Battle against the bots - part one

[Samuel]

Hey all,

There are going to be a number of measures taken over the following weeks/months in an attempt to deter and prevent bots...

Today's reboot is going to introduce our first line of defense, deter new bogus accounts... From observations we are able to highlight a large number of bots (mainly from behavioral differences between a bot and a person) and we can ban these accounts, which is all well and good... However, due to the ease of account creation we could ban 5 and instantly 5 new accounts are created...

So, our first line of defense is to introduce a captcha for account creation as well as email validation to ensure that the person creating the account is human and they are using a valid email address to create the account.

This will not effect current accounts, these have already been automatically verified, however, new accounts will have to register, enter a captcha and validate their account via email, before being able to log in.

Unfortunately this will not stop bots, it will however reduce the amount that are currently in game (especially those who have multiple clients open).

As always we are open to suggestions and opinions on the subject.

Sam

 

[Adv]

No patch notes? Y_Y

*Back to inactivity*

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[Merc_Draven]

Idea 1

The bots seem to fk up when near a tamed pet, as if the programme they are using cant tell the difference from mob and pet. So maybe spawn a mob that cant die but acts like a tamed pet - plant them around the maps - and watch the botters get trapped.

Idea 2

TNT mob, If killed 3 times in a day character is suspended for 24 hrs (would need to warn proper newbies not to attack)
mob name (TNT mob don't attack)

Idea 3
limit chestnut trees to Mizu only. You already have roaming guards in towns so you could add a few of these into Mizu Forest and the likelyhood is a BOT will catch it and end up following it or hitting it and being killed?

 

[holly]

Following on from Titans idea, you could limit chestnut trees to Mizu only. You already have roaming guards in towns so you could add a few of these into Mizu Forest and the likelyhood is a BOT will catch it and end up following it or hitting it and being killed?

 

[Adv]

Indeed, make the guard called "ChestnutTree" so it gets confused.

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[Wond]

I noticed in the patch notes you state you have removed the ability to bind bars & bundles etc. If there is nobody with excess amounts of gold in game, and you have the ability to track bars & bundles as you say, then why do this?

 

[Koriban]

I noticed in the patch notes you state you have removed the ability to bind bars & bundles etc. If there is nobody with excess amounts of gold in game, and you have the ability to track bars & bundles as you say, then why do this?

Probably a two-stage part process to their master plan to stop botting.

 

[PUNISHER]

I noticed in the patch notes you state you have removed the ability to bind bars & bundles etc. If there is nobody with excess amounts of gold in game, and you have the ability to track bars & bundles as you say, then why do this?

This

 

[Samuel]

I noticed in the patch notes you state you have removed the ability to bind bars & bundles etc. If there is nobody with excess amounts of gold in game, and you have the ability to track bars & bundles as you say, then why do this?

Its a good question... an equal question is, why did we need it in the first place...

This is entirely what it came down to... They are pretty much redundant due to the amount you can carry in your bag.

Sam

 

[PUNISHER]

Its a good question... an equal question is, why did we need it in the first place...

This is entirely what it came down to... They are pretty much redundant due to the amount you can carry in your bag.

Sam

I know it takes a lot of time and effort to do the updates that are needed, so my question now is, why waste time of things that '' dont need it in the first place'' rather than using your time more wisely and fixing other bugs? Just seems abit fishy considering you always say the team is extremely busy

 

[Wond]

Its a good question... an equal question is, why did we need it in the first place...

This is entirely what it came down to... T]hey are pretty much redundant due to the amount you can carry in your bag.

Sam

 

[Slipmatt]

Its a good question... an equal question is, why did we need it in the first place...

This is entirely what it came down to... They are pretty much redundant due to the amount you can carry in your bag.

Sam

This is a good point, I'm not sure how much you can actually carry in your bag on here but other servers iv seen it range from 300-500mil.

correct me if I'm wrong but isn't there the ability to deposit gold into your storage too? If this is the case bars and chests etc are as stated useless.

 

[Wond]

This is a good point, I'm not sure how much you can actually carry in your bag on here but other servers iv seen it range from 300-500mil.

correct me if I'm wrong but isn't there the ability to deposit gold into your storage too? If this is the case bars and chests etc are as stated useless.

Sounds like a pressing issue.

I'm glad the team are looking into the botting issue but there is no need to go about covering things up. Admit when there is a problem, address it to the community and work on a solution together.

I know of someone that has sold 100m+ on the server so far. Pointless trying to deny a problem exists when its so blatant.

 

[Adv]

Why are you removing things we do not need, and not adding things we do need? >.<

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[PUNISHER]

Why are you removing things we do not need, and not adding things we do need? >.<

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To remove future bots covering there tracks (MY THEORY)

 

[Eddie Strike]

Who is botting and why?

bet they're using muhlander...

 

[terriblen]

U big mouth sods. If the team want to do anything to stop the traders and botters and other stuff do you seriously think they are gonna advertise their reasoning and methods? Why don't you stop giving away ideas or were you trying to warn someone?
The team don't have to explain their reasoning to you. They don't have to justify every single thing they do. They don't have be "transparent" There is not freedom of information here.
Perhaps when they have been successful they will share their method with other devs. Until then speculation is pointless and unhelpful

 

[Clintus2]

U big mouth sods. If the team want to do anything to stop the traders and botters and other stuff do you seriously think they are gonna advertise their reasoning and methods? Why don't you stop giving away ideas or were you trying to warn someone?
The team don't have to explain their reasoning to you. They don't have to justify every single thing they do. They don't have be "transparent" There is not freedom of information here.
Perhaps when they have been successful they will share their method with other devs. Until then speculation is pointless and unhelpful

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