standing in SW trade looking at a botter. its been online since last night according to the server community. I’ve sent in tickets earlier
The thing is, you suspect they are a bot. You simply do not have the tools necessary to make that call. All you can do is report them and let Blizzard investigate. Use the Right Click Report menu, as reports are not taken over the forums.
Just be aware, there won’t be a bolt of lightning that drops from the sky. It takes time for Blizzard to investigate, break the bot, and apply sanctions.
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If you mean that you actually sent in a ticket and got a ticket number, please close it. Bots are reported via right-click report for cheating.
Ticket times are crazy right now at 10+ days and it’s not likely the bot will be around that long anyway.
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Ah yeah, I totally missed that about sending in tickets. All you are doing by sending in tickets to report a suspected bot is clogging up an already clogged ticket queue. I concur with Perl - please close any tickets you opened to report the other player.
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I’ve used the report system, I did it early this morning and on an alt. the trade chat is talking about it and no one doing anything about it
That’s because Blizzard doesn’t ban bots here and there. They’d need to find how they’re running the bot, fix the program on their end to stop it and action accounts linked using such.
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That is the best thing you can do, Steffen. These investigations can take time, so you are unlikely to see an instant result.
We do appreciate the report though, they help a great deal in the overall process.
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I been seeing this “Player” sitting in Org all day and under bidding everything and everyone within seconds you post something, is that against TOS?
Not necessarily, no. There are add-ons that move that fast.
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Plus to add to Ekon’s point, there are players who exclusively play as an AH Goblin which is a legitimate way to play the game.
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So its basically ok to monitor the Auction-house 24/7 without allowing other players to have a chance on selling any goods?
If folks don’t want to buy other people stuff, there isn’t anything Blizzard can do. More so when there isn’t any rules that someone can’t underbid someone else.
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There was once a player, I forget the realm (it was a busy realm too), who controlled almost half (I believe it was close to half) of all the AH sales. It was the only thing in the game he enjoyed doing. He did not raid, he did not PvP, did not quest. He played the AH purely to see how much of it he could control. That is what he paid his sub for. It was 100% okay. Because he did not bot, did not cheat, did nothing against the rules, He was just buying and selling.
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So long as illegal software isn’t used, they absolutely can. Add-ons that work legitimately and follows Blizzard’s protocol are perfectly acceptable, but there are those illegal things out there too. And unless you’re standing right there at his side in-game 24/7, you can’t say for certain that is something that they do.
It doesn’t matter if you’re talking classic or retail, not any particular realm or faction or anything else - there will always be someone (or even multiple someones) who can and will play the AH game better than you. There is no rule that they have to stop undercutting you to relist their item, just like there isn’t a rule stating that you can’t do it in return.
And just because this comes around often - even if you whisper them and they deign not to respond, that doesn’t make them a bot. My main is a druid. Just because I can stand in one spot and pull a ton of stuff to me to farm something, it doesn’t make me a bot but I’ve had people whisper me in the past telling me I’ve been reported or just whispering nasty things under the presumption that my character is automated somehow. No one has to respond to you or answer you.
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Thanks for the clarification. 
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There actually are? Honest question, as I don’t use AH addons at all. I’ve just noticed that when I place crafting mats on the AH they’re bought out almost instantly, literally a split second after I post them. Always wondered about that.
If you are referring to the Retail version of the game, be advised that commodities (such as crafting mats) are region-wide now. Meaning any player in the entire North America region of the game will be buying and selling any commodities listed on the Auction House.
AUCTION HOUSE UPDATE: REGION-WIDE COMMODITIES
Auction Houses across all realms on a given region will now share commodity listings (gems, herbs, flasks, consumables, etc.). Items that aren’t commodities –- like armor and weapons –- will continue to be realm-specific.
- Developers’ note: The Auction House you know and use today should look and feel exactly the same; it’ll just have way more buyers and sellers available to you for commodities. We’d love for players to hop on the PTR, copy over their characters, and help us test the Auction House across the entire PTR region. We might schedule a specific time in a few weeks for everyone to hop on at the same time to help stress it, details tbd.
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Yes, I already knew that. But it doesn’t explain how auctions are purchased literally a split second after they’re listed, every crafting mat snapped up within the blink of an eye. I was asking if there’s actually addons that scan and purchase items instantly. I don’t particularly care, I just saw Ekon’s comment about AH addons and was just curious.
To be frank, when you have every retail realm’s AHs connected? You wouldn’t even need an add-on to sell/buy like that. I’ve been clearing out all of my excess SL crafting mats before prices tank any more than they already have. As soon as I get stuff listed, it’s gone just as quickly.
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Scan? Yes
Purchase? Manually done.
Some people constantly scan with a sniping tool and can buy straight from there. They still click to buy however.
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