I find it hilarious that Blizzard 10-15 years ago would end cheaters on the spot, but all this time later they can’t be bothered to get rid of bots, because their new philosophy of maximum profits and minimum expenditure prevents them from lifting a finger to suspend or punish people who pay them money. Classic was definitely in better hands with the private servers, where people who got paid nothing would scope out and deal with the problem ASAP. Seems Blizzard can’t be bothered to do anything that doesn’t involve us handing them a fat stack of cash.
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The most frustrating part for me is when I’m in Azshara and I see 4-5 bots all clumped together. Asian name? Check. Boar pet? Check. Boar is still named Boar? Check. And we all have seen the same exact movement patterns to be able to tell in 2 seconds. Wouldn’t take long at all for a GM to pass through and clear up a lot of the zones of this issue.
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The Classic servers have far more people playing than any private server. With that in mind, the gold farmers have a far bigger chance at an income. The bans probably happen, but I’d suspect new accounts will replace the banned ones.
I doubt it. I suspect that this is an attack, a criticism, a finger-pointing, a blaming, a shaming, an embarassing…
…anything but not an actual moment of joyful laughter.
That’s too bad. We could all use a laugh.
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They didn’t do that.
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Don’t you be dissing my 11 Chinese ghost herbers.
They got families to feed, too.
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How long until botting ap is available on Blizzard store for $49.99?
But wait, there’s more…
Order now and get a free in-game Chinese farmer vanity pet to follow your bot.
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you didnt hear this from me but… theres certain things you can /whisper (or any chat mode theyre open too) to them that will “drop the hammer” almost instantly.
Prove you statement with links. Because I know you can’t.
it would take days for the bot to reach farming levels, and probably 30 seconds for a GM to delete them.
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I’m not sure what alternate reality you came from, but bots were never “ended” on the spot.
Back then, their detection was even worse, and response time from GMs was just as long. To be fair, bots were far less complex back then, and players often found ways to break them.
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Imo, the solution is to just ban the people buying gold. Start with a two month ban, then permanent.
Banning the bots doesn’t do much, because making a new account is just a cost of business that slows them down marginally.
Ban the target market. Real world police criminalize the purchase of illegal goods, not just the sale.
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Not everyone bots to sell gold.
Banning the people buying gold won’t stop people for botting for themselves. Besides, people already get banned for buying gold. It’s just a difficult thing to prove with any certainty, unlike botting.
They could also do IP bans.
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They literally just did a mass ban of a couple thousand last week.
Get off your whining high horse.
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The problem isn’t that Blizzard doesn’t ban them. The problem is that the bot makers are in a constant arms race with Blizzard. Blizzard investigates, Blizzard implements fixes to block certain functions of that bot and does a ban wave, forums fill with “I didn’t bot” posts and stories of what they did that maybe was a false positive, bot makers reassure their customers on their forums and release new bot. Rinse and repeat over and over. And remember that there is one Blizzard and who knows how many bot makers, and who knows how many people willing to risk their account to not actively play.
Its true. Blizzard posted about it.
Theyve done bam waves about 4 times since classic launched.
People whining on here need to chill.
Incompetent, greedy company
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