Im not sure if this has been discovered yet...

Deacon Roswell

Deacon Roswell

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2005

San Diego

Absence of Evidence [AoE]

31 Jul 2006 at 13:29 - 41
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tainek
Trivial, I Could write code to mimic Copying and pasting the code in 2 or 3 mins
Think again. They already do this with online submissions for accounts to virtually everything. A simple copy and paste will not work since the letters are scewed and sometimes overwritten with characters. If you could do it in 2-3 minutes there would be thousands doing it online already, which they don't. This is the secruity method most merchants use online to stop fake accounts from being created by bots.

Count to Potato

Count to Potato

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2006

Imagination Land

I Swear She Was Eighteen [Gwen]

W/

31 Jul 2006 at 13:34 - 42
eh, new bots new farming places, new nerfs always same thing

MSecorsky

MSecorsky

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

So Cal

The Sinister Vanguard

Me/

31 Jul 2006 at 15:31 - 43
You know... they could always make it so that monsters spawn in random locations (say group 'A' has four different spawn points), and the monsters will run away from single characters that attack or aggro them. (He's solo and out here! RUN!) heh heh...

OK, that last part was a joke... but what a riot it would be.

zelira

Elite Guru

Join Date: Jan 2006

Me/

31 Jul 2006 at 15:43 - 44
Quote:
Originally Posted by MSecorsky
You know... they could always make it so that monsters spawn in random locations (say group 'A' has four different spawn points), and the monsters will run away from single characters that attack or aggro them. (He's solo and out here! RUN!) heh heh...

OK, that last part was a joke... but what a riot it would be.
It'd work the first few times, then they would start teaming up with other bots.

It would be fun to watch though.

pappayaponta

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2005

Europian Comando force

W/Mo

31 Jul 2006 at 15:52 - 45
Quote:
Originally Posted by lyra_song
How many slots can play at a time?
haha, owned?

XvArchonvX

XvArchonvX

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

R/

31 Jul 2006 at 16:04 - 46
I didn't even know that area was farmable. I always thought there was too much degen and enchant stripping...

SaladFork

SaladFork

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2006

Eastern USA

The Eternal Vanguard of Tyria [VNGD]

31 Jul 2006 at 16:07 - 47
Quote:
Originally Posted by Deacon Roswell
Think again. They already do this with online submissions for accounts to virtually everything. A simple copy and paste will not work since the letters are scewed and sometimes overwritten with characters. If you could do it in 2-3 minutes there would be thousands doing it online already, which they don't. This is the secruity method most merchants use online to stop fake accounts from being created by bots.
CAPTCHAs (the image you guys are talking about ) are VERY easy to defeat, most of the time. The only ones that are impossible to make an OCR for are those that are annoying as hell for normal players to make out.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAPTCHA#Defeating_CAPTCHAs

~Salad

Selket

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

Grand Court of Selket/Sebelkeh

What If You Had An Outpost Named After You [slkt]

W/

31 Jul 2006 at 16:10 - 48
Did you somehow expect the bots to go away when Anet bans a few thousand accounts?

Retribution X

Retribution X

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

Check behind you again.

N/

31 Jul 2006 at 17:37 - 49
I hate bots. They are lame noobs...

I think We should get permission in Perma-kill bots. UBER fun...

BigBlue42

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2006

Oregon City, OR

Auspicious Incantation [Ai]

R/Rt

31 Jul 2006 at 17:42 - 50
so...they get some guy in india to over see their bot...thats sounds like it costs something. and this all seems like more work then its worth in the end. and if your account gets banned, well, was it really worth it?

Diablo???

Diablo???

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2005

Seattle

SPQR

N/R

31 Jul 2006 at 18:28 - 51
these bots are making me sick to my stomach

Shadow-Hunter

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

Denmark

[HH] [Hax]

Mo/

31 Jul 2006 at 18:35 - 52
Quote:
Originally Posted by XvArchonvX
I didn't even know that area was farmable. I always thought there was too much degen and enchant stripping...
The only enemys that remove enchants there is Heretics, witch is easy to avoid.. I dont belive they farm Avicarra, becouse there is alot of Heretics on the way to Mineral Springs, witch i dont think a bot can manage run by.

I belive that they farm the Stone stummit that is in the start of the area.. 6 degen from The Necros + Rangers, But fairly easy to handle with 4+ mending.



Not a bad farming spot imo o.o

~Shadow

Former Ruling

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Oct 2005

Cedartown, Georgia

R/

31 Jul 2006 at 18:44 - 53
Quote:
Originally Posted by Shadow-Hunter
The only enemys that remove enchants there is Heretics, witch is easy to avoid.. I dont belive they farm Avicarra, becouse there is alot of Heretics on the way to Mineral Springs, witch i dont think a bot can manage run by.

I belive that they farm the Stone stummit that is in the start of the area.. 6 degen from The Necros + Rangers, But fairly easy to handle with 4+ mending.


Not a bad farming spot imo o.o

~Shadow
The Heretics you find on the way to Mineral Springs are on set expected paths that you could easily learn and bot through, or have the overseer run through that part (remember, there are young underpaid children behind every bot..responding to PM's and doing some stuff manually to break from the botfinding code.

Don't mention Guiles with their strip enchantment either, Its quite easy, even for a bot, to farm through the strip enchantments, just gotta make sure the right enchantment is at the bottom of the list when their strip hits.

Venice Queen

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

Washington, DC

A Most Excellent Guild [DUDE]

Mo/Me

31 Jul 2006 at 18:45 - 54
Quote:
Originally Posted by Terra Xin
I tried to whisper a couple, I get no response... no more different than AFKers... except they flood the general and trade chats.

Me too! ^^