New Bot location?

Check the screenie I took in American District 1 at 1pm GMT+2

SO what's so interesting in Altrumm Ruins to farm? Greens? Gothic Swords?

3million players 80% bots

Bots have been farming there for ages.

I've noticed bots in the Hot Springs (one near LA, forgot the name) I've never seen bots there before, yesterday however, it was flooded with at least 30-40 bots.

Thats alott of monks O_O
Maybe they'r striking? :P

Edit: Bergen hot springs has been busy with bots ever since Hard Mode.

LOL /agree

Do bots need to buy another account to have so many chars or what? I don't understand the concept of the bots -_-

They just go out and kill those 3 warden groups just outside for drops. It mostly junks but when you do it over and over and over and over and over x 1,000, the golds do add up.

Oh I forgot! to mention this. "oh no! not another bot farming thread again!" angry red face and all that.

That's nothing... I accidentally came there and it was probably the rush hour... there wasn't a free space... 1 billion bots there and then until I prepared myself for a screenie most of them were gone (maybe they know when someone is taking a screenie so they hide )

Hehehe I wanted to make an impact :P

Is this how the bots work out of Altrumm? Just the starter-room mobs? If so, I wonder if I'll have less of a chance of accidentally getting caught in a bot sweep if I'm actually doing a circle run of most of that explorable with my monk? I've already been accidentally banned once (Bergen XP run), and I'm afraid to farm Altrumm Ruins for fear a 2nd ban - even accidental - may get my account taken away.

And they know when your naughty, and they know when your nice. They know when you are sleeping and they know when your awake!


And old location, 'theys' has been there for ages.

Every time you post a bot thread a farmer makes a new bot; stop the madness.

Next time don't, seriously DON'T!

I wanted my statement to make an impact :P

not new at all.... it has had the nickname botrumm ruins

Mo/Me 13

lol

I noticed that one as well.

A newbie lost in a sea of bots? Maybe the only human player there.

Oh yea...

NOT ANOTHER BOT FARMING THREAD!

Bold emphasis mine. Could you elaborate on the banning? I'm worried because I've only just made my first 55 monk and I thought I'd practice on the Bergen Undead run - I've been doing it on and off for a few days now. Am I likely to get banned just by being spotted there as a solo Mo/D20? I always wear my guild cape and sunspear title so as to stand out from the sea of "Afsdsa Dfdsfa" - type tattoed monks.

Bergen hot springs has been busy before factions came out, let alone that hard mode jazz.

I was going for Legendary Survivor outside of Bergen Hot Springs with my Mo/D. Long story short: don't repeatedly farm the mob of Skeletal Rangers on the hill just outside Bergen Hot Springs over and over again. Bot or not. In Hard Mode with an xp scroll, that one hill mob of Skeletal Rangers gives you over 2000 xp, and it only takes one cast of SoJ to get down. Good place/mob for Survivor title acquisition. Bad place if you want to play on your account the day after you get it.

FWIW, I had my account returned to me overnight so it wasn't that big of a deal. More of an inconvenience than anything else. Just letting you know that repetitive mob farming is a "bot-like activity" and could put you at risk. My suggestion is to make your farming runs something longer than one mob out the door -> repeat. That's what bots do, and that's what you shouldn't (especially in high-bot areas where ANet is closely monitoring).

In my case, taking a longer, circular Warden farm route around Altrumm Ruins explorable with my Mo/D - ie. my usual run - will probably keep me safe from bot sweeps (if bots are really just farming the one group of Warden mobs out the door -> repeat), but there's no way in hell I'm going to test that theory. Not with GW:EN just around the corner.

Some ideas for not looking like a Bot to those watching for them:

Vary your route every time you go out. 3 seconds longer is not "income killing"

Bots don't use the mouse: so use mouse-click movement and not your keys.

Bots don't use the mouse: so activate your skills with your mouse.

Do not use the Town sign posts to find your way to the door.

Don't do the same run for 14 hours non-stop. Do some runs, go to your Guild Hall and use the merchant there a few times, chat to guildies, go farm another spot for a few runs, go do a quick mission (even if you've already done it) for half an hour then come back etc etc.

Bots are running on pre-set scripts which dictate the precise key-strokes to exit a town then kill the target mob/s then back to town then to merchant/rinse and repeat ad nauseum. So "bot like behavior" is probably doing the exact same thing until your eyes bleed. Vary your routine randomly and I doubt you'll have a problem.

also most bots are ran on the trial keys. that way they don't have to purchase an account.

Ah, Great. Altrumm ruins used to be good and not so bot infested, but now they have taken it over, leeched up all the good drops, and it'll be nerfed. Once again bots ruin a good thing.

I've got like, 2 sup vigors, 8 sapphires? and Tons of gold drops and materials from this place, not to mention like 2-3k from every run (Before HM and Loot scaling) So yeah, it drops/(dropped) good things.