This might sound weird, but I log on my ranger and head to LA Dist1. As soon as I arrive I get a whisper saying "want to buy UNID gold bows?" I reply, no thanks. Then about 2 mins later I get another whisper, from a different guy asking the same question. I decline again and move on. Now the next one messages me the same thing, so I use some profanity to see what would happen and heasks if i want to buy ranger tomes. Is this new? or am i just going crazy.
EDIT:I logged onto warrior and I was asked to buy UNID swords...
Freaky Bots
Julia-Louis Dreyfus
placebo overdose
im guessing it is deadbow farming bot who ahve checked the mods and are selling crappy bows for more then the merch would give
-they are not bots selling
-they are not bots selling
Gaile Gray
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This might sound weird, but I log on my ranger and head to LA Dist1. As soon as I arrive I get a whisper saying "want to buy UNID gold bows?" I reply, no thanks. Then about 2 mins later I get another whisper, from a different guy asking the same question. I decline again and move on. Now the next one messages me the same thing, so I use some profanity to see what would happen and heasks if i want to buy ranger tomes. Is this new? or am i just going crazy.
EDIT:I logged onto warrior and I was asked to buy UNID swords... |
And yes, we're dealing with them, daily!
DarkGanni
Yes actually this happened to me when I was in LA d1 with my baby mesmer, one of those weird name monks come up to me and open trade and whisper me: you buy? It's annoying
klrk
can we just block china's ip?
since they're most of the bot users
since they're most of the bot users
WildmouseX
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can we just block china's ip?
since they're most of the bot users |
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Julia-Louis Dreyfus
I'm just kind of surprised bots are advanced enough to know my characters class...
Jeff Highwind
Best way to deal with bots is troll em. Whenever they decide to screw with me I screw with them by offering them 10% of what they ask, then 1000%, then cancelling trade then starting trade all over again.
It may only be one bot, but at least I am wasting part of that corporation's time and getting a good lol.
It may only be one bot, but at least I am wasting part of that corporation's time and getting a good lol.
JeniM
Bots don't know your class
EVERY time i sign in i get a pm " you WTB a zodiac .... 100k+8ectos .....GREAT FOR CASTERS??" Its like i'm a warrior why would i want anything for casters?? My heroes are already pimped out with greens/golds
EVERY time i sign in i get a pm " you WTB a zodiac .... 100k+8ectos .....GREAT FOR CASTERS??" Its like i'm a warrior why would i want anything for casters?? My heroes are already pimped out with greens/golds
Julia-Louis Dreyfus
I don't think you read my post correctly. At first I was on a ranger and I was asked to buy bows and ranger tomes. Then I switched to warrior and was asked to buy swords. Kinda creepy if you ask me.
Mr. G
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gg
Meh its a problem, but it seems anet are out there watching trades now - that should slow some bots down....
At least these bots are nice enough to talk, bgetter than real players running up to you and offering you some bottom of the barrel green...sure my warrior needs a +33% cripple hammer, who doesnt?
sweat man
tbh. the problem is, their not bots, their sweatshop workers, and they arnt realy doing anything wrong, so, realy theres not much we can do, since what their doing is legal, all their doing is playing the game, well all they do is farm for hours and hours and then sell, boring but they get paid. badly.
uxxmall
nice, Gaile and CO. waste the time on bots and other insignificant stuff in stead of fixing real problems like Heroes Ascent, sour ripping and rit spike.
Look scaling done more bad then the u imagine.
If u didn't nerf all means of farming possible ppl will farm and have a loot of money and the didn`t need to by gold from eBay.
keep it like this and GW players will become WoW players
gg
Look scaling done more bad then the u imagine.
If u didn't nerf all means of farming possible ppl will farm and have a loot of money and the didn`t need to by gold from eBay.
keep it like this and GW players will become WoW players
gg
Mr. G
Somebody didnt get their morning coffee
Roshi_ikkyu
I don't think there bots, more likely the real gold farming master of bots
And its because of all the rabbits in china....(Your gotta be an Aussie for that one.)
And its because of all the rabbits in china....(Your gotta be an Aussie for that one.)
Cherrie
make it impossible to test unid items, 50% of the problem solved...
Etta
um,...if they're bots seller, what'll happen if you give them 1gp instead of 1k? Will they just accept? Cus that would be cool, I mean what're they gonna do? Report you for scaming a bot?
Skuld
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um,...if they're bots seller, what'll happen if you give them 1gp instead of 1k? Will they just accept? Cus that would be cool, I mean what're they gonna do? Report you for scaming a bot?
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JeniM
They'd use image recognition and can tell the difference between 1 and 1000
Etta
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Just think about what you said there, if anything, a bot is far less likely than a human to be tricked.
