here’s my take on it:
when a handful or so toons are all doing the same thing at the same time, chances are it’s automated in one way or another and should be banned.
now if there’s 5 toons doing the same exact thing but with a 2sec pause among each, that seems like someone clicking with each toon and likely isn’t botting.
proving it on our end is near impossible unless you video it, but even then, someone’s gonna argue you could’ve manipulated it.
Lol I wouldn’t respond if one of you weirdos with nothing better to do in game messaged me either
Out in the open world I think the defining traits are:
Trains of characters following the exact same paths. Multiboxers don’t do this no matter how they’re multiboxing… /follow introduces natural variations in character pathing, and even key cloning looks different since each character will be standing at a slightly different offset. Only bots following waypoints are that exact in their movement.
Characters repeatedly trying to loot. A lot of bot software is really stupid and won’t know when the character’s bags are full, resulting in the botted character getting stuck in a loop trying to loot.
Characters mindlessly following the enemy they’re fighting. If you suspect a character that’s killing mobs of being a bot, pull the mob they’re fighting off of them and see how they react. Most bots will chase the mob they’re fighting to the ends of the earth and usually even off of ledges, since the bots have absolutely no understanding of terrain. This is particularly fun in Outland.