Using common sence while botting : EverQuest 2 Premium Discussions

I wanted to take a moment and comment on some of ways people are abusing their botting abilities.

We are all blessed with Richy's Hunterbot program and we love to bot with it but we need to use our heads when using it. As I tooled around in TS last night I came across 4 6 person groups all just standing out in the open on hills like their !@#$%^&* didn't stink. Each had one player (human/tank) leading the pack of (get this) 5 nukers all in white newbie robes casting in unison......


People, people, people we can't be doing out right stupid crap like this. The more attention we draw to ourselves the more problems we will have and the faster they will come.

Practice some simple logic when building a bot team:

1.) Take some time and make 1-2 lvl 5 guilds and split your team up into the guilds.

2.) Don't use names that are alike, like: "llizt, blizt, fenra,beanra" hmm a group of rhyming players names all dressed the same and casting in unison.. What are the chances.....

3.) Come up with some unique cool last names. Not on all of them but add some changes to what people see.

4.) GO BUY YOURSELF SOME FRICK'IN DIFFERENT ARMOR! Don't go out with a group of bots that look 100% the same, that’s lame even in the botting world.

5.) Spend some time and find areas out of the way of say a path to a dungeon or some place that see allot of people go thru it. Why would you want to draw attention to yourself and get banned?

6.) Adjust your cast times. Ok a group of 5 wizards and a tank is IMO the stupidest idea of a botting group. IMO it screams "HEY LOOK AT ME I AM A BOTTER!" Even more so when they all cast at the same time. If your going to use a setup like this adjust the cast times by adding a fake button with 3-4 cast delay on it or change the spell line up on each bot (if your agro lineup will let ya).

7.) Steer clear of Dungeons that are not always full. Nothing says "Look I am Botting" more in a dungeon that the same group of people on 24/7 and never respond to tells, request for invites, ect. people will get jealous and sooner or later turn your arse in.

8.) DO NOT level in the same spot for more than two days. People doing quests or fighting in the same area will notice when the same group is in a location 24/7. You might be killing mobs their legit group want also.

9.) Every now and again have your bots take turns asking for info. in /ooc. This gets them recognition in the community so when people run by they remember seeing so-n-so talking in /ooc.

10.) The most important thing, use your head, if your doing something that screams BOT others will pickup on it fast, ask yourself is what I am doing with my current setup stealth enough to avoid me betting banned and loosing all this time/money I have invested. If you can't say "Yes I am a Stealth M o t h e r F ~ ~ ~ e r" then you need to adjust.

How you display yourself in the world while botting is a direct reflection on the Botting Community, please don't ruin it for us all by doing stupid crap.

Loraik

I think, for the most part, your post is not applicable here. The people your seeing are 'profesionals', who, if they could read your post, wouldn't give a flying slap about how thier actions affect the 'communtiy'. I won't go throwing accusations around, but I think we all know who these guys are. And yes, they make us all look bad. But bottom line, they're not really 'players', in that they don't care about the game itself- they're just earning an income.

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Wow loraik, thats nearly all what i think about safe botting.

But i think the best way to bot, is not to bot 24/7, but 12/7 or 16/7 or even taking a day or more off.

If you bot, be around your computer to answer tells. If someone thinks that you are a bot he will tell you with "hello" or a simple question. Just to check if you are there. If you dont answer the chance is high that they write a petition.

When you are not afk while botting and a gamemaster gets to you nothing can happen. The only bad thing is you have to lie.....

do you need different computers for each bot or can a computer handle 5 different windows?

one computer per bot