Never had issues with GatherBuddy, except for the occasional nodes that were deep in the middle of mob packs, getting my guy killed any time it tried to mine it. Once I created enough blacklists in my profile, I was able to leave it go for hours without fail.
QuestBot absolutely requires baby sitting. Sure, sometimes you can get away with leaving it alone and you'll be fine, but I am constantly getting stuck on terrain, especially now that the brewfest wreaths are up. I've gone out for dinner on occasion and came back to my bot freaking out, running left and right over and over. Thankfully I haven't had any consequences.
As for BGBuddy? I am always hearing how people who use it look really obvious to people around them, yet it ranks high on this poll. Am I misinformed?
Ran 3 bots for eight hours, Grindbot: 100% afk able Gatheringbot2: 100% afk too , Archa bot: works good for afking too, but my char keeps getting stuck on Eastern KingDoms , Duskwood , Close to the big tree, been using BG buddy too , works good, but in Isle Of Conquest you can just see who bots and who dosen?t lol, and one time where it with the ship came behind their base and just standed there
I am relatively new to HB, but the only ones I feel comfortable AFK'ing are Archaeology and Gatherbuddy-but only after I've watched the profile for stucks and issues at least 1-2 times around. Other than that, I stay close by and check on it every 10-15 minutes.
Bg mode is awesome for afking, the only problem is that allot of people do it. And the pathfinding algorithm tells that you are a bot.
It would be awesome if the algorithm could be infected in a way like by a seed or something. Making bg more customizable would be epic.
Seeds for different pathfiding paths. More human behavior during the start of the game. targeting people and buffing if possible, jumping around etc..