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. I remember someone here posted that he did scam a seller bot, that why I asked.
Marth Reynolds
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Just think about what you said there, if anything, a bot is far less likely than a human to be tricked.
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WARPATh
Balt International 1 > Chinse Bot Sellers > All.
7 unid = 5k = bot.
7 unid = 5k = bot.
lyra_song
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Originally Posted by WildmouseX
it's the great firewall of china.
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^^ thats rich.
Chat spam is semi-tolerable since you can ignore those channels...
Private message spam, now thats just BS man. The ignore list is too short!
Twinsoul
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Originally Posted by uxxmall
nice, Gaile and CO. waste the time on bots and other insignificant stuff in stead of fixing real problems like Heroes Ascent, sour ripping and rit spike. Look scaling done more bad then the u imagine.
If u didn't nerf all means of farming possible ppl will farm and have a loot of money and the didn`t need to by gold from eBay. keep it like this and GW players will become WoW players gg |
Operative 14
I know, sometimes these guys get really abusive to. It's kind of annoying to have someone PM you and harass you for five minutes and then tell me to go F myself becuase I didn't buy their wares...
Phantom Gun
If they were actual "gold" sellers that would probably make more sense. About 3 weeks ago I was in Ascalon helping a guild member with missions. While I was standing in town I got a pm from one guy asking if I wanted to buy gold. Naturally I just ignored him. All the sudden he starts saying stuff like "your order is ready" and "your order will be here shortly". After that I switched districts and it stopped. Then I got the same thing again from some other guy.
I've been back a few times since then and it hasn't happened again. It was weird though.
I've been back a few times since then and it hasn't happened again. It was weird though.
Kool Pajamas
Lol. I would've waited until he said your order is here and taken the gold.
prism2525
i don't sell unID golds but does it mean that if i start i'm gonna get banned?
hope not...
hope not...
WhiteLightHealing
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Probably gold sellers. They get Un-IDs, sell them for in-game gold, and then sell the in-game gold for cash.
And yes, we're dealing with them, daily! |
um
U sure about that, i mean i see a lots bots. A LOTS OF ITS,
And how many of u guy are on to ban those bots.
1 or 2?
Cause i can see a lotsof bot selling unid gold, and alots of bots farming in granite, hot spring, ETC..... My guild mate he bought unid from bots, he gettign his titlle, lol 6000 ID, Also bots selling in major ciy= LA dic 1, Ascalon inter disc 1, Dronks inter disc 1, and Kamada disc 1
Angelica
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-snip- And its because of all the rabbits in china....(Your gotta be an Aussie for that one.)
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OT. Sorry people I couldn't resist!
Bug John
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Originally Posted by Twinsoul
Yes, that sour ripping is just terrible. I won't even bother flaming the rest of your post, maybe you'll figure out how stupid it is on your own.
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gold sellers now have less gold for sale, but they increased their prices, in the end nothing changed for them
it just made things harder for others with ectos worth 5k
fRag_Doll
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Originally Posted by Angelica
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Back OT, trade bots are a new one to me.
combatchuck
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Originally Posted by Gaile Gray
Probably gold sellers. They get Un-IDs, sell them for in-game gold, and then sell the in-game gold for cash.
And yes, we're dealing with them, daily! |
Fitz Rinley
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Originally Posted by uxxmall
nice, Gaile and CO. waste the time on bots and other insignificant stuff in stead of fixing real problems like Heroes Ascent, sour ripping and rit spike.
Look scaling done more bad then the u imagine. If u didn't nerf all means of farming possible ppl will farm and have a loot of money and the didn`t need to by gold from eBay. keep it like this and GW players will become WoW players gg |
As an Elementalist with no access to upper end Factions or any Nightfall skills I can take 1-2 HM Earth Elementals or 1 HM Grawl warrior. Unless I accidentally happen to find a max mods for making wpn, or perfect wpn and foci I will never have what I need to farm. (Which I find boring to begin with, it is merely something forced on players if they seek to get anything decent in armor and characterization.)
ANet didn't nerf farming they attacked botting and they set it so you can't farm with skills from just one campaign - hence you need to buy all of their stuff if you want to do anything.
I did see what looked like a lot of bots in Granite Citadel.
attackofthecold
You people do know you can trick the bots into giving you free golds some time 
Depending on how the bots coded you can do one of many tricks to get em to hit accept. Or if you find a farming bot you can try to trick it to party you, which they do some times. So next time when you see a obvious group of bots just try to get some trade em and get free items, or try to tag along on some of there runs and steal some items
Depending on how the bots coded you can do one of many tricks to get em to hit accept. Or if you find a farming bot you can try to trick it to party you, which they do some times. So next time when you see a obvious group of bots just try to get some trade em and get free items, or try to tag along on some of there runs and steal some items