Crafter=Botter (90%)

[TheVedis]

This is very true. But this game has an especially tedious and bot-friendly system for an essential component of the game.

being tedious to level doesnt make it bot friendly
hell, this game is actualy alot less bot friendly then several others, the EASIER the system the easier it is to bot, not the other way around

the only reason people make such a big deal out of it here atm is cuz they arent catching them as quickly as some people would like(or the fact alot of players are just damn right haters who wanna see anyone who crafts alot banned, and im not kidding, go read peregrines posts)

[Val_Rhys]

being tedious to level doesnt make it bot friendly
hell, this game is actualy alot less bot friendly then several others, the EASIER the system the easier it is to bot, not the other way around

That's basically my point. It is insanely easy to craft, making it bot-friendly, and it's also very tedious, providing players additional motivation because the thought of actually crafting themselves is mind-numbing.

Don't get me wrong though, I don't think people with a few r50 classes are botters (and frankly I don't really care if they are). I do think this crafting system lends itself to botting though and more fundamental changes are needed, that the OP entirely missed.

[TheVedis]

That's basically my point. It is insanely easy to craft, making it bot-friendly, and it's also very tedious, providing players additional motivation because the thought of actually crafting themselves is mind-numbing.

Don't get me wrong though, I don't think people with a few r50 classes are botters (and frankly I don't really care if they are). I do think this crafting system lends itself to botting though and more fundamental changes are needed, that the OP entirely missed.

yes, its easy to craft, but not as easy as other games out there
which is why its a moot point

yes people bot, but they bot in EVERY game, and its worse in many other games cuz lets face it, its that much easier to do in other games(you can use a macroer to do it in other games, and thats alot harder to set up for this)