Curse

Theo Godscythe · Feb 13, 2008, 12:42 PM // 12:42

Suggestions:
Righteous Signet:
Target scammer takes 1000 damage for selling items 25% over their regular price, or buying items 50% under their regular price. He/she looses 5% of his/her current Gold/Plat and cannot Trade for 10 hours.

Banishing Signet:
If target party member does not respond within 30 seconds he/she takes 1000 damage, looses 25% of his current exp, is replaced by a random Hero of his/her Profession, and cannot participate in PvP for 24 hours.

Grief Signet:
Cure yourselves of the effect of any punishment if you prove yourself innocent within 10 minutes. If you fail to meet these requirements the effect is doubled.

blurmedia · Feb 13, 2008, 02:21 PM // 14:21

...Are you actually serious about that`?

GEXTE · Feb 13, 2008, 03:18 PM // 15:18

It's a good way to force bots run fertile, symbiosis and enchant builds

roxxas · Feb 14, 2008, 01:40 AM // 01:40

Honestly I don't mind bots. Its better then people who leave the griefers the runners etc. Also honestly they aren't THAT bad of players. I've had a couple get kills. Then again I've seen people get kills in RA while disconnected. RA is such a crapshoot a few bots here or there aren't a problem.

evenfall · Feb 14, 2008, 03:01 AM // 03:01

RA bots are very simple to create, probably can be done with a keyboard macro scipt, since all they do is click enter mission and just press c-space and skills 1-8.

Zubey · Feb 14, 2008, 05:07 PM // 17:07

Personally witnessed one of these bots, from the same guild as earlier mentioned in this thread, justthis morning. /reported the bot and instructed team to do same.

Very easy to recognize this particular script -- it spams heal signet before the fight starts. It also C-spaces constantly and cycles Riposte, etc.

Orange Milk · Feb 14, 2008, 05:28 PM // 17:28

Yeah, just stand in a circle around the bot and he will go from person to person hitting each once and moving on. Or just have two of you stand there equadistance apart and it looks like he's playing "hotbox" on the base path. I've gotten a bot half a dozen times.

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Thats the name of two bots Ive seen, reported both, prolly both run by the same guy though.

Durning the bonus weekend the first name there acctully made it to TA, then he was stuck.

snikerz · Feb 14, 2008, 11:05 PM // 23:05

i find it amazing how anet is doing nothing

i sent a support ticket, all i was getting was cut and paste responses and the typical "we wont tell you the fate of the bot due to our privacy policy"
so i reply back "well i dont need to know, i've added all these bots from the same guild to my friends list and they are all online botting as i type"

gaile doesnt reply to her PM's here

in-game report system is a hoax, i basically have been reporting the same bots for 2 months now, just nothing ever comes of it.

well i guess theres nothing left to do apart from slander how bad anet is at catching bots.

Gaile Gray · Feb 14, 2008, 11:35 PM // 23:35

I have passed this along to Support, and if they are able to find a means to discern the bots from the players, I'm sure they'll be handing out some "time outs" soon.

Thanks for the info.

Darkobra · Feb 15, 2008, 01:53 AM // 01:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by HawkofStorms

To be fair, a riposte warrior is FAR from "good."

I'm satisfied with 2/3.

Rainywinter · Feb 16, 2008, 02:16 PM // 14:16

I've seen quite a few bots as well. Reported 'em too, many times. Posted their names in this topic, but the names were deleted. Unlike the names posted in this thread.

What bothers me most, in regardless of what Gaile said, I've been seeing the same bots from the VVAR guild several times, and had many people report the same bots, but they still lurk around - for weeks. Just please ban those people? I'm sure they know the risk.

Master Ketsu · Feb 16, 2008, 04:42 PM // 16:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by evenfall

RA bots are very simple to create, probably can be done with a keyboard macro scipt, since all they do is click enter mission and just press c-space and skills 1-8.

Seconded this one. I have a macro called ghostmouse, that while I dont use it for guildwars ( It's actually a general mouse macro that can be used with on screen keyboard. ) and use it for making my computer do daunting repetitive tasks while I am away, it could easily be used to make an RA bot.

Heck, sadly because of a way I found to randomize it a bit I could probably make a bot thats actually a fairly average player ( As far as RA standards go )
I had a W/E shock bot on my team once that was actually not bad. Suicidal, but not bad.

prism2525 · Feb 16, 2008, 04:54 PM // 16:54

[skill]diversion[/skill] >>>>>> Bots

EDIT: isn't there another thread (locked, just below in the 1st page) with practically the same title?

HawkofStorms · Feb 16, 2008, 06:37 PM // 18:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by prism2525

[skill]diversion[/skill] >>>>>> Bots

EDIT: isn't there another thread (locked, just below in the 1st page) with practically the same title?

It was created like 5 days after this one (ie, the person should have used search... or just look at the first page, and post on this thread instead) and was nothing but an angry rant thread.

Zahr Dalsk · Feb 16, 2008, 07:56 PM // 19:56

I want full teams of bots for RA, so I can leech off of them with no fear of a report >.>

Quote:

Originally Posted by Master Ketsu

I had a W/E shock bot on my team once that was actually not bad. Suicidal, but not bad.

That could easily have been me, I throw caution to the winds when running Shock Axe :P

Solange · Feb 16, 2008, 08:33 PM // 20:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gaile Gray

I have passed this along to Support, and if they are able to find a means to discern the bots from the players, I'm sure they'll be handing out some "time outs" soon.

Thanks for the info.

Hi Gaile

what do you think of my avatar?

I don't like bots either...yuck

thor hammerbane · Feb 17, 2008, 12:07 AM // 00:07

The guild VVAR has alot of these botters in ra. The last 10 W/N bots i've seen were all from these guild; different names.

Ulterion · Feb 17, 2008, 01:07 AM // 01:07

RA is for the birds. I stopped RAing so much because Dishonorable Combatant System (Automated) = FTL! Skill balances = /phailure. Nowadays, it's also flooded with either Grievers or legitimately poor-quality competitors. And to hear that RA is the new gold-farming field is simply redonkulous! o_o To top it all off (like a cherry on a sundae) anet won't change a darn thing.

Have a nice day. ^^

N E D M · Feb 17, 2008, 05:04 AM // 05:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by carnage-runner

It would still be easy for a GM to go into RA and just start floating around deleting bots. They are easy to spot. "Hi, I am a GM and I have the ability to delete your account permenantly. Respond" Boom gone.

yup and i hope you run to the bathroom and get this message while having uncontrollable poo.
boom gone
this is why that wont work

You can't see me · Feb 17, 2008, 05:16 AM // 05:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by N E D M

yup and i hope you run to the bathroom and get this message while having uncontrollable poo.
boom gone
this is why that wont work

I don't think one episdone of "poo" will get you a ban. Just dishonor points. GM's, I think are intelligent enough to see a leecher and let the system handle him, which is what you would look like, versus a bot who moves randomly and spams skills.

If you're having these "Uncontrollable Poo"s enough that you're getting the dishonor points, I suggest Kaopectate II.