So being able to track multiple bots⌠with video evidence doesnât prove it⌠despite that following the paradigm that a former employee that worked with that specifically claiming is how they do things.
So instead of that being âWell they kept using the same tacticsâ it is somehow âThey changed and the evidence supporting that they in fact did not change is inaccurate of the situation and they simply cannot catch all the bots despite these specific bots being know publicily and reported directly to them.â
You know that doesnât make any sense right?
No I understand you clear⌠using your example if a bot cost 10 USD a month to run, and it makes that 10 USD back plus 1 more USD. It is a matter of scale at that point. If it only made 10 USD a month there would be no more RMT Bots as they wouldnât be making any profit.
So again⌠you need to make the profit margin on the bot 0. If it is anything more than 0 it is a matter of scale, and nothing you do will affect them until that specific point.
A simple equations for this would -X+(X+Y) with X being the cost of the bot and Y being the profit the bot makes. Until the outcome of that becomes 0 it can be scaled up to meet whatever amount of profits you want to make, assuming the demand is there to meet it.
Even if you pushed it so the supply outstrips the demand. All you would be doing is limiting the profit they can make. It doesnât matter if it cost them 300k to run the bots if they are making 305k.
Iâd somewhat argue the opposite. People care about integrity. A legitimate player isnât going to take gold they 100% know is botted. The issue is that at this point you have no way of knowing if gold is botted and have to work on an âeverything is taintedâ or âIâm not dealing with goldâ basis. Sure back during OG Classic you could tell when gold was gotten illegally like that Gressil that went for gold cap. Now however you canât.
Sure you could reset the economy like they did with the fresh Wrath realms to be able to tell again, but youâd need to do that with every expansion as all it takes is one expansion for the economy to be saturated with botted gold.
(Honestly, I know Blizzard data to figure out which gold is botted and which was gotten through legitimate play⌠I wonder if all the botted gold was flagged and shown as such to the players⌠would they give it up? What about if made into an entirely separate currency that could function as gold, would players be willing to take it for goods and servicesâŚ)
As for removing the economy. Iâm somewhat of the same mind. Though Iâm unsure of exactly how that would even work as I would still want to have the rest of the game that would be impacted by it. For example how would profession now work between players. Are we on a bartering system? Because if so we could have just changed what is being RMTâd and wouldnât have solved anything.