Blizzards process of getting "rid" of them is too slow, by the time they win a lawsuit, 2 new bots have appeared, tho better than doing nothing i suppose.
Well bots made me quit bgs ----- and i play since vanila. Bgs were playeable in vanila (due to players runing to bgs), Bc and woltk---then it cata their numbers went magicly up. So much that they made game unplayeable. I remember i killed like.......40 fish bots 300 mining/herb bots in 1 day just in the piramid zone.
Pandaria is even worse..... . This was the start when bgs were totaly....overkill. I only pvped to see new maps and complete the legendary quest. But for more then this is totaly ignored pvp in panda expansion. (thank god for crafted pvp sets that i can use too mog)
Don't sweat the details!!!
There's probably several reasons why bots are difficult to get rid of:
1. False positives. Imagine the backlash if they started banning thousands of bots and they get a couple hundred real players in the process. Just one outspoken person could make some trouble for them.
2. They make blizz lose money. I doubt blizz loses more players to bots than bots. So even if you got rid of the bots, they would lose money. Not sure their shareholders would like that. True, but unfortunate.
3. Arms race between bot companies and blizz. This lawsuit is a good start and will hopefully make bot companies think twice before continuing. I think that's probably the point.
4. They are good for the economy. It's like importing cheap goods from other countries. They are cheap for buyers and hurt American workers, but the Americans who benefit (lower prices) are greater in number than those who suffer (those who lose out of jobs because of outsourcing).
So it's not as easy as "get rid of the bots." It's complicated.
For someone who actually enjoys gathering... Yes you heard that right, No they wouldnt change a thing, I would still sell my wares at the same prices, I value them by time invested and even if they arent always the cheapest, they sell.
The only prices I could see rising would be fel iron and adamantite, possibly cobalt, considering that these are somewhat of a pain to gather due to node distribution.
Im currently on a hiatus from the game, but while active I easily collect a good 30-40 stacks of ore each day from classic, tbc, wotlk and cataclysm, and easily that same ammount of ghost iron. And I'm quite sure I'm not the only one either as I often have non-bot competition even if most of it are indeed bots.
Bots are damaging for a game, regardless of arguments. Games are ment to be played not automized.
They've been going at this lawsuit for years now. Glider was shut down like what, 3+ years ago?
Oh how time flies.
It states in the judgement they spent $390k investigating 185k complaints over two years; roughly $2 per complaint, 0.0002% of their roughly $2 billion income. I would imagine it was such a serious problem that they would spend more than 15 minutes investigating per complaint.
That's funny, because I could've swore that warlocks were, just a couple months ago, regularly farming imps in one the daily quest areas and making serious amounts of gold (both from currency and loot drops). I guess that never happened, eh?
Oh, and what about those level 70 paladin bots in Botanica? I guess they must be herbalism bots, eh?
Jeez, I'm barely trying here. You want to keep going?
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Sadly they already do this and they don't care about that backlash. I was permabanned several months ago for looking like a bot because I farmed 4-8 hrs a day for a few weeks. They have very low standards for banning people for botting and they ban people all day every day. They "are" banning thousands and unfortunately banning legitimate players as well. Kind of glad they did it to be honest though, they finally cut the umbilical cord that was world of warcraft. Freedom at last...
Wtf? I think Blizzard should be the one paying them, as they got to ban thousands of accounts, and at least 90% of them created a new account, making Blizzard EARN money, not lose it.pay Blizzard Entertainment $7 million in damages
Sure, bots damage economy, but it doesn't cause any damages to Blizzard. Afaik no one has quit the game because of bots have made materials cheap in the auction house. On the contrary, I've read that many people have started playing again due to bots making items more accessible in the auction house on some low pop realms.
But I do understand PVP bots and why PVPrs would quit because of them.
But it's a good thing they act against bots. If only we could get rid of those 300 bots farming Botanica still. ._.
Last edited by Kuja; 2013-10-23 at 08:05 PM.
WARNING: extreme noob question ahead:
I understand why bots would farm mats, sell on AH, then sell gold for cash to lazy players.
As I do not do PVP, I don't understand the point of a bot in bgs. I can understand the frustration of having a do nothing bot on your team, but why are they there in the first place? A quick explanation would be great.
Thanks in advance.