If someone sets up their Razer Synapse to press 3 non-stop till they press 3 again – is this violating the tos?
Cuz if I start farming old content (like ICC raid) on my fury warrior I would like to set that up to keep casting whirlwind but don’t wanna risk getting banned.
But someone told me that counts as a violation under the botting stuff?
Help please.
Just don’t *tell anyone,. you’ll be okay. lol
Im not understanding your reply.
I know if I DONT do it I am 100% fine.
But im asking if making it keep casting whirlwind is a violation or not.
I’ve been using my logitech mouse for weeks now using a macro to cast Shield of righteousness -> hammer of wrath -> judgement -> Hammer of righteousness.
Its been working great for me. And as a result I’ve had EXTREMEMLY high SotR uptime. haven’t got a warning yet.
I would expect one soon, since you just admitted to using third party software to mimic multiple button presses on the public forums.
But yeah, using macro software can get people banned. Blizzard does not always catch it, but they will not be nice to you when they do catch it. Back when I played Cataclysm, I remember this popular Druid player got banned for using macro software.
But how can they catch me since Razer Synapse does a lot more than macros. Lets me change my mouse colors, DPI on the fly, turn on and off PC game mode (disables some keyboard buttons). So how do they know what im using with it?
What if you were to setup a little motor device that could press a plastic straw at the button 3 over and over. Is that against the rules?
Get one of them drinking glass water birds on crack! tap tap tap tap tap tap
I guess that makes sense. Im sure blizzard has more to worry about with multibox farming bot druids than me being lazy when I clear ICC
They have ways of detection. Like if commands are coming in way too fast that humans could not have entered them or if the timing between button presses is always the same when the presses happen in a discernable pattern.
It is a dangerous game. Some people take the risk and do it, but is a violation of the rules that Blizzard has banned people for before. I see the same thing all the time in my area of work in digital advertising. Advertisers will think they are clever with wording or phrases to get around editorial policy filters for stuff that they cannot advertise. They do not get caught instantly and some never get caught at all; but their payment method and contact information gets permanently banned from advertising on the internet again when they do get caught.
Blizzard has promoted branded gaming mice in the past - the fact that they’re aware of Razer is a given.
Honestly, I very much doubt they could get away with banning what is one of if not the most mainstream in gaming peripheral technologies. This isn’t some seedy backroom bot maker - this is the name in gaming control.
Honestly im just trying to save my finger and my #3 when I do old raid clears.
I would think it would make the clear better for me. More enjoyment out of the game.
Just to clarify, there is nothing wrong with using a gamimg mouse, like Razer. The problem is when you use the third-party software that comes with the mouse to get around ingame macro requirements for simulating multiple button presses with only obe button press; like the OP’s mention of having the macro software spam one key over and over again until told to stop.
bind 3 to your mouse button, create a battery powered motor trigger and strap it to your mouse!
NO way they can detect that unless you foolishly didn’t put a band-aid over your webcam.
So pressing 3 over and over is bad.
But using cast sequence macros that do way more is OK.
And I don’t know how that translates vs. their detection/policies, but I would think for the sake of their customers on Razer’s end, it’d be indistinguishable from a physical input for… well, exactly this reason. In the end, it’s one input going into one game client.
Either way, I doubt very much Blizzard’s putting effort into rooting out those with what is essentially a latching turbo button, a concept that dates back to before… probably a lot of their customers were born.
SNES Street Fighter II turbo with a turbo controller.
Ahhhh, the olden days.
It might…? It is a automation process which you DON’T need to press anything but given you’re doing it at the same window, its hard to give a idea if it is. You may very well have to ask someone who knows, namely Blizzard if this is against their rules (If you wanna risk that) or not use it at all.
I’m pretty sure that with cast sequence macros that are made in game you hage to hit the key for each action. I don’t think you can say macro an entire opening sequence and only need to hit the button once.
But besides that, why would you chance your account over running old content? Well unless you’re doing for other reasons.
I don’t know what a Razer Synapse is, but here’s a handy rule of thumb:
Is it hardware? You’re probably safe. Something like a ‘turbo’ function on a controller probably can’t be detected at all by the game.
Is it software? You’re not safe. WoW has permission to look at what your computer is running, and can trip if it sees something it doesn’t like.