This thread is pretty much a little rant of mine on the topic of users claiming to be banned because Honorbuddy was detected (usually people with numerous accounts running at the same time).
The simple answer is: The bot is not being detected. If it was being detected you would be banned instantly from the bot attaching to the game client and logging into the game.
The reason you are being detected is: You are not botting smartly. It is how, where, when and the duration you bot. You need to be always looking at from the other players perspective.
Personally I have never used the bot for gold farming, node farming or anything like that, since I consider those risks. I use the bot for basic achievements, quest profiles and for rotations in raiding. I have never been called out as a botter and never drawn out suspicion. Often the time when I bot is when I am on the computer and I use it for taking shortcuts such as leveling a character. So if it is ever stuck - I am there. If a Battlenet friend looked at me, I don't think I would come across any different. I am in no rush to reach things quickly all the time.
From my observations of threads over the year, to state the obvious the likely candidates for being banned are people using questing profiles, Gatherbuddy and botting unusually long hours.
"Why have all 8 accounts of mine been banned at the same time?"
They are running on the same machine, under the same IP. If one has been caught out, it's safe to say that person is using a bot on all of them. Blizzard keep track of what IP logs onto your account. Ever tried logging into WoW elsewhere and it has asked you to reset your password?
From what I can theorise the only way Blizzard identifies botters:
1. Blizzard DO keep track of how long you played, evident by /played in game
2. Users reporting in the ticket system
3. Players stuck on a specific co-ordinate for a certain amount of time, from using the navmesh
Users are likely to report you straight away if you meet (3.), if not Blizzard will chase this up later. While out and about you can receive random whispers from friends or players.
To reduce your risk of being banned it is pretty simple:
1. Moderate your time
2. Be nearby
3. Grab a plugin to give a sound warning if you have been whispered
4. Grab a plugin to give a sound warning if you are stuck
Peoples theories:
A lot of people come up with a lot of theories of how Blizzard catches botters. I don't think it is awful complicated and they don't go out their way to do it. If they wanted all botters banned, it would of been done ages ago. They would of put a lot more protection on the client and could be constantly tweaking stuff every patch / inspection day. They are already losing users from the game as it is and think how many users probably bot - a lot. As you have seen if you have made ban appeals, they will usually give them to you. Banning players is an image they of course have to keep up to ensure they don't upset the normal WoW players.
The botting community puts a good amount of money into WoW whether they like it or not with all the multiple accounts some of us have.
If you understand how the server files work, I don't think they would be wasting resources on tracking player movement, pathing out of battlegrounds, it would eat up too much resource. I think people look into it to much and pretty much what I listed about is their only avenue for tracking us.
The simple answer is: The bot is not being detected. If it was being detected you would be banned instantly from the bot attaching to the game client and logging into the game.
The reason you are being detected is: You are not botting smartly. It is how, where, when and the duration you bot. You need to be always looking at from the other players perspective.
Personally I have never used the bot for gold farming, node farming or anything like that, since I consider those risks. I use the bot for basic achievements, quest profiles and for rotations in raiding. I have never been called out as a botter and never drawn out suspicion. Often the time when I bot is when I am on the computer and I use it for taking shortcuts such as leveling a character. So if it is ever stuck - I am there. If a Battlenet friend looked at me, I don't think I would come across any different. I am in no rush to reach things quickly all the time.
From my observations of threads over the year, to state the obvious the likely candidates for being banned are people using questing profiles, Gatherbuddy and botting unusually long hours.
"Why have all 8 accounts of mine been banned at the same time?"
They are running on the same machine, under the same IP. If one has been caught out, it's safe to say that person is using a bot on all of them. Blizzard keep track of what IP logs onto your account. Ever tried logging into WoW elsewhere and it has asked you to reset your password?
From what I can theorise the only way Blizzard identifies botters:
1. Blizzard DO keep track of how long you played, evident by /played in game
2. Users reporting in the ticket system
3. Players stuck on a specific co-ordinate for a certain amount of time, from using the navmesh
Users are likely to report you straight away if you meet (3.), if not Blizzard will chase this up later. While out and about you can receive random whispers from friends or players.
To reduce your risk of being banned it is pretty simple:
1. Moderate your time
2. Be nearby
3. Grab a plugin to give a sound warning if you have been whispered
4. Grab a plugin to give a sound warning if you are stuck
Peoples theories:
A lot of people come up with a lot of theories of how Blizzard catches botters. I don't think it is awful complicated and they don't go out their way to do it. If they wanted all botters banned, it would of been done ages ago. They would of put a lot more protection on the client and could be constantly tweaking stuff every patch / inspection day. They are already losing users from the game as it is and think how many users probably bot - a lot. As you have seen if you have made ban appeals, they will usually give them to you. Banning players is an image they of course have to keep up to ensure they don't upset the normal WoW players.
The botting community puts a good amount of money into WoW whether they like it or not with all the multiple accounts some of us have.
If you understand how the server files work, I don't think they would be wasting resources on tracking player movement, pathing out of battlegrounds, it would eat up too much resource. I think people look into it to much and pretty much what I listed about is their only avenue for tracking us.
which blizzard did a good job in ending.....Any suggestions ? i see buddy team started maken more bots but i wounder if those games actually make money......Only one i heard of is star wars and diablo 3 the other bots they made i dont even think people even play them to have a market......
