [light of deliverance] or [heal party] over and over), or are following the same path again and again, or have an odd name like Ctgrtr Bb Q or some random letters like that, you may have a bot.

Ghengis Kwell · Mar 14, 2009, 09:55 AM // 09:55

A bot is a program designed to farm points/gold for a cheater who cannot be bothered to play the game , also I would assume by companies that sell gold , if you hang around long enough you can spot the bots they perform the exact same action time after time .

Zebideedee · Mar 14, 2009, 10:34 AM // 10:34

A bot is what you become if you do the Drunkard title without the aid of a bot!

payne · Mar 14, 2009, 12:22 PM // 12:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hugh Manatee

follow another character closely(as if they have them targeted and are presing space bar)

or are repeating the same skill pattern over and over and it's something generic(like just spamming [light of deliverance] or [heal party] over and over)

I'm guessing you have never PUG'd? lol

check out bergen hot springs (guaranteed to learn what bots do :P)

Eragon Zarroc · Mar 14, 2009, 05:08 PM // 17:08

lol, u should have hung around lutgardis before they nerfed hfff

Raven Wing · Mar 14, 2009, 06:12 PM // 18:12

Since nobody else said so, it needs to be said straight out that botting is against the rules and your account can get banned if anet discovers it.

Helix Dreadlock · Jun 18, 2009, 04:56 AM // 04:56

A bot is extremely illegal, and can get an account suspended.

talon994 · Jun 18, 2009, 05:15 AM // 05:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by payne

I'm guessing you have never PUG'd? lol

check out bergen hot springs (guaranteed to learn what bots do :P)

yup Bergen hot springs is full of bots with a name like ''Nfg Hgd'' guildless and wearing starter armour it's easy to spot a bot

Neo Nugget · Jun 18, 2009, 05:16 AM // 05:16

Hm, I'm sure the OP doesn't need this thread anymore, seeing as he is banned AND this is from 3 months ago.

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Mar 14, 2009, 09:00 AM // 09:00	#1
Soulfire Cleopatra Banned Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Kamadan Guild: Phantom Flux (FLUX) Profession: Me/	What's a bot? What's botting? What's a bot and what's botting? I hear about botters all the time and I hear they roam in Alliance battles, Jade Quarry and Fort Aspenwood a lot. You can even use a report emote on them. How do you know when someone is botting?

Mar 14, 2009, 09:55 AM // 09:55	#2
Hugh Manatee Jungle Guide Join Date: May 2007 Guild: Nice But Deadly[nice] Profession: N/	A Bot is a program that plays the game for you, kinda like a macro but more complex. The term comes from FPS type games, the CPU players run around the maps in a predefined pattern and use their abilities according to their scripted AI(just like the NPC mobs in guild wars). What's going on is botters set up programs external from guild wars that input keyboard and mouse commands automatially, mostly for farming or hitting the enter mission button in AB and CMs. They know exactly where to position the mouse on the screen, know exactly what keyboard commands to hit to get, let say, a 55 monk out of the door of the altruim ruins into arborstone, then exactly what path and skills to activate to kill the mobs in there, collect the loot and /resign out and do it again, no human intervention. used to be you could watch hordes of Mo/Me sarming out the gates, respawning in town and swarming back out in a huge conga line. Watch their behavior, if they get stuck on terrain features or just stop moving, repeat the same text over and over, follow another character closely(as if they have them targeted and are presing space bar) or are repeating the same skill pattern over and over and it's something generic(like just spamming [light of deliverance] or [heal party] over and over), or are following the same path again and again, or have an odd name like Ctgrtr Bb Q or some random letters like that, you may have a bot. Last edited by Hugh Manatee; Mar 14, 2009 at 10:02 AM // 10:02..

Jun 18, 2009, 05:16 AM // 05:16	#10
Neo Nugget Site Contributor Join Date: Jan 2006 Profession: R/	Hm, I'm sure the OP doesn't need this thread anymore, seeing as he is banned AND this is from 3 months ago. ====closed==== __________________ "Even if the morrow is barren of promises, nothing shall forestall my return."

Mar 14, 2009, 09:55 AM // 09:55	#3
Ghengis Kwell Baby Maker Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: UK Guild: Sent Fromhell Profession: D/W	A bot is a program designed to farm points/gold for a cheater who cannot be bothered to play the game , also I would assume by companies that sell gold , if you hang around long enough you can spot the bots they perform the exact same action time after time .

Mar 14, 2009, 10:34 AM // 10:34	#4
Zebideedee Jungle Guide Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: 55?? 57' 0" N / 3?? 12' 0" W Profession: N/Me	A bot is what you become if you do the Drunkard title without the aid of a bot!

Mar 14, 2009, 05:08 PM // 17:08	#6
Eragon Zarroc Atra estern?? ono thelduin Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Madness Incarnate Guild: [Duo] Profession: W/P	lol, u should have hung around lutgardis before they nerfed hfff

Mar 14, 2009, 06:12 PM // 18:12	#7
Raven Wing Jungle Guide Join Date: Nov 2005 Guild: The Imperial Guards of Istan [TIGI] Profession: N/	Since nobody else said so, it needs to be said straight out that botting is against the rules and your account can get banned if anet discovers it.

Jun 18, 2009, 04:56 AM // 04:56	#8
Helix Dreadlock Jungle Guide Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Imperial Sanctum Guild: Legendary Drunken Masters [DUI] Profession: E/Me	A bot is extremely illegal, and can get an account suspended.