This is a quick explanation on how I have avoided the epic ban hammer while botting for several years.
Background: approximately 2 years with WOWGlider before it shut down. Now another 1 ? years with Honor buddy. NO bans or suspensions. Still using my original 3 vanilla accounts.
I have a job that allows me to play/bot while working. This gives me the ability to constant monitor the bots for errors or whispers, etc..
With this I have 3 accounts. 2 of which have 11 lvl 90 toons and the 3rd has 4 90s, all on the same server. (no I do not bot for profit, just to maintain my guild)
This is what I do.
1. Start all instances of wow.
2. Start all instances of honorbuddy (never start WOW while honorbuddy is running or any botting web page is open).
3. Make sure to monitor bots as much as possible. After work relaxing? Run the bot. Dinner party? Run the bot. Sleeping? Do not run the bot. etc..
4. Any situation that seems sketchy, stop the bot, run some manual stuff or log off. Sketchy stuff includes: Arhceology digs where the item is on the ground but cannot be picked up, Bot keeps targeting hidden mobs, whispers from other agitated players, etc.. Things that as a normal player you would be all WTF!
That about sums it up. Just try to be careful. I am by no means a botting expert. However, understand I have never been banned or suspended. Means something I am doing is right.
Or very possibly, I am very lucky.
My thoughts?
1. I do not bot for profit, as such I have never given Blizz a reason to ban a paying customer.
2. I use every little bit of caution I can while still botting. I make it known to all guildies and online friends that I am a ?addon whore?. Thus any sketchy actions I blame an addon.
3. Find a guild and friends that seem to play like you. I understand several of my guildies are botters. As am I. But we do not discuss it. We play like it is not happening.
4. ?Play Distracted?. Friends and fellow guildies think I multi-box, playing (not botting) multiple accounts. I sustain this concept by surfing news, facebook etc. while raiding. This creates the image that I am doing multiple things and cannot concentrate on that one window. Thus when I miss something, nobody thinks about it too much.
5. Create a chat tab in WOW. A separate chat window that only has chat channels. I use this to see what I miss without having to scroll through a bunch of exp, damage, pet battle statements and such. This chat tab also keeps track of chat longer this way as it does not have additional information running it out.
