The ultimate means of slaying bots.

MSecorsky

MSecorsky

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

So Cal

The Sinister Vanguard

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23 Aug 2007 at 17:04 - 1
This would be the ultimate end to bots in the game, however farming would be unaffected.

Simply in order to zone out of a town into an area have the party lead be required to enter a random three or four digit code. Show the party leader the code, he/she enters and clicks OK, off you go.

I don't know how much coding effort that would be and until you got used to it it would feel like an inconvenience, but bot programs would become effectively extinct, or at worst every bot farmer would have to monitor each bot 24/7 to enter the codes for farming.

It would work.

I would still like to see bot traps in town though... fences that appear in the bots paths and herd them like cattle.

Aera

Aera

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

Galactic President Superstar Mc [awsm]

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23 Aug 2007 at 17:59 - 2
it'd kinda annoy the hell out of people

stop worrying about bots imo, there are worse things...like lack of reconnect

MSecorsky

MSecorsky

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

So Cal

The Sinister Vanguard

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23 Aug 2007 at 18:12 - 3
It's worth it just to see that avatar. o.O

Winterclaw

Winterclaw

Wark!!!

Join Date: May 2005

Florida

W/

23 Aug 2007 at 19:22 - 4
That avatar is one of the better recent ones, but I think my favorite of all time was Yukito's animated gifs where someone was always getting hit.

I'm not sure how well the code idea will work. I think there are a few programs that are able to get around it.


Ideally, all the online game developers would get together and create an OS just for online gaming that wouldn't allow non-online game programs to run, save for maybe VOIP and a MP3 player, and they'd only be able to run if that OS is running.

My Sweet Revenga

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

R/

23 Aug 2007 at 20:55 - 5
This would piss me off to no end. Having to enter a code every time I wanna leave town? That's STILL punishing legit players for the sake of bots......

R!ghteous Ind!gnation

R!ghteous Ind!gnation

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2007

N/

23 Aug 2007 at 21:23 - 6
No thanks.. I hate bots... but i hate entering in a random code 1043240912048412356998493 times a day more.

stormrunner

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2006

Funkadelic Tempest[kiss]

R/Mo

23 Aug 2007 at 21:35 - 7
/notsigned

It's not worth getting rid of bots if everyone has to go through all that trouble

MithranArkanere

MithranArkanere

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Nov 2006

wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigo

Heraldos de la Llama Oscura [HLO]

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23 Aug 2007 at 21:38 - 8
Annoying.
I sometimes zone and rezone more than 100 times in less than one hour.

JeniM

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2007

W/E

23 Aug 2007 at 21:40 - 9
Sorry but i just got my GMC for Cantha and that was lots of zoning and a code everytime would really annoy me

MSecorsky

MSecorsky

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

So Cal

The Sinister Vanguard

Me/

23 Aug 2007 at 22:05 - 10
I never said it was a good or popular idea, but it would work.

My Sweet Revenga

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

R/

23 Aug 2007 at 22:47 - 11
Quote:
Originally Posted by MSecorsky
I never said it was a good or popular idea, but it would work.
A thumb pricking device would work too. Basically every time you wanna leave a town, you gotta stick your thumb in the machine and it pricks you and makes you deposit blood to test if you're human. The human body has about 5 litres of blood and generates 2 litres of blood a week. Therefore, if you deposit more than 2 litres of blood per week, you MUST be a bot since no living human can play that much...... but it works Granted, many players will die before even reaching level 2 "Friend of the Kurzicks" but THIS IS WAR!!!! and the bots started it.

MSecorsky

MSecorsky

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

So Cal

The Sinister Vanguard

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23 Aug 2007 at 22:53 - 12
Quote:
Originally Posted by My Sweet Revenga
A thumb pricking device would work too. Basically every time you wanna leave a town, you gotta stick your thumb in the machine and it pricks you and makes you deposit blood to test if you're human. The human body has about 5 litres of blood and generates 2 litres of blood a week. Therefore, if you deposit more than 2 litres of blood per week, you MUST be a bot since no living human can play that much...... but it works Granted, many players will die before even reaching level 2 "Friend of the Kurzicks" but THIS IS WAR!!!! and the bots started it.
Hmm... but that would require the distribution of equipment to each player which could be problematic.

But hey, it's thinking out of the box!

Winterclaw

Winterclaw

Wark!!!

Join Date: May 2005

Florida

W/

23 Aug 2007 at 22:57 - 13
There is another way besides codes or an OS: make GW either able to detect what's running and shut down non-essential processes on your PC or have it check for known bot programs and shut down the moment one of them start running.

ShadowbaneX

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2006

Heroes of the Horn

A/Me

23 Aug 2007 at 23:06 - 14
you really want to kill bots? Just remove the signposts in towns. It make it nearly impossible for them to leave.

Operative 14

Operative 14

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

Arizona, USA

[OOP] Order of the Phoenix I

24 Aug 2007 at 06:18 - 15
Or simply make a 'ready' button to leave an outpost next to your name in the party window. No keyboard shortcut, so you can only select it with the mouse.