Altoids
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I saw that Blizzard is suing the company behind HB/GB and did a quick search and found this site and have read over some of the forum. I never really seriously considered botting until I saw the quality of the videos and how good they appear to be now. I have to admit, that I'm still on the fence, not sure exactly how risky it is and even exactly what would be at risk.
Let me explain a little further. We have multiple computers and multiple accounts already in the household - all behind a wireless router. Obviously if I did start botting, I would do it on a brand new account (figuring I'd take advantage of RAF as long at that wasn't too risky) and the bot would run on the new account but it would run on one of the computers that one of the other accounts normally use - when it's not running the other account. I'd use the bot to do some leveling and get raw mats (ore and herbs) which would be put into a guild bank that is exclusively shared by the other toons/accounts that are in the household. The mats would be processed (milled/prospected), crafted and then the crafts would be sold - maybe a few mats here and there in the auction house, but never a large amount. That is what I would use the bot for, for free materials to craft with. Leveling the toons would be so that they can gather higher level items.
We would only run the bot maybe 6 hours a day - 3 hours, 1 hour or so break, 3 more hours. Maybe one of them for leveling a toon (only on the new account), one for collecting mats. My plan is to run 10 to 12 three hour sessions a week (2 a day, 5-6 days a week), with either 12 different target items (different herbs/ores or at least a different area), or 6 different areas with each one being visited twice that week - obviously for only 3 hours at a time. This would be to keep a very low profile.
Sooo... 1) As long as I monitor the behavior at first and the bot is running the routine without hitches, can Bliz actually detect that the software is running? 2) I noticed in the vid that the bots run a very precise path - shortest route, even to the point of running over a small gap that if they were just a little off, they would fall. Is there some 'human factor' so that if Blizzard did look into the behavior, that they were not running the same exact path while they gather? 3) The same question would go towards the reaction time of the bot. Obvviously, it is capable of reacting to situations faster than a human can, but that would give something for them to watch for - does the bot automatically delay for a small amount of 'human reaction time' upon landing, before mining or gathering the herb and then again afterwards before activating the bird? To me, faster than human reaction times (or always the same reaction time) would be one of the biggest giveaways, having it on a .25 to .75 sec variable delay would be something that I'd hope is part of the system.
Ok... and then, worst comes to worst and they detect and ban the bot account. For the ones that have been caught on here previously, do the accounts that are being used in the same house, one on the same computer - (at different times), using the same guild bank, using the mats to craft and sell largely at risk of also being banned?
Sorry for this being such a long post,but I play the game to have fun and really wouldn't want our existing accounts banned.
'Al'
Let me explain a little further. We have multiple computers and multiple accounts already in the household - all behind a wireless router. Obviously if I did start botting, I would do it on a brand new account (figuring I'd take advantage of RAF as long at that wasn't too risky) and the bot would run on the new account but it would run on one of the computers that one of the other accounts normally use - when it's not running the other account. I'd use the bot to do some leveling and get raw mats (ore and herbs) which would be put into a guild bank that is exclusively shared by the other toons/accounts that are in the household. The mats would be processed (milled/prospected), crafted and then the crafts would be sold - maybe a few mats here and there in the auction house, but never a large amount. That is what I would use the bot for, for free materials to craft with. Leveling the toons would be so that they can gather higher level items.
We would only run the bot maybe 6 hours a day - 3 hours, 1 hour or so break, 3 more hours. Maybe one of them for leveling a toon (only on the new account), one for collecting mats. My plan is to run 10 to 12 three hour sessions a week (2 a day, 5-6 days a week), with either 12 different target items (different herbs/ores or at least a different area), or 6 different areas with each one being visited twice that week - obviously for only 3 hours at a time. This would be to keep a very low profile.
Sooo... 1) As long as I monitor the behavior at first and the bot is running the routine without hitches, can Bliz actually detect that the software is running? 2) I noticed in the vid that the bots run a very precise path - shortest route, even to the point of running over a small gap that if they were just a little off, they would fall. Is there some 'human factor' so that if Blizzard did look into the behavior, that they were not running the same exact path while they gather? 3) The same question would go towards the reaction time of the bot. Obvviously, it is capable of reacting to situations faster than a human can, but that would give something for them to watch for - does the bot automatically delay for a small amount of 'human reaction time' upon landing, before mining or gathering the herb and then again afterwards before activating the bird? To me, faster than human reaction times (or always the same reaction time) would be one of the biggest giveaways, having it on a .25 to .75 sec variable delay would be something that I'd hope is part of the system.
Ok... and then, worst comes to worst and they detect and ban the bot account. For the ones that have been caught on here previously, do the accounts that are being used in the same house, one on the same computer - (at different times), using the same guild bank, using the mats to craft and sell largely at risk of also being banned?
Sorry for this being such a long post,but I play the game to have fun and really wouldn't want our existing accounts banned.
'Al'
