Would you stop botting whilst you raised a Support Ticket?

[thatwouldbestealing]

Hi guys,

I was wondering, would you stop botting -and to what extent -if you had a Support Ticket raised with Blizzard?

• Maybe you think a GM will 'detect' your bot if they so much as open your Support Ticket?
• Maybe the GM will only 'detect' your bot once they enter 'chat' stage with you?
• Maybe GM's need probable cause to detect a bot, i.e. a Player Report?
• Maybe you think detection only results from Player Reports, server side algorithms (LCP) etc.

Also, I wanted to share two of my experiences, see what you think:

Spoiler

1.) I used to bot with 3 accounts, #A, #B and #Main. #A and #B would bot their asses off gathering. #Main would bot Panda land and I'd raid with it. #Main got banned (I'm 100% it was a stuck and resulted in a player report) -resulting in a 72 hour ban for #Main -this hit me hard but after a year (my first) I had become careless, no, overconfident in my botting practice. Here's the thing, whilst that ban happened my other accounts #A and #B were actively botting for -7 hours straight at the time -and still running when I came back to #Main's "You've been temporarily suspended...etc" screen in WoW. No bans for them, not then or since a year later. All accounts were on the same IP and HWID (yes I was brazen back then). A year later and #Main, #A and #B (retired 6 months) are still botting -albeit carefully.

2.) So I filed two tickets recently, less than two months ago, on #Main. I gather carefully with #Main and #A, sell by hand with #Main and bot #Main to the extent where I can hardly remember my own rotations (raise your hand if you are also this guilty!). So whilst I was waiting for my tickets to be answered I wondered if I should stop botting. Of course the prudent answer would be yes, and of course I stopped botting #A and #Main... until a day before the lovely GM answered my ticket. I was raiding with Tyrael running and the GM Support Chat Window came up. Whoops. Playing devils advocate I stopped the bot and killed the HonorBuddy.exe Process before engaging in the GM Support Chat Window. I really didn't get the feeling that I was being detected and the GM was certainly very kind and a genuine advocate for my needs -answering two tickets in one go.

So in my brief experiences I've been left with a sense that GMs either investigating a Player Report (first experience) don't automatically detect bots on your other running accounts -if they did/could why weren't my heavily botted #A and #B flagged and banned? -my opinion! Secondly, I'm wondering if GMs interacting with Customers via Support Tickets do not have the capacity to enact a bot detection without cause -i.e. reports of suspicious behaviour or server side detection algorithms such as LCP (Lowest Common Prefix) -second opion!

*Full disclosure: Botted for 2 years; never sold to commercials nor supply/demand COD. Make my own profiles.

*Disclaimer: Please respect the opinions shared and others' likewise!

 

[confession]

I don't generally bot while AFK, so I've never hesitated to open tickets while botting. Each time I've talked to a GM I've either had lazyraider or Kick's quests going. I've probably had at least 6 tickets in the last 3 months or so, and nothing has happened.

 

[Mr_Pibb]

The GM will first try to contact you ingame, only if you are offline he will answer the ticket with the ticket system. So if you bot and you are afk, the GM will send you a message, you won`t answer, he will watch you and bann you.

 

[reoxftw]

Not stop, but I wouldn't afk since he'll probably message you ingame. Not responding would probably make him check you out.

 

[solo1420]

Not stop, but I wouldn't afk since he'll probably message you ingame. Not responding would probably make him check you out.

^ this 100%
Also, Blizz cannot detect the bot. If they could, we would all be banned.

 

[Mr_Pibb]

Maybe they can, but not automatically. I think if a GM that knows what he is doing takes a look at the logs, he might detect it manually. So better don`t give them a reason to look into the logs :-D

 

[solo1420]

But yes, to comment on the OP:
I would definitely stop botting while I have a ticket in.