For God's sake, do SOMETHING!

That AFK bot trio are back at it in South Karana 1. I don't know how many tweets, petitions, threads, and posts on this forum from various people take to get something done. But when a trio are allowed to bot for days on end disrupting opportunities for everyone else who are actually at their keyboard, it is wrong.

But ignore it, close down and remove this thread and allow the hackers to continue.

I've explained this before, maybe you missed it.

1. Botters are not hackers, they are customers that purchase the software to become botters
2. The software engineers behind this make money off of people using it
3. If everyone gets banned for using it, they don't make money
4. Therefore, less detectable software equates to more money
5. If you ban people individually it DIRECTLY tells the software engineer what was detectable in most cases
6. So if you ban in large waves, it keeps them guessing on how/why those bans were handed out.

You're right, DBG should be more on top of this. But remember that DBG consists of like 3 dudes and an unpaid intern. It's skeleton crew city.

Hacking is a lot more rampant in games that ban people piece-meal. It allows the people making the software to stay on top of being undetectable by sacrificing the odd client here and there.

Well, I can understand that. But it is obvious these guys are bots, it doesn't take any detection other than the necked eye.

I don't mind IZboxer, but it's people like this trio who are never at their keyboard and been here for days on end with never a rest.

Train them? Get a wizard friend and KS them all day. People running scripts aren't going to petition you.

Think of it like duck hunting.

Botters are unattended users. Boxers are attended There is a big difference. Greg doesn't seem to understand because he is too busy trying to explain things.

4 days straight other than when the server went down, these guys have been there now in sk. this isn't a freakin weekend, this is tues to fri 24/7.

train them? really? that's so friggen asinine greg, really. as for detecting them and their software... hmmm out in the open in sk, in front of a whole zone of shammies doing the rounds for grizzleknot... nope not obvious at all...must be the software!!!

They are still at it in Ragefire, SK 1 @ Treants.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/suv6op91rt7459u/EQ000012.jpg?dl=0


These guys!

That is why you use /ignore!
Best tool on the boards... I dont even see his ignorance and self serving posts anymore! From your post I can see he has not changed even after his forced 3 day vacation... maybe he should log in Ookay and post... that way people will listen to the drama a bit more?

lulz

so... 5 days with obvious afk botters out in the open... and we're supposed to believe something is being done? we're paying for these servers, hire a gm and deal with these issues.

After reading this thread, I had to go to SK and check it out. These guys are still going at it. Oblivious to the world. They don't answer /tells. They will soon be the most infamous botters ever of EQ.

Play somewhere else?

Had to be someone defending the cheaters. Had to be. Congrats.

so... lucky me, i have a fantastic 50 chanter guildie who heard the plight and doesn't like cheating asshattery...

he joined me in sk1, he talked to them, sent them a tel and got no response... so he warned them he was going to mess up their botting...

he then charmed both treants away, after a few mins the shaman finally got up and looked around, i guess he read the lovely bit in /say, when i saw him moving i /e snickered... magic... they poofed! so my guildie is staying for a bit and is holding them in witness protection.

Good job Rhiyannon!

amazing, another chanter read this and is now there too... woot.

'Legion of the Savage', bunch of kool people in that guild?

well.... i'd like to think so lol

A certain Necro may be interested in such a mischievous guild..

To bad they took down the screenshot thread or you could have about 50 people show up snap a screenie and then upload all the shots there.....