Would you bot if you knew for a fact you'd never be caught?

[Deleted]

Well, not sure why I'd have to explain this to an adult, but here goes.

The token system is an official system which prevents fraud and allows players to either get gold through a "legal" system, or paying for everything Blizzard related through gold without having to spend real money through that same official exchange.

Since the system is allowed and seems to be working, I'd have to say yes, it is perfectly OK? Of course, I don't have any official say in that and wouldn't if they one day decided that the system should go.

Just because one is official it doesn't change that fact that its cheating the game and it affects game integrity - very much what you can argue botting is and does. And you call other people hypocrites?

[Xenyatta]

There's nothing I need in this game bad enough that I can't go buy it or spend an hour getting it to have a bot do it for me. Years ago? Maybe. Now? Nah.

[Glaziola]

Yes I would grind honor prestige to max level, archaelogy, fishing. After that probably gold in order to pay for subscription, or just stop as the electricity might be more expensive lol.

[Polybius]

Just because one is official it doesn't change that fact that its cheating the game and it affects game integrity - very much what you can argue botting is and does. And you call other people hypocrites?

It's not cheating the game. You're literally paying a $5 fee so you could trade your subscription for another player's earned gold. People have already traded gold with friends, or traded for items and in-game services.

It has zero relevance to botting and buying from goldfarmers. Bots and goldfarmers break the terms, and they illegally access another person's account. Bots are also programmed, meaning you do nothing to play the game and can bypass mechanics or inhumanly play the game (see PvP .5 second silence). Botting also influences endgame PvP and raid brackets.

[iamthedevil]

I am both too lazy to farm and too lazy to bot.

If this was a built in feature... well yeah everyone would...

[ercarp]

If you have to bot, then you're clearly playing the game for the wrong reasons.

[Lynexia]

What for though?

Gold hasn't been relevant in years (swimming in it), so all that's left is for honor gain or something?

Just because you have a lot doesn't mean everyone else does? I can't even use what I have to afford a month of sub

[ddengster]

Ridiculous grinds like the old BG honor system really entices me to use a bot/autoclicker for grind. But I must say, in mobile games, there's a concept of auto-battling that people use once they're too lazy to input commands into the game. The perception on automated game work has changed somewhat nowadays as compared to the past.

[Zoneseek]

No. I'm playing the goddamn game, which means *playing* it.

People bot in mmo's to have the parts they don't enjoy as much automated for them. This really isn't unusual at all, I am sure we all automate things in life regularly to allow more time for the things we really enjoy. An example for me is I have auto cleaning litter boxes. I enjoy having my cats around but I don't enjoy cleaning up their shit, so I invested in a couple of boxes that scoop themselves so all I have to do is empty the bags once every few weeks. Even though I enjoy the cats overall, I don't enjoy 100% of every aspect of owning cats, specifically cleaning shit.

Certain things in wow could be the equivalent to cleaning cat shit for people. A part of the game that is necessary to get to the point of another part which the player really enjoys. In these cases, I totally get why people would bot. Personally I have never been bothered, but I know other pvp-centric players that just wanted to play arena. Nothing else. They automated the leveling and initial gearing process, and didn't care if anyone liked it or not.

[Deleted]

207 Vote no...BULLSHHHHHHHHHHHH********

Stop lying to yourselves. You got no one to impress on here :P

[Zeerus]

I would bot toons through ICC every week. Six toons a week and I haven't seen that stupid horse yet...

[united]

If you have to bot, then you're clearly playing the game for the wrong reasons.

right? like it’s a game, it should be played to have fun.

[Ealyssa]

Oh yes definitely. For things I just hate to do and thus eon't but would still happily get the rewards .

Archeology and fishing.

Horribly boring professions that you have to be brain dead to enjoy. Watching paint dry or rain fall is more entertaining.

[Eleccybubb]

No.

Why would I pay to play a game and then not play it?

For any tedious stuff or things I don't like I avoid it. Fishing for example.

[Argarock]

For all of you saying
‘no, why would I pay to NOT play the game’ - or some version of this
Well, if you botted for a couple of hours every night/ morning, you wouldnt have to pay for the game


Yes, I would bot, I would have the bot farm gold so that I wouldnt hsve to pay for a sub

[Pickynerd]

No I wouldn't. I sign up and pay to play the game not to have the game played for me. That's just fucking stupid.

Surely there is something in the game you'd like to get done, but don't wanna do it?

I don't bot, nor would I have pay to have a computer to play for me, but it really wouldn't hurt my feelings if it did mundane tasks for me.

[ercarp]

Archeology and fishing.

Horribly boring professions that you have to be brain dead to enjoy. Watching paint dry or rain fall is more entertaining.

Easy fix: just listen to a podcast in the background. Or if you have the luxury of owning a second monitor, watch something on that. You don't need to keep your eyes on the screen 100% of the time to do either of these professions.

[ZazuuPriest]

I would for fishing, especially on a classic server whenever those open up, i fucking hate fishing but its such an easy way to make $G$ in vanilla wow

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Easy fix: just listen to a podcast in the background. Or if you have the luxury of owning a second monitor, watch something on that. You don't need to keep your eyes on the screen 100% of the time to do either of these professions.

I have 3 monitors and there still isnt enough monitor space in my room to make fishing not want to off myself

[Kaizun]

Nope- I did this back in D2, and it pretty much ruined the game for me. Set up bot, go to bed, wake up to all kinds of uniques in the morning. It was sad when I found out the game could play more efficiently and better than I could.

[PBitt]

I'd probably have the bot farm those damned veiled argunite crystals so I can finally get a 910+ arcano on my hunter. It's seriously not fun having gambled a bunch of times and still not having one.