tons of Mo/W's in elona?

Fox Reeveheart

Fox Reeveheart

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2005

Michigan

none q.q

D/

My comp is a piece of crap so I couldnt take a screenshot, but for anyone that has checked lately, why are there TONS of monks hanging out in elona's reach? Elona's reach is my ONLY spot left for HALFWAY decent way of getting money (and no i don't do runs, thats not how i roll).

People say they are bots, what do you think?

Woutsie

Woutsie

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

Belgium

Yep, 90% of them are bots. You can notice a bot when he acts strange and is walking like all the others and standing on the same place as the other bots

Dove_Song

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

they are bots

sh4ft3d

sh4ft3d

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2005

A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away...

Frank Ought To Monk [FotM]

W/

Hehe. I noticed that a LONG time ago when I training to 55 myself :P

Hephaestus Ram

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2005

None

W/E

Yeah, I was looking at that yesterday. At first I thought my graphics
card was messing up.
Looks like someone set them up to farm the Minotaurs in the mission.
There must be fifty of them, just going in and out. Does that mean
that someone paid for fifty copies of the game? How long do they
last before their accounts get banned? Doesn't seem like it'd be worth
it for whatever they can salvage off Minotaur drops.

koneko

Site Contributor

Join Date: Sep 2005

38??16′ N 140??52′ E

Mo/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Hephaestus Ram
Doesn't seem like it'd be worth it for whatever they can salvage off Minotaur drops.
They're attempts to reset the anti-farm counter when the trolls outside Droknar's Forge don't drop anything. That's my guess, at least.

And I'm betting some of them are bots - notice how some of them run into the walls?

Jetdoc

Jetdoc

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Jul 2005

The Eyes of Texas [BEVO]

D/A

Yep, they are farming the minotaurs in Elona. I noticed that they tend to "disappear" in Elona, rather than running out the door as they used to in Augury Rock.

mrbb

mrbb

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2006

Mo/

They are farming for minotaur, then trade for handwraps, then salvage and get 30 cloth, then sell to merchant for 20gp each. Each run you can get about 5 minotaur horns in 3 minutes. So, in one hour of farming you get about 5 horns x 20 trips = 100 horns = 20 handwraps = 600 cloth = 12k gold. Not too shabby. But... cloth has gone almost back to normal prices so I think no more farming there.

Badenstein

Badenstein

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2005

Ohio

just did elona with a hench group. i too was surprised by the number of them.

Thorinfire

Thorinfire

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2005

Shiverpeaks

Ambassadors of Enlightenment [SAGE]

R/

They have been there in force for at least the last week..................

Nivryx

Nivryx

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2006

Kenya

Mo/

all im going to say is bad programming....

Cracko

Cracko

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2006



As you can see: lots of [love] and Xingling XX and Xinglong XX guys

Sorry for posting names, but i reckon itll be allright

Evilsod

Evilsod

Banned

Join Date: Mar 2006

England

Lievs Death Squad [LDS]

I noticed the exact same thing last week. Almost half of the bots there were members of [love] and called Xingling --- or Xinglong ---

You'd of thought if Anet even had the slightest care for getting rid of bot farmers they'd get someone along to Elona Reach and sort out the fuc king problem! Its not exactly hard to miss!

xanty

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2006

There are a ton of bot's in Elona's Reach. Thay run 24/7. I have a suggestion for ArenaNEt to try and fix the rampant use of bots in Elona's Reach. There is a simple solution, if you move the merchant from his location to where the storage agent is, or behind her. This well brake there simple run pattern, (run forward, strafe right, run forward, target nearest ally). This would be a simple patch that would fix the use of bots.

Sab

Sab

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2005

What Mo/Ws?

And yes, the vertical column of Mo/Ws by the merchant goes all the way to the moon...

Raiin Maker

Raiin Maker

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2005

England

Blood On The Worlds Hands

W/

what i dont understand is why they all crowd around the merchant... surely it dosent take that long to sell the farmed items.

Cracko

Cracko

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2006

its their run pattern