That could be fair. I remember when I was working at getting magic artisan. I'd spend hours each day, for weeks, especially towards the end. I know grinding can be extremely frustrating and tedious at times, and with the dwindling player base, change is probably needed, but I think that might be an issue for a different thread to avoid derailing this one.
I don't like it, but like you mentioned, I don't really think its a -major- thing if they only use it for skills. But I do think it sets a terrible precedent. A lot of people see that botters can do what they want, so they jump on the bandwagon, and then some of those people get overconfident and start experimenting with hacks, and before we know it, the game is just an unstable mess.
Why even have rules if we don't enforce them?My god, seems like this thread will just encourage players to bot more instead of scaring them away. People are freakin defending them just because training requirements are too difficult and there are training seals/potions that help legit players too... Then bravo for lazy botters that get profit for doing nothing ans join them if you think it's fine.If nexon reconsidered training requirements then maybe less people would bot. Perhaps this is a cry for change more than it is a cry for illicit action to be passible.
Sometimes it can be hard to find out if someone is actually botting. But when people admit to it and no action is taken, :C. I have no words.It's really easy to spot botter. Just come and say "Hi". If the guy doesn't respond, just lure bears on him and see if the guy will react to it fast or do something that bots can't do (like summon pets, start to talk, run around), because bots have monotonic actions and will never change it too sudden like legit player. If the guy still doesn't react to the bears you lured, congrats, you found a botter.It sometimes can be hard to trace what is botting and what is not. For example. When I was training Crisis Escape, I stood in the same spot for hours training it, hardly moved. Only the occasional rock throw to get the raccoons to notice me. To someone who is on the other side of the camp, might think that is botting, when really I was just looking back at my computer every 30-40 seconds (what ever the cool down time was) and hitting my F5 key. I would get worried someone would think I was macroing the skill so every so often I would summon a pet or do something else xD;;How is this negatively impacting your life and game play? Are you going to feel your account is at risk? Are you going to think something is going to happen to you? How is this causing you harm in your mabi life?I don't like it, but like you mentioned, I don't really think its a -major- thing if they only use it for skills. But I do think it sets a terrible precedent. A lot of people see that botters can do what they want, so they jump on the bandwagon, and then some of those people get overconfident and start experimenting with hacks, and before we know it, the game is just an unstable mess.
I trained all my skills without the use of macro's and bots and I wouldn't even know how to set one up or use one so I don't care honestly, I like training my skills. if people want to train it like that so what? Yes, it's against TOS but it's not really something important that nexon needs to jump on over other things. Nexon honestly has bigger things to worry about and more important thing to fix than worry about someone using a macro to train their skills. It not a serious issues as people are making it out to be.
Why even have rules if we don't enforce them?
Then again sometimes it is also very easy to tell when someone is botting.
How is this negatively impacting your life and game play? Are you going to feel your account is at risk? Are you going to think something is going to happen to you? How is this causing you harm in your mabi life?I don't like it, but like you mentioned, I don't really think its a -major- thing if they only use it for skills. But I do think it sets a terrible precedent. A lot of people see that botters can do what they want, so they jump on the bandwagon, and then some of those people get overconfident and start experimenting with hacks, and before we know it, the game is just an unstable mess.
I trained all my skills without the use of macro's and bots and I wouldn't even know how to set one up or use one so I don't care honestly, I like training my skills. if people want to train it like that so what? Yes, it's against TOS but it's not really something important that nexon needs to jump on over other things. Nexon honestly has bigger things to worry about and more important thing to fix than worry about someone using a macro to train their skills. It not a serious issues as people are making it out to be.
You can bot for gold and gear.I wish Nexon would care about botters more. My boyfriend used to play Runescape and there are hundreds of botters, and they do huge impact in that game. They can get all loot, gear and exp for doing nothing at all, in a week or so. You get banned for botting as soon as possible when admins find out. I know that, because my boyfriend tried to bot there and he did lose like 3 accounts or such since he got caught. It's funny how Mabinogi players here defend botters, that makes me disgusted so bad... Never seen such thing in any other game community.Except in this game, you can't really bot for gold or gear, and exp is a joke. Just skills o/