Dungeon tank bots?

[GeilLega]

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

*snip*

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"

[Kiserai]

Even so, if they die, they repeatedly run to the exact same (Coffer, Key Item) locations and does the 5-10 sec thing once again.

That's a clear indicator. A lot of other stuff could be bad play or a confused player, but that sounds automated.

Wonder what the angle is. I could kind of see a profit from all-bot groups farming, but just tank bots among regular players?

[RhazeCain]

"lower level dungeons" ... Hmm, can't say I've seen this. Run a lot of dungeons, but more higher level than lower.

Had a hard time figuring out how there would be profit in that, but I suppose if you get even 1 chest with a few tin pieces in it, then that's some profit. Small profit is fine if you're putting zero effort into it. Or a creature kill gives you a crafting component even.

[Bayman]

I have ran with some tanks that I wish would use a bot instead of them playing.

[WhaleBiologist]

This would presumeably provide a relatively risk free form of leveling. Nobody can report you for botting when they don't know which server you came from.

[Dotsusama]

This would presumeably provide a relatively risk free form of leveling. Nobody can report you for botting when they don't know which server you came from.

I wouldn't call it "risk free". The task force could easily look up the reported character's name, how many servers have a character with that name/race/class combination, with the right level, who was logged in at the reported time, and then (presumably) monitor them running dungeons a few times. It's a lot of effort to go through, certainly, but there is no way to cover one's tracks.

[Iloce]

I have noticed a few dps bots. They are usually pretty good. Lol they all use the same odd paths, they don't move until you engage, and they swap targets immediately when the tank does. If you say grats, they say thanks, no matter who you are talking too, but only once. There are a few more oddities that i cant remember off the top of my head.

I'm sure you all remember saying grats to someone for something, and the wrong person said thanks? If you do, then you were running with a bot and had no idea

[Daraqueth]

I agree this is likely a power-levelling scheme.

First of all the ability to teleport into the dungeon with DF means that players dont have to travel around the world and have random spawns etc. - getting into the dungeon seems an "easy" thing to automate.

Then if they have scripts matching all the dungeons - you could 'almost' automate the entire lvling process.
Except for obviously having to unlock the dungeons if its a first-time character.

But automated lvling is, in my oppinion, the only thing that would make sense for bots to appear in the dungeons - the question then is why its always tanks.

Could be because people want tanks as they are the low-populated class currently for endgame/dungeons. Or maybe this is also happening with other classes?

[Iloce]

I am a tank so i have not had the privilege of meeting one, but yes there are DPS, ran into three in the past 2 days, and i am sure there were more that i didn't notice. I would imagine a tank since it has insta-que makes them faster, but you have to have cahones to bot a tank. That is the most looked at role.

[zandervont]

I guess this is where I can show something a bit hilarious I saw a few days ago.
http://i.imgur.com/J1My8Un.jpg
There was these 4 archers (no bards), at lv 31 standing near the repair dude in Advntr. Guild in Gridania, every 4 mins 30 seconds they would pop again there, then almost intantly re-queue in DF. Same gear on everyone, except hat, and this happened for a good time during the day. Not that their names help either.
Seems like now, they are all lv45 with starting gear and one or 2 random higher-level stuff.