a little history before we start..
i botted diablo 3 using demonbuddy for 8 months or so, got banned maybe 20 times, but made a VERY nice profit in the end (still have 10 copies that are NOT banned with paragon 100 characters on them all). Paid off my car and insurance for the whole year this year with it. Also botted diablo 2 for years (not with any buddy products though obviously).
I am one of those, " Go big or go home" kind of botters. I bot as much as i possibly can and sell as much as i possibly can.
However, it is clear to me after my first wow ban, that it is much different here, compared to diablo 3/2
A little history of my wow account now:
Up until just a few days ago, I was completely legit playing my account. I used addons ONLY, no form of automated ANYTHING. Not even a combat script.
I was doing LFRs, Flex raids, etc in my 518 ilvl mage.
I decided to try Honorbuddy and start botting wow (because of my success with diablo 3 and 2 botting)
I started mining ghost iron ore.
I ran the bot for probably 20 hours a day out of 24. Mining in VOTFW and Jade Forest.
I only botted for about 2 and a half days all together.
This morning around 9:30am EST, I was kicked offline an hour after using the new HB release.
Account was banned
I didnt believe that they would ban accounts in such a quick manner after being identified as a bot, because of my previous experiences with diablo 2 and 3. ( I could bot for at LEAST a month, going 24/7 before any action would be taken against me).
However it is clear that detection and the process of dealing with bots for WoW is a MUCH more pressing matter for the blizzard staff.
I am almost 100% positive it was a player report that got me banned, I dumped MASS amounts of gems and ghost iron ore on the auction house and made around 100,000 gold the day HB went down with the ninja patch lol.
What I should have done in my opinion:
Botted for 4 hours at a time, took a 2 hour break, and repeated.
Do NOT bot at night time (1am through 8 am) when most people would be sleeping and not playing a game.
Made my own profiles for areas I wanted to mine ore in.
Switched areas daily. (VOTFW, then Jade Forest, then Dread Wastes, etc)
Sold materials and ore with a few different characters, not 300 stacks a day with ONE single character lol.
^^^ Same with gems.
Maybe should have done a wider variety of things to make gold, such as instance farming one day, gathering the next day, etc etc.
All in all, this was a learning experience for me, and I need to be more careful when dealing with WoW botting obviously. If you piss the wrong people off, they will report you, and then you are screwed royally. I am not concerned that blizzard themselves detected me somehow. I am positive it must have been a player report that got me.
As we speak I have 5 more bots leveling up, and I am going to try a wide array of things with these bots instead of just gathering and selling raw mats.
See you at the Illidan Auction House!
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1)Were you using Honorbuddy, Gatherbuddy or both on the account?
GB
2)If so, when was the last time?:
today
3)What profile were you using?:
H+A VOTFW mining or something like that
4)What combat class were you using? if None Just put Default then the Classname:
singular
5)What plugins are you using?:
none
6)How many hours per day did you bot for?:
20+
6.5)What honest percentage of time did you supervise your bot?
60
7)How many auctions per day did you have?:
150+
8)Did you Use Any Other Bots, Hacks, or Mods?
No
9)Was your account involved in gold selling?
Yes
10)EU or US realm?
US
11)Is the banned account a Scroll of Resurrection or an actual paid account?
paid
i botted diablo 3 using demonbuddy for 8 months or so, got banned maybe 20 times, but made a VERY nice profit in the end (still have 10 copies that are NOT banned with paragon 100 characters on them all). Paid off my car and insurance for the whole year this year with it. Also botted diablo 2 for years (not with any buddy products though obviously).
I am one of those, " Go big or go home" kind of botters. I bot as much as i possibly can and sell as much as i possibly can.
However, it is clear to me after my first wow ban, that it is much different here, compared to diablo 3/2
A little history of my wow account now:
Up until just a few days ago, I was completely legit playing my account. I used addons ONLY, no form of automated ANYTHING. Not even a combat script.
I was doing LFRs, Flex raids, etc in my 518 ilvl mage.
I decided to try Honorbuddy and start botting wow (because of my success with diablo 3 and 2 botting)
I started mining ghost iron ore.
I ran the bot for probably 20 hours a day out of 24. Mining in VOTFW and Jade Forest.
I only botted for about 2 and a half days all together.
This morning around 9:30am EST, I was kicked offline an hour after using the new HB release.
Account was banned
I didnt believe that they would ban accounts in such a quick manner after being identified as a bot, because of my previous experiences with diablo 2 and 3. ( I could bot for at LEAST a month, going 24/7 before any action would be taken against me).
However it is clear that detection and the process of dealing with bots for WoW is a MUCH more pressing matter for the blizzard staff.
I am almost 100% positive it was a player report that got me banned, I dumped MASS amounts of gems and ghost iron ore on the auction house and made around 100,000 gold the day HB went down with the ninja patch lol.
What I should have done in my opinion:
Botted for 4 hours at a time, took a 2 hour break, and repeated.
Do NOT bot at night time (1am through 8 am) when most people would be sleeping and not playing a game.
Made my own profiles for areas I wanted to mine ore in.
Switched areas daily. (VOTFW, then Jade Forest, then Dread Wastes, etc)
Sold materials and ore with a few different characters, not 300 stacks a day with ONE single character lol.
^^^ Same with gems.
Maybe should have done a wider variety of things to make gold, such as instance farming one day, gathering the next day, etc etc.
All in all, this was a learning experience for me, and I need to be more careful when dealing with WoW botting obviously. If you piss the wrong people off, they will report you, and then you are screwed royally. I am not concerned that blizzard themselves detected me somehow. I am positive it must have been a player report that got me.
As we speak I have 5 more bots leveling up, and I am going to try a wide array of things with these bots instead of just gathering and selling raw mats.
See you at the Illidan Auction House!
==============================================================================================================================================================
1)Were you using Honorbuddy, Gatherbuddy or both on the account?
GB
2)If so, when was the last time?:
today
3)What profile were you using?:
H+A VOTFW mining or something like that
4)What combat class were you using? if None Just put Default then the Classname:
singular
5)What plugins are you using?:
none
6)How many hours per day did you bot for?:
20+
6.5)What honest percentage of time did you supervise your bot?
60
7)How many auctions per day did you have?:
150+
8)Did you Use Any Other Bots, Hacks, or Mods?
No
9)Was your account involved in gold selling?
Yes
10)EU or US realm?
US
11)Is the banned account a Scroll of Resurrection or an actual paid account?
paid
