Originally Posted by
lolalola
I suppose that's the rationale behind the visitors of the Thai hooker.
IOW it explains their action. That itself doesn't mean their rationale is morally valid.
Suppose those players play WoW and want to continue to play WoW. Is it then in the interest of the community others keep playing as well? So Blizzard is more successful? Or is it better to harm the customer base? It is difficult for new players to become involved in the gameplay instead of being left out. That is why BG exist, kinda like LFD. Once you run your game like an ivory tower it is going to be impossible to draw new blood into the game. This addon turns BG into an ivory tower.
I already explained they're two separate issues. While the developers of this addon perhaps had a noble cause, running this addon won't remove the bots; it will only remove (some of) the bots from their team. It actually turns the BG into a PvE zone because the human vs bot ratio changes. The enemy is no longer human players; it is bots. I already explained players are using this addon to faceroll enemies to skip real competitive gameplay, as well as a means to optimize the grind. Besides the addon proving players do not enjoy the grind itself, it also seems to prove players don't like competitive PvP if they can evade it.
Which leaves me to say if you want to remove bots from WoW there is only one way to remove them: vote with your wallet. Unsub and tell Blizzard you unsubbed because you are tired of the bots. If enough customers do this, they'll get the message.
..but are their actions harmful to the game, or will they progress the game? If this addon is going to be massively adopted it is interesting to see Blizzard's response to that, if they can respond to it in a constructive way at all.
Rated BG? The bottom of the rated BG ladder is what is being evaded by the addon OQ. Basically, OQ is this unofficial, secret tier between random BG and rated BG but instead of it fighting against its own, it fights against whatever it finds in random BG (almost always teams without voice chat, without as many human players). You do not need much, if any, skill to defeat one or multiple bots. So it boils down to massive bottomfeeding.
As I said it becomes either more PvE than PvP, or it becomes a way to kill PvP players who aren't included in the OQ gene pool. While many of the players are bots, there's also many M&S as well as new and casual players. What do players do when they get completely devastated in a fight? They feel they can't improve; instead they quit. Which means this addon, on its long term, is destructive. Blizzard must act now and ban the bots (it is one bot in particular which they have a lawsuit running in Germany is I understood it correct).