How is botting detected exactly?

[eagleeye1]

I've read various ideas on how bots are detected, but I am curious what the truth is - if we know.

For example, if you use the bot for a week and then never use it again, will the account get banned 6 months down the road? Or is the account flagged instantly?

Is Demonbuddy detectable just because it runs on your computer, or does blizzard analyze other things, like character movements or how fast you pickup and/or sell items at vendors?

As a %, how many people get banned and how often?

 

[qztr]

Nobody knows.
/thread

 

[JoshYoJoshYo]

The only thing I care about in this thread is the fact that the % sign is working now...

 

[eagleeye1]

Well, I think if DB was so easily detectable, could they not simply issue bans every 24 hours (or sooner) once its flagged on your account?

And Blizzard has stated over and over again that they cannot easily detect bots based on X or Y criteria.

This does make me think the bot isn't easily detectable, but that it's based on some kind of criteria. So we do this much, just not exactly what (which was the question). I'm sure there can be more useful responses though.

 

[bambam922]

There are a few ways that bots can be detected.

1. The big one. Software detection. This leads to immediate bans of everyone using the bot.
2. What you see everyday in the ban section. Pattern/Behavior recognition. A lot of people want to scream that the bot is detected when they constantly run the same profiles, for hours on end, on the same schedule, and wonder why they get banned. A prime example would be Sarkoth farming.
3. Player reports. This is more on the Honorbuddy side of things, when it is glaringly easy to spot a bad bot and the player report feature is easy to use. However, I've heard of some bots joining random peoples' games and botting that. But I don't think DB has ever had that capability. (It's stupid)
4. Dumb luck. Yes, it's unfortunate. Sometimes you can be doing everything right, running different profiles on random schedules, but still get the banhammer. There isn't anything you can do.
5. Who knows what else they use?

But rest assured that all of our bots are as safe as can be.

 

[Nam3]

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[Soullinker]

One thing i don't understand why Blizzard does not use, is blacklisting paypal accounts after you banned. Why you can link more than 1 account to paypal.
How can i bot 24/7 for 3 months on EU and US at the same time and not get insta banned, a day or too okey-fine. But 3 months... you will be dead if you don't sleep 3-5 days probably.

 

[eagleeye1]

That's why I don't think they can automagically detect it, and it's why some people do pass the ban waves.

I think if you run a script like rixxx's act 3 and really vary up your scripts, and then don't run them 24/7, you probably have a reasonably good chance of not getting banned. I don't know for sure, but based on all of the stuff I've read about bans, this could make sense.

Some people say you will get banned by just pressing the button, but it hasn't banned everyone yet, so there has to be a reason for this. And if they could detect it so easily, then what are they waiting for? I don't think they can. I think they have to analyze a lot of stuff to come to informed decisions, and they don't have the manpower for it, so they will only do it when they are put under immense pressure. That kind of pressure doesn't exist for d3 right now - it's not like WoW.

 

[JoshYoJoshYo]

The 12/18 ban resulted in the mods re-looking into what packets are sent and received by manual play. They emulated those packets with the bot. Stop your worrying.