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Date:    2015 Aug 17 03:07
To:      all
From:    wuver
Subject: bots and conflicts
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I know Neryll's post wasn't about botting, but since the topic has come up
I might as well give my 2 gold.

I honestly think that solo botting right now can be just as detrimental as
group botting. I realise I don't have statistics to back it up, but
Shouldice's bot does give the message that anyone with enough coding
expertise could make a bot which forces area changes like these to be made.
Sure, humans could do the same, but humans you can at least send tells
unless they have DND mode on.

There's the rule that bots must yield in resource conflicts, however the
problem with that is usually there is no one actually watching over the
bot, and by the time someone is, the resource conflict will most likely
have ended.

I'm not sure if xp in the areas that are being botted continuously have
dropped as a result of the botting. I honestly would prefer it if bots that
kil mobs were disallowed entirely, but I realise that might not be doable. 

What if they were only allowed to kill mobs in instanced areas? That would
hopefully get rid of at least most conflicts with regards to eq and jobs
and so forth. It might not be enough, but I would currently be in favor of
a rule like that, what are everyone's thoughts? 


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