The End of Botting, or Just the Beginning of a New Phase?
As many of you are aware, Blizzard has begun going after botters in Europe. Rumors are surfacing of Blizzard writing scripts to begin taking down botters here in the good ole' US of A (Happy 4th, btw). The generally accepted theory at this point is that Blizzard is unable to detect DB's bot itself. The recent injunction filed and executed in Germany seems to indicate this could be the case. If this theory is indeed true, it's because of their inability to track DB via Warden they've resorted to banning accounts whose characters are seen to be utilizing patterns of entering/playing/exiting games that are characteristic only of bots.
Even though we all knew we would get banned eventually, it's still understandable that a lot of us here in the US are worried. Botting is profitable only if done for long periods of time. Current profiles and plugins for the most part (with few exceptions) seem to allow only for repetitive patterns of entering, killing monsters, and exiting games with little variation that's more so indicative of a real human doing the monster farms.
So here's my question for the DB community. Is there a possibility Team DB and those coding profiles and plug-ins could adapt to Blizzard's current strategy of targeting patterns? Is there any robust effort being made toward designing profiles and plug-ins so that our bots' in-game patterns don't appear automated? In the grander scheme of things, will we be able to use bots with a diminished possibility of being caught by Blizzard's incoming scripts? Are we all just doomed to be smacked by the incoming bot police in the US?
This is just a thought that's been on the back of my mind. I hope no one takes this as a stab at Team DB. I've been a huge fan of theirs since I first started using their bot and have been supportive of them even since the injunction first came to light. If anything, I hope this thread more so encourages discussion than heated arguments.
EDIT: Had to change a few words.
As many of you are aware, Blizzard has begun going after botters in Europe. Rumors are surfacing of Blizzard writing scripts to begin taking down botters here in the good ole' US of A (Happy 4th, btw). The generally accepted theory at this point is that Blizzard is unable to detect DB's bot itself. The recent injunction filed and executed in Germany seems to indicate this could be the case. If this theory is indeed true, it's because of their inability to track DB via Warden they've resorted to banning accounts whose characters are seen to be utilizing patterns of entering/playing/exiting games that are characteristic only of bots.
Even though we all knew we would get banned eventually, it's still understandable that a lot of us here in the US are worried. Botting is profitable only if done for long periods of time. Current profiles and plugins for the most part (with few exceptions) seem to allow only for repetitive patterns of entering, killing monsters, and exiting games with little variation that's more so indicative of a real human doing the monster farms.
So here's my question for the DB community. Is there a possibility Team DB and those coding profiles and plug-ins could adapt to Blizzard's current strategy of targeting patterns? Is there any robust effort being made toward designing profiles and plug-ins so that our bots' in-game patterns don't appear automated? In the grander scheme of things, will we be able to use bots with a diminished possibility of being caught by Blizzard's incoming scripts? Are we all just doomed to be smacked by the incoming bot police in the US?
This is just a thought that's been on the back of my mind. I hope no one takes this as a stab at Team DB. I've been a huge fan of theirs since I first started using their bot and have been supportive of them even since the injunction first came to light. If anything, I hope this thread more so encourages discussion than heated arguments.
EDIT: Had to change a few words.
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