Warning other HB users without exposing yourself. Good idea or bad?

[Knut]

Very recently, I've noticed 2 things whilst playing. First, I've spotted a lot of botters who get stuck at certain points that HB struggles with (for example, that quest in Howling Fjord were you have to interrogate the prisoner under Valiance Keep. The profile gets stuck on the prison bars). Second, people run certain HB setups/profiles (mostly in BGs or Dungeons) that make it VERY noticeable they are botting (for example, continuously running down a wrong path in a dungeon into mobs and dying). Sometimes, it's very easy to fix these things (manually tweaking your setup and/or profile, or just basically semi-supervising). But I keep noticing people who get stuck in these loops and don't do anything. I often hear nearby players say something like "Hey, that guy is obviously botting. Report him".

So, I want to send these people a whisper or mail, to warn them. But I realize by doing so, I'd be exposing myself. So, I just ignore them and go on my way. Live and let live, and all that. But somehow, I get the feeling that botting becomes less and less safe the more idiots go running around with broken setups. So, I sort of feel I should somehow communicate with these guys on my server. Maybe even help them fix their setup (or at least warn them), whenever I see one. How could I go about doing this in a safe way? Or should I just forget it.

 

[darrefreak]

i just send a whipser "Hello fix your shit ", hopefully they got some kind of alert system on whisper.

 

[Signal7]

I'm in front of my PCs 90% of the time when I bot dungeons, I love my job, and if I see someone call out a botter that is in the group I'll usually try to cover for them and say things like "I played with him last night. He's said he's only 9 y/o. Don't expect much from him" or "He might be lagging out. I'm lagging heavy too." There's not a lot you can do, but I try to take the heat off them if I can.

 

[Giwin]

Depends, sometimes they'll report you for warning them... they think you've reported them so they report you.

Best to stay away.

 

[bloodmarks]

But somehow, I get the feeling that botting becomes less and less safe the more idiots go running around with broken setups.

actually it gets more safe for "normal botters" since its in human nature to go after low-hanging fruits, Blizzard workers will concentrate on easy to catch botters (as long as they can fill their quota with unsafe botters) and try less/work less on catching us normal botters (like when lion catches weak gazelle from heard, lion has eaten and stops hunting, and stronger ones continue on)

 

[frosticus]

i like whispering something off the wall like 'thats why i roll bloodelf, so i dont get stuck on that doorway all the time'

or, 'dude, you need to update your addons'

anything to get the persons attention. rarely, will i say something like 'dude, you use the addon Routes too, we are on the same Route!!'

 

[Frayman]

I saw some guy in a guild named Legen-wait for it-Dary ...lol