wow Bots Out in Force, Being Mistaken for Multiboxers

[Starym 3,779]

 

The recent clamping down on certain multiboxing activities may have pushed some into botting, as many players have noticed an uptick in certain farm spots. What's worse, these players seem to be confusing things and assuming these characters are actually multiboxers, and presuming it's a "last hurrah" type of situation:

The Nazmir spot has always been popular with botters and sights like these aren't entirely uncommon, but their numbers seem to have increased since the multiboxing restrictions. The other very interesting thing we've seen in these threads after the ban of input broadcasting software, is that many players actually don't really know the difference between bots and multiboxers, as you can see plenty of misconceptions (and explanations) in this reddit thread.

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So, just in case you weren't sure yourself - bots are fully automated programs that run the character completely independently of an actual person, and many can be run simultaneously and 24/7. Meanwhile, input broadcasting software allows a person to copy their actual physical keystrokes to other accounts and basically get more of the same actions they're actually performing onto other characters. Unfortunately there could be some overlap as some bots may be using input broadcasting, but after the restrictions, that seems less likely even for them (despite botting itself also being a bannable offense).

And, if you thought only retail was plagued by weird birds, Classic has that beat!

And if you want WEIRD bots, head on over here for some very confused druids.

[SidonisAntares 288]

Any spot in the game with a rapid respawn that kills reward any amount of xp at all are a bot spot, whether it's the tar pits in Nazmir, the raptor nests in Zuldazar, the Legion front in Azsuna, or the demons around Auchindoun in WoD to name a few.

[Libraridan 36]

So it sounds like, from this post, that bots are OK and people would be silly to think otherwise. But me, personally, I prefer real people to automatons. Silly me...silly me...silly me...silly me...silly me...silly me...

[OxO 24]

Very disheartening tbh.

For shame on Blizzard for allowing this to go on for so long, it's an absolute joke at this stage. 15 years it took them to ban boxing and they still haven't gotten control of the bots yet either, not to mention the whole awful scummy boosting spammers that destroy chat channels, in an MMO, where you're supposed to be able to chat and you'd bet a load of them boosting spammer communities are behind the bots and boxers too.

Even private servers care more about the game and community than Blizzard do.

[Jabberie 2]

Nothing in those posts is actually "mulitboxing" with regards to the input broadcasting change.  Bots will continue to bot. That those posts get so much traction blaming multiboxing is such a sad state of affairs. 

Edited November 11, 2020 by Jabberie