Quote Originally Posted by Arcell View Post
Hate to admit it but he's right here. No matter how fun it actually is, people will be regardless. Some might bot LESS but you will never get rid of it. Some people would rather have a program play the game for them, that's just how it is.

This game's crafting system has the potential to be bot unfriendly. Because you can get through most synths just spamming Standard it makes botting possible. If you actually had to pay attention to the light and choose different options based on that like I imagine it was supposed to be then botting would be pretty tough.
this was the problem with the overall society i was talking about arcell. at no point was i trying to defend bots because it is pathetic, but pointing out the nature alot of people use their daily lives. we are in the me me me Me ME age. i haven't understood why anyone would get a game to bot instead of playing it.

the only thing i worry about is your second point you bring up. yes, making multiple different outcomes on each synth attempt will make coding botters harder, but nowhere near impossible. if you have a general idea of how to parse data you can program a bot. no matter how much things change in the crafting system if it involves the use of data then there is a way to program it in. all it takes is a few more if/then/elseif/then statements into the program. the only thing it does is takes extra steps for both the bot and the legit person to take. we already complained about having too many steps in the crafting process and adding more i dun see as a viable option.

i could be wrong and they added things and made it a longer process, but gave larger rewards and work out fine. i just wouldn't want to support an idea like that unless i had more info as we don't need it becoming more tedious.

Quote Originally Posted by Arch_Blegan View Post
I took it as a hyperbole, all the wise-guys out there took it literally. Bots ruin the game and if you've ever played an online FPS you know first hand how infuriating it is when someone uses a bot.
heck yeah, aim bots and wall bots ruin fps games for sure. the problem is those games are different from these in the fact it is a direct competition game. aim bots do directly affect your gameplay experience.

i believe all bots should be banned, but i just don't see it happening in the near future. i just hope se has been making a list of those that have been botting and takes a hammer and hits them all with it when they see the time is right.