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So.. more advert bots huh?

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  • NasumiRayneNasumiRayne
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    edited January 8, 2017
    @Darkpixie99 - Unfortunately making an F2P game into P2P doesn't solve bots at all. I know of a few games that are P2P that have botting issues both advert and farming. As for country ban - the amusing part is that many RMT companies are situated within the USA as well so that wouldn't help much in that regard. :(
  • CrimsọnCrimsọn
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    @Rocis That is good to hear.
  • AgentJeanAgentJean
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    Policroma
    Policroma said:

    Problem with reporting them is they just make another character....every 3 minutes.

    It's called spam for a reason. :(

    We need something they can't make another one of as easily.

    Find out how blizzard perma bans hackers then do that to the bots.
  • GretaGreta
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    They should just IP ban them...
    Helsa
  • LiberateLiberate
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    IP banning and banning countries wouldn't really solve much because bots will always use proxies. The time when botting was at its worst were the massive wave of Chinese gold and ore farmers, and this was during the time when the game was exclusive to North America. Best solution to a botting infestation are both players and staff working together to point out hotspots and what websites to filter.
  • GretaGreta
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    edited January 10, 2017
    I know they will use proxies.... Best option is probably to make filters of the websites they are advertising orrrr... I got an idea. In past, i played one game where everytime if you spam like 5 messages too fast you get muted for 10 minutes. Maybe that would work...
    Helsa
  • AquarisAquaris
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    Greta
    Greta said:

    I know they will use proxies.... Best option is probably to make filters of the websites they are advertising orrrr... I got an idea. In past, i played one game where everytime if you spam like 5 messages too fast you get muted for 10 minutes. Maybe that would work...
    Won't work. They'll just make a new character.
  • CrimsọnCrimsọn
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    I know what might help a little bit...block chinese based email providers? I mean China blocks us, so return the favor.

    But then they most likely use VPN so they can access websites outside of their country...meh.