Attack of the Clones

[redmech78]

As of yesterday, I counted nearly 20 bots outside of the Gridanian Blue Badger Gate, most of them level 12, Lalafell, dressed the same, each with a name like Yashasha Yasha or Mikiki Miki that started with a different letter of the alphabet. They were all patting the same routes between nodes, with kind of jerky movements, moving slowly around trees and facing them as if they were trying to walk "into" the tree, always standing in the same exact spots to harvest, and so on.

Not to mention the six low-level archers stacked on top of each other in exactly the same spot, endlessly attacking ground squirrels and treants (though I can't imagine what they're harvesting) with exactly the same movements performed at exactly the same time, never taking a step from that one spot.

I sent a ticket and was sure to write that I merely suspected that this is botting behavior, but I'm wondering if anybody else has noticed similar in other parts of the world?

[fearfactoryman]

I see them stacked around the Market Boards in Ul'Dah on Coeurl & just outside where the Iron Ore nodes are...teleporting around harvesting. Same deal, some with pickaxes, some with bows. I have also seen them in droves at various FATES...all dressed in the same "almost nothing" gear with bows. Especially Quarrymill FATES.