::: BoTs :::
Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 11:33 am
First of all, I appologise, but we had no other option. This is not an easy topic and sure it wasn't an easy decision. Tyler and myself have discussed this topic many times all over again and we came to the conclusion that we have no other option.
Action: As of today, the possibility to use bots is gone for an uncertain time.
The reason: Besides bot related bugs and instability the main reason is people keep using them for exploiting. These actions been reported time to time, and I get tired wasting my time on this.
Exploits were (just the important ones):
- droping bots from group then reinviting them caused the BoT's hp restored instantly (and manafree) to full hp. Group drop/reinvite spamming BoTs made them basically unkillable.
- BoTs are account based, not player character. It was possible to give BoTs no drop items then reclaim those on other toons (even lvl 1) on the same account
- there is a bug that makes it possible to summon more than one bot regardless the server's rule set
Help/assistance/opinion, please post here (no ingame tells): BoTs
Sune The High Priest casts lvl 70 buffs now (for lvl 70 players)!
I am willing to replace dropable items from bots to main characters, so post away what you need.
My personal opinion is that the server should and will be more fun without BoTs. More grouping, more challenge, less bugs, less zone crashes and so on.
As a side note, we would like to work on new content (and nothing else) to improve and make this server more fun. Wasting time on monitoring/banning brainless cheaters is something I won't waste my time on. It's really beyond me why people can't just play and enjoy the game as the rest of us do.
We will check how this will impact high and low-end encounters and might re-tune them so that they are still doable without Bots.
Action: As of today, the possibility to use bots is gone for an uncertain time.
The reason: Besides bot related bugs and instability the main reason is people keep using them for exploiting. These actions been reported time to time, and I get tired wasting my time on this.
Exploits were (just the important ones):
- droping bots from group then reinviting them caused the BoT's hp restored instantly (and manafree) to full hp. Group drop/reinvite spamming BoTs made them basically unkillable.
- BoTs are account based, not player character. It was possible to give BoTs no drop items then reclaim those on other toons (even lvl 1) on the same account
- there is a bug that makes it possible to summon more than one bot regardless the server's rule set
Help/assistance/opinion, please post here (no ingame tells): BoTs
Sune The High Priest casts lvl 70 buffs now (for lvl 70 players)!
I am willing to replace dropable items from bots to main characters, so post away what you need.
My personal opinion is that the server should and will be more fun without BoTs. More grouping, more challenge, less bugs, less zone crashes and so on.
As a side note, we would like to work on new content (and nothing else) to improve and make this server more fun. Wasting time on monitoring/banning brainless cheaters is something I won't waste my time on. It's really beyond me why people can't just play and enjoy the game as the rest of us do.
We will check how this will impact high and low-end encounters and might re-tune them so that they are still doable without Bots.