The open world doesn’t slow down bots significantly. And we all know reporting bots doesn’t do much. Regardless, 3 accounts > 1 account.
But if they are in the open world, then players are able to report them. Or on PvP servers, just kill them. Which I guess also keeps to the concept of limiting how much players can transfer between servers which has been in place.
Again, this does very little to slow down bots in the grander scheme of things. And those things can easily happen at level 58 as well.
Better than doing nothing and offering the 58 boost at the same time. I am just saying lets actually push for changes that fight against the bots.
Blizzard sells level 58 boosts
People stop buying gold to boost via mages and use blizzards boosts
Less people buying gold directly affects bots
problem solved.
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The 58 boost puts them in a much more populated place to bot to level.
Really no difference.
There is a difference between how the levels affect the rate at which they obtain gold though on top of how they work around not being reported. Force them to be in the open is the first thing that needs to be done.
I suppose im not understanding whats meant by this.
I dont think theyll buy boosts. At all, it really makes no sense. But lets say they like losing money and choose to buy the boost. Wouldnt they be in the open since they be among the majority of the population that will be in the outlands where theyll be farming?
If anything them taking a boost puts them more in the open.
But as we can clearly see being in the open means all of nothing. Blizzard isnt addressing them in the open. Attacking boosts is nothing more than attacking a symptom and not any real issues. It wont change anything if blizzard refuses to take action
Here is what I am saying. If you make it to where not only botters, but players are leveling in the open world being the most efficient method for doing so. Botters possibility of getting reported before reaching desired levels increases greatly. If that becomes the case, but the in-game boost exists. They will opt to spend for the boost if it means that they will earn more doing that because the other “preferred” method isn’t working for them. Force them into the open, don’t give them the time to farm gold in a desirable manner via the boost. Economy will not necessarily be saved doing this, but it will greatly slow down inflation. Allow botters to gold farm enough with TBC content while making old world methods obsolete and inflation will be far worse than it was in Classic.
But the boost would take them to where the people are
And again if being out in the open is the solution why isnt the bot problem under control right now? I see mobs of bots daily in the open. I dont think thats the solution
Its pretty easy to stay out of sight once in TBC content. Flying exists after all. This is why I say that doing this won’t save the economy, but it has a better result in limiting inflation compared to what is going on now. Don’t let them get into TBC so easily by any means plausible.
Ok but why are the bots in the open now not being addressed? You are attacking a symptom but you arent doing advocating for anything to fight the disease
This all starts with blizzard, and attacking boosts is your scapegoat. We have proven the bots will exist and run rampant with or without the boost so long as blizzard does nothing
Not buying this “put them in the open” argument. THEY ARE IN THE OPEN NOW
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You are not wrong about that. But I would rather be in a situation that pushes to fight against them than making arguments for why the boost should be in the game. I am looking to keep focused on fighting bots, but stepping outside of that. Players in general could buy the boost to get as many profession alts as they feel they can sustain. Just another factor that leads to the instability and inflation of the economy. So deal with the bots, but the boost in general is bad for TBC.
This would require buying an account… plus a monthly subscrition… plus a boost. You are talking about serious $$$.
Doubt any significant portion of the population will do that.
We all are trying to fight bots. Which is why we report them non stop. nothing is getting done. You are asking for what is already happening. Its not working because blizzard isnt stepping up
It starts with blizzard. More of the same as you are proposing is not the answer
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You underestimate people 
No. Realistically not alot of people will be doing it.
Some? Sure. But probably less then 1% of the community.
OP you aren’t as smart as you think you are.
Bots use argentinian accounts, they’ll be paying $14 per boosted account.
Botters will be buying boosts because being able to make 1000g a day straight away is way more important than 1-2 weeks wasting time levelling where you are not making any money.
Bots will be buying the boost by the truckload.
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How are the generating gold when in the air? Do they not have to land to kill/Loot?
I mean they already hide their gather bots by being under the ground with wall and fly hacking in classic. Sooo… (hunter tracking op for this lol)
How is that relevant?
That is still 14$ more expensive then just starting a new account and leveling.