Bot reporting?

[SamSmoot]

I just noticed two characters AFK at the Darksteel Ore node in Coerthas It wasn't even close to the spawn time for it either.

Is this a common botting method, just wait in one place and harvest the node every time it pops?
If so, is there a way to report them?

[Miminming]

No wait i do that ... i mean leaving my char afk waiting for node with alarm on

They might me not a bot

[Luciano_Bozzelli]

Yeah sometimes I get to a node early then go afk and do things around the house.

[Jillian]

Just because they are afk at the nodes does not mean they are bots. They probably just want to farm darksteel ore and are waiting for the node to pop. You can set a timer in the game or use a site like XIV clock to let you know when the node spawns. Please don't report players who are obviously not botting.

[SamSmoot]

Just because they are afk at the nodes does not mean they are bots. They probably just want to farm darksteel ore and are waiting for the node to pop. You can set a timer in the game or use a site like XIV clock to let you know when the node spawns. Please don't report players who are obviously not botting.

Ok, thanks, I just wanted to make sure..

[Vnolan]

If so, is there a way to report them?

When in the game: Main Menu -> Support Desk -> Contact Us -> Report Cheating

Can also use Report a case to the Special Task Force

Please don't report players who are obviously not botting.

Why not? You can't get in trouble for it, it wouldn't be a waste of the STF's time since they probably don't read the majority of reports to begin with and they don't even do anything about blatant botting.

[Jillian]

When in the game: Main Menu -> Support Desk -> Contact Us -> Report Cheating

Can also use Report a case to the Special Task Force


Why not? You can't get in trouble for it, it wouldn't be a waste of the STF's time since they probably don't read the majority of reports to begin with and they don't even do anything about blatant botting.

Why would you file a false report on players who are doing nothing wrong? And how do you know the STF doesn't read the reports? If they didn't investigate, they wouldn't be doing what SE hired them to do. I believe the STF is rather small so it takes them time to investigate the reports. I know a few (obvious) bots that were banned after reports were filed. As for rmt bots, they are like weeds; every time SE bans a bunch of them, more spring up to take their place.

[Krojack]

I too sometimes afk at timed nodes.

Most of the bots run with the DND flag up. Also if you look at a characters search info and they only have mining, Botanist and either a tank or healer at max level, that's another big indicator it's a bot account.

[Vnolan]

Why would you file a false report on players who are doing nothing wrong?

It's not a false report if the reporter doesn't know for a fact that no cheating is going on. The reporter needs only suspect cheating might be going on to file a report. I've seen bots afk at gathering nodes, so it's not like bots don't do it. Players (including the ones suspected of cheating) can't get in trouble if they aren't doing anything wrong.

[KageTokage]

Bots tend to give themselves away through their movement patterns more then anything else, so I would not take people simply AFKing near a node as an indicator of it.

Most of the bots run with the DND flag up. Also if you look at a characters search info and they only have mining, Botanist and either a tank or healer at max level, that's another big indicator it's a bot account.

This also frequently holds true, but mostly in the case of alt account bots.

A lot of people have so little fear of getting banned they'll just DoL bot on their main accounts that have several classes leveled.