Is grinding REALLY that bad? whats changed?

[WTB A Noob]

Ok So I use to bot in the wowglider days so all you could do back then was grind non stop. So now coming back to this new bot
it seems a lot of people act/say grinding profiles is like an instant ban. my question is how and why?

does blizzard keep track of your hours in an area? why can't you create a profile that circles an entire zone so the grinding path is not such a giveaway as people who see you notice you're all over the place and not running in a small circle for 3-5 hours straight.

I have been out of the loop so I am just looking for some updated info and not a smart ass reply lol.


I also ask this because having to always babysit the questing profiles is a little annoying when you go afk and come back to find the bot couldn't complete a quest so instead of skipping that quest it simply turns off. while grinding is a sure way nothing silly is going to happen like this.

 

[jchiera]

From what I've read on the forums Blizzard now keeps track of grinders now. So, yes. They may very well keep a log of your character in an area and the mobs you are killing etc. You can grind, just play it safe.

 

[WTB A Noob]

I see. It would be interesting to try a test account maybe with a dif IP and grind for 48 hours and see what happens