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TechnoSword · Jun 20, 2007, 11:18 PM // 23:18

Today I saw tons of Mo/Me's running out solo to arborstone? Bots probably some, but what is the build that they are using?

Swift Thief · Jun 20, 2007, 11:31 PM // 23:31

Normal 55 build...

TechnoSword · Jun 20, 2007, 11:40 PM // 23:40

and that would be?

Swift Thief · Jun 21, 2007, 12:42 AM // 00:42

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Originally Posted by TechnoSword

and that would be?

http://www.pvxwiki.com/wiki/Guide:Invincimonk_guide

drakun01 · Jun 21, 2007, 04:40 AM // 04:40

There are Mo/Me bots?
I thought most bots were confined to Tyria, and that they used an old Mo/W build.
Arborstone is a little far in too, I doubt they are bots.

Antithesis · Jun 21, 2007, 04:56 AM // 04:56

I've seen dozens at a time while doing the Kurzick blessing farm and at least some are definitey bots. 99% are Mo/Me, the occasional Mo/D. There's the typical bot behaviour of run to a post, run to another landmark, then another, then out the door, but there's also lots running straight out. Either they're a better type of bot or they're chinese gold farmers.

AscalonWarrior · Jun 21, 2007, 05:07 AM // 05:07

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Originally Posted by Antithesis

Either they're a better type of bot or they're chinese gold farmers.

Or just normal players.. normal players farm too, like me.

Kit Armin · Jun 21, 2007, 06:06 AM // 06:06

I farm with my monk in arborstone outside altrumm every once in a while. However i do think most of them are bots but ya never know they maybe actual players

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Antithesis · Jun 21, 2007, 06:06 AM // 06:06

It ain't too hard to tell the real from the fake.

Government Flu · Jun 21, 2007, 06:16 AM // 06:16

The most common way to tell a real player from a bot is to notice their armor. Is it very basic (like regular tattoo pattern or shing jea armor?) and is their name a string of nonsense letters? Is there a large group of them at the same time?

Not all three of these apply at once, but at least one of them usually will determine.

holababe · Jun 21, 2007, 06:37 AM // 06:37

If they're Mo/N then they're probably farming Craw Stonereap

TechnoSword · Jun 21, 2007, 06:40 AM // 06:40

no there all Mo/Me and they all have tatto armor on (first thought was, wow huge wave of naked monks?) but they all arent in any guild and they all have weird names which i wont list, non make any sense at all. and i kept asking them questions and such like what are they farming or what is your build? but they wouldnt respond, just spawn run to arborstone vanish, eventually spawn back and continue on

darrengordon · Jun 21, 2007, 07:28 AM // 07:28

Hi all yup they are mostly bots and its very easy to tell which is why i get angry at anet whom nerf all the skills to stop bots but dont do the simple thing and jus tban the actual bots!
All bots are basically a macro which runs a series of commands again and again, bots must have a datum (start point) which is why you will see every bot run upto the sign outside the farm area first to callibrate their run, from this fixed point they then simply run the recorded set of actions, ie cast prot etc, cast soj, kill pick up nearest, pick up nearest, pick up nearest, back in merch, merch, merch, back to sign post and off again. If you look you often see one spinning in circles where the program cant find the start point.

Abonai Laguna · Jun 21, 2007, 07:37 AM // 07:37

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Originally Posted by holababe

If they're Mo/N then they're probably farming Craw Stonereap

*whistle*
I do it also, and that ugly boss after him, i got like 3 stonereaper and 8 zarna's wrath

Vilaptca · Jun 21, 2007, 09:08 AM // 09:08

A lot of them have stupid names...not like Fardorth of Shiranova...but names like Fasltij D or Fqwjera Fewf...

Destinyy · Jun 21, 2007, 11:06 AM // 11:06

Yeah... They bots farming wardens on HM using A Echo and SOJ...

Div · Jun 21, 2007, 11:23 AM // 11:23

Not very surprising to see bots there. It's a pretty easy farm spot and gets decent rewards.

True Argetlam · Jun 21, 2007, 12:57 PM // 12:57

yea i see tons of bots in granite citadel and bergen hot springs as well
just go look at how those bots act and compare it to the arborstone bots, basically the same pattern

FrAnt1c² · Jun 21, 2007, 12:58 PM // 12:58

hehe lol @ above you were a second faster then me

Antithesis · Jun 21, 2007, 01:38 PM // 13:38

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Originally Posted by True Argetlam

yea i see tons of bots in granite citadel and bergen hot springs as well
just go look at how those bots act and compare it to the arborstone bots, basically the same pattern

I disagree. There's a definite pattern of landmark selection like signposts etc in GC and BHS, most of the Arborstone ones are different. They're finding their way out in a non-bot fashion...they're not running in circuits, getting caught in loops etc.

They may be targetting the Arborstone sign and veering off an angle but they look very organic and i couldn't replicate their pathing by selecting the sign. I figure it's gotta be target sign, then target Luxon Corpse, but again the pathing is hard to replicate without getting stuck and they don't just form an ant trail along the same path.

Much smarter than GC / BHS on exiting...but clearly bots and by the boatload.