Bot detectors?

[Anonuzer01]

I've seen this before in the Barrens and now again in Dustwallow marsh. Mobs labeled, in this case, "Dead Theramore Guard". These mobs are laying on the ground, show as dead with no hitpoints when you target them. However, they are attackable and do seem to die and give loot. Are these related to some quest that I'm not aware of?

They make me paranoid as if I was hand playing I would never touch one of them as they are laying on the ground, non aggro, and have zero hps when I target them. However, my bot kills one wherever he sees one.

 

[sm0k3d]

Probably because I can't find any npc's when I search for that name. Maybe it's a new blizz thing. Just blacklist that mob in any profiles that come across these guys

 

[DX123]

I've run into these on a bridge in dustwallow. The bot would just continue to attack it and it would never die. Not sure why they are there. They don't seem to be related to any quest.

Perhaps a trap?

 

[Anonuzer01]

Sounds like the same thing, cept these did actually "die" and were lootable...a few silver, some trash.

 

[imdasandman]

I've seen this before in the Barrens and now again in Dustwallow marsh. Mobs labeled, in this case, "Dead Theramore Guard". These mobs are laying on the ground, show as dead with no hitpoints when you target them. However, they are attackable and do seem to die and give loot. Are these related to some quest that I'm not aware of?

They make me paranoid as if I was hand playing I would never touch one of them as they are laying on the ground, non aggro, and have zero hps when I target them. However, my bot kills one wherever he sees one.

Lets see what a quick research on wowhead.com brings up oh yes your mob is Theramore Highway Guard - NPC - World of Warcraft
So no they are not bot traps. Have fun kill those "dead" npc's all you like.

 

[xsilverdicex]

Lets see what a quick research on wowhead.com brings up oh yes your mob is Theramore Highway Guard - NPC - World of Warcraft
So no they are not bot traps. Have fun kill those "dead" npc's all you like.

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Theramore Highway Guard is Not "Dead Theramore Guard" wich is there title in game.

 

[Braydens]

This really doesn't sound like something Blizzard would do to stop bots. Clever idea maybe, just doesn't sound like something they would do on purpose especially if it is dieing and dropping loot.

 

[CodenameG]

its for quests, like casting resurrect on the "Dead" mob, kind of quests, for whatever reason blizzard has decided to do some kind of "hacks" with their own systems in order to accomplish things like the Dead - Alive mobs you guys are worried about. and things like WoWUnits that look like GameObjects and GameObjects that act like WoWUnits. really its nothing to worry about.