Bots will rule us all.

[ScottsdaleHokie]

What a load of shit. Sorry. Got quite a few friends who constantly bot almost nonstop for years. Never been banned.
BG bot, gather bot... you name it, they do it.

So why aren't you reporting them?

[Kevyne-Shandris]

Don't look at me as trying to defend bots, as I wrote before - I don't like them at all, but increase of bots going around can be justified by looking at all that grind.

The grind always existed. It's part of playing MMOs.

What's wrong is justifying the use of bots (whatever the excuse). The game isn't setup to race to end-game, MMOs are designed to be major time sinks.

That Blizzard tries to do both -- adding grinds and giving candy in 4 month intervals is the problem. Either players get used to having a grind or do away with all the barriers. If the latter is the "solution", WoW no longer is a MMO, it's but a $15/mon SP game.

[eja216]

The grind always existed. It's part of playing MMOs.

What's wrong is justifying the use of bots (whatever the excuse). The game isn't setup to race to end-game, MMOs are designed to be major time sinks.

That Blizzard tries to do both -- adding grinds and giving candy in 4 month intervals is the problem. Either players get used to having a grind or do away with all the barriers. If the latter is the "solution", WoW no longer is a MMO, it's but a $15/mon SP game.

Well said.

[Kuja]

If you can't beat them, join them.

So why aren't you reporting them?

I don't think reports do anything. Those 50+ bots at Halls of Lightning entrance that I reported months ago are still there, going out of the instance, bubbling and runnin back in. And occasionally mounting and visiting the nearby vendor.