Dungeon tank bots?

I believe it - I had mostly forgotten about this but I'm pretty sure there was a bot in a party at Cutter's Cry of all places (as a caster/DPS). I didn't believe it at first simply because I can't think of a single reason why anyone would bot the place. So I just kept going without paying much attention at first... but the rest of the party was convinced it was a bot and kept talking about it and trying to communicate with the character/player and pointing out odd things. By the end of the run, I was convinced it was a rather simple bot as well - even after being extremely skeptical initially. It likely wasn't just a crappy mute player (unless the person was insane?) as they would do the exact same actions that led to them dying over and over again at one point (thanks to us experimenting) without question/pause/deviation. There were other odd things as well that would suggest no rational player was controlling the character, but no reason to go into a lot of detail.

I still can't think of any reason to bot characters through a dungeon like Cutter's Cry though and I understand the skepticism.

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Originally Posted by Gatavs

Being a level 30 tank I am sure you would know a thing or two about tanking.

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Last night I taught a level 36 paladin in Haukke manor how to use flash.

He didn't have shield lob.

He didn't know why I wanted him to beat on more than one target at a time, or use flash for more than the blind, and he didn't know that fast blade combos into savage blade and into RoH, and that just mashing Rage was not an effective way to dps / build hate.

Level 36. Guess how he got there when I asked him? "I been doing fates"

Bot tanks are a real thing. Our FC encountered one in Satasha, and it's obvious why; the plundered green loot at the end can be resold on the market and for not insignificant money. The bot just needs at the end, and hey presto, 50,000gil