Possible Botting Solution

prism2525

prism2525

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

Among dead bodies.

The Republic of Sky Pirates

E/

The idea just came to me while I was farming (legitimately) and thought why not make the game record your movements (a keylogger server-side) and save them. The next time you enter the same area from the same portal it maps your moves for X seconds and compares them with the previous. If they're identical then it's a bot. There's no way a human could achieve the exact moves in the same amount of time. They'd need to REALLY get out of the house if so.

Dougal Kronik

Dougal Kronik

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2005

Ontario, Canada

Glengarry Fencibles

R/

I don't think I want anykind of keylogger, legit or not recording my keystrokes.

JeniM

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2007

W/E

Not many people trust NCSoft at the moment look at the "Account stolen soon as i used NCSoft" threads for more info
I really don't want keyloggers on my computer at all, specially from a source i'm not sure about trusting

Rod Adams

Academy Page

Join Date: Oct 2006

And do you really think it's that hard to make a bot add in some minor variations in what it does?

HawkofStorms

HawkofStorms

Hall Hero

Join Date: Aug 2005

E/

I'm pretty sure a.net sorta does this already. I mean, it is a known fact that a.net has some sort of logging/monitering program that's used on reported bots. I think the problem is, they can't do it on 3 million accounts (so they only track suspectious, reported accounts and then try to bust entire gold selling rings at once).