Running different region bots on same computer

[tret]

Is the probability to receive a ban increase, if I run 5 bots EU & 5 bots US on same computer?

 

[Windows]

Yes from what I have read on these forums.

 

[Ginkohana86]

definetly, the auth servers tracing the ip you use and loggs it.
when you running it that way you mentioned the automated ban system will recognize it sooner or later.

 

[krob]

Not from my experience. When I have had bans that ban all that are running, it's only ever on the one region

 

[Windows]

Not from my experience. When I have had bans that ban all that are running, it's only ever on the one region

How many are you running though

 

[krob]

5 from US and 5 from EU usually. Sometimes more, sometimes less. More accounts = higher risk, definitely. But from what I've experienced EU and US aren't connected, I lose from either region not both at the same time

 

[Ginkohana86]

alright have to admit that i might got this wrong.
in comparison to 1 Bot 1 IP my answer would be correct but when focusing on the Regions krobs answer is totally right.^^"

 

[boian]

definetly, the auth servers tracing the ip you use and loggs it.
when you running it that way you mentioned the automated ban system will recognize it sooner or later.

This.

 

[Windows]

Well, that is strange because I read multiple times on these forums that people got banned for doing US/EU at the same time.
I remember one particular post clearly as people told him 'duh, ofc you were going to get banned botting us/eu, it's like giving a signal to blizzard that you are botting because no one does that' and other such replies.
I will try to find that post.
I know I have read multiple posts like that over my time here on these forums.

But, keep doing what works for you and good luck

 

[wh420]

Its a signal sure...I wouldn't do it on the same pc at least....2 different pcs, one us one eu and then the only link there is the ips...and well plenty of foreign college come to the us or go to the uk for school and get apartments....can't imagine those with established accounts would just make one for the country they're currently residing in. And if I was given a reason for being banned of botting on both countries I'd just say you and a roommate multibox on twitch and you're roommate wasn't going to start all over and leave his ingame friends to be on the other country's server.

 

[ltbaron]

I was running 8/8 bots 7x on us 1x on eu all perma banned at same time woth same gm banned due to manual investigation

 

[Aion]

Seen alot of comments here, directly relating IP addresses to linking accounts, and the answer is strong NO!

Blizzard do NOT link accounts by IP, or anything non-related to Blizzard themselves. They do it by the WoW installations, and the WoW copies, running on the same machine, because:

People have been mass-banned on single machine, even after several clients were running on different IP via proxiez, vipien, etc.

People were autobanned on all farmingaccounts on the same machine, while the non-farming accounts, like Ah bots, other accounts, aimed at non-usual farming got intact.

People got usually banned on one machine, but other machines, running under the same IP, via LAN etc, were untouched.

If Blizzard was linking simply by IP, that would already make tons of false positives, which cannot be handled easy, but the do it, by more predictable way, like their own stuff, like Wow install, windows registry etc.

 

[ltbaron]

Seen alot of comments here, directly relating IP addresses to linking accounts, and the answer is strong NO!

Blizzard do NOT link accounts by IP, or anything non-related to Blizzard themselves. They do it by the WoW installations, and the WoW copies, running on the same machine, because:

People have been mass-banned on single machine, even after several clients were running on different IP via proxiez, vipien, etc.

People were autobanned on all farmingaccounts on the same machine, while the non-farming accounts, like Ah bots, other accounts, aimed at non-usual farming got intact.

People got usually banned on one machine, but other machines, running under the same IP, via LAN etc, were untouched.

If Blizzard was linking simply by IP, that would already make tons of false positives, which cannot be handled easy, but the do it, by more predictable way, like their own stuff, like Wow install, windows registry etc.

100% agree with you. I was running cloned vm's on vmware workstation with each ip changed via *** and got banned 7/9 others were different game installation I think.

Basic line:
They do manual investigations and ca check:
1) ip
2) windows
3) game installation
4) Hardware GUID

Then conusion and bam banned.
Got 7/9 banned on same pc and 0 banned on other pc all ips different

 

[pimpampum]

Seen alot of comments here, directly relating IP addresses to linking accounts, and the answer is strong NO!

Blizzard do NOT link accounts by IP, or anything non-related to Blizzard themselves. They do it by the WoW installations, and the WoW copies, running on the same machine, because:

People have been mass-banned on single machine, even after several clients were running on different IP via proxiez, vipien, etc.

People were autobanned on all farmingaccounts on the same machine, while the non-farming accounts, like Ah bots, other accounts, aimed at non-usual farming got intact.

People got usually banned on one machine, but other machines, running under the same IP, via LAN etc, were untouched.

If Blizzard was linking simply by IP, that would already make tons of false positives, which cannot be handled easy, but the do it, by more predictable way, like their own stuff, like Wow install, windows registry etc.

Mmmm. So let's think about this a minute.

Does Blizzard have the capability to identify accounts through their original machine IPs?

Yes. Proven multiple times, even some people have been asked why there were another X accounts running from the same IP.

Are accounts that share IP with a botting account more likely to also be botting?

Yeah, quite probably.

So, let's pretend I'm a GM and I find one botting account. A simple check tells me there are 4, or 9, other accounts connecting from the same IP.

Now I can INVESTIGATE these accounts that are "flagged" because of sharing IP, or start looking for another botting account manually, ignoring this connection.


What would you do?


So, IP linking should and quite probably IS used to identify candidate accounts. Likely not to be the only method Blizzard uses, but they would be quite stupid to not use that connection when they can.