Final Thoughts

[Wynn_Storm]

I never heard of gathering bots.

But that's really terrible.

[Enla]

I never heard of gathering bots.

But that's really terrible.

You can usually tell if someone is using one based on their pathing and whether or not they jump. Someone using a gathering bot will /always/ take the same route over and over again and will always path in such a way that they avoid jumping entirely. They're pretty common once you know how to spot them - and sadly very hard to report.

[Wynn_Storm]

You can usually tell if someone is using one based on their pathing and whether or not they jump. Someone using a gathering bot will /always/ take the same route over and over again and will always path in such a way that they avoid jumping entirely. They're pretty common once you know how to spot them - and sadly very hard to report.

I haven't done too much gathering recently to notice. And maybe i have seen them but just never knew.

Regardless botting needs to be stopped. Its the bane of every mmo.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

I haven't done too much gathering recently to notice. And maybe i have seen them but just never knew.

Regardless botting needs to be stopped. Its the bane of every mmo.

Its pretty much impossible to stop, even with those "anti cheat" malware programs some games use. The bot creators find workarounds each time the devs impose different checks, and its basically an endless cycle. What the devs can do is ban more "normal" players, make it a known thing that botting = ban. nothing they can do about rmt bots.