Is Botting Legal on ARIA?

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It Sure looks like it. :p
Hahaha... I think botting is legal in all servers, now..
Can't remember a time when it wasn't, must be so long ago ... :)
dunno about Aria but if you visit Luna, you ll realise that if you re not botting, you re considered as cheater :)

dunno about Aria but if you visit Luna, you ll realise that if you re not botting, you re considered as cheater :)



LOL dam


Trust me it's getting 2 that point on Aria. If you don't bot on Aria your called a Noob or a RPer. I get called Both :(
And I wear the latter as a mark of pride.

Rather be a noob than someone that can't play the game themselves.
I don't bot or buy adena...

What people call me:
- Noob because I don't bot
- Stupid because I don't buy adena
- PVPer because I like to PVP
- RPer.. because I like to RP

I usually reply: "At least I enjoy the game as it is supposed to be!"
No your responce should be, "I pay $15 a month to play this 'game' and you pay how much?"

It Sure looks like it. :p

what kind of ****** question is this ?

go bot then.

betcha 5 million adena you wont. cause you know the second you do that it is wrong and you wont continue with it. youd be too **** scared to die with it on, to succumb to the corrupt end game.

same as all us RPer noob pve ers.

we wont do it cause naturally we are cowards.

no ashley, you know its not legal. stop preaching it to be legal. even *I* with 0 pvp have 13 pk's i havent washed off.

we EOD took an 8man cata room by PK force on Friday evening. i washed off 4k karma from 3 pk's and not a soul passed by to talk or confront us.

its not a waste of time to pk. i encourage you to do it more often.

its not a waste of time to pk. i encourage you to do it more often.



I prefer the good old PvE way when posible...trains ftw

cleared few rooms in DO today
Another reason why even after the merger this is still Kain.

Another reason why even after the merger this is still Kain.

who the hell cares? only the Kain carebears.


its not a waste of time to pk. i encourage you to do it more often.



I prefer the good old PvE way when posible...trains ftw

cleared few rooms in DO today



i still have fond memories back on lionna of the farmer wars in cruma tower. remember LuckRuRu and Towel? i know i do :P


Another reason why even after the merger this is still Kain.

who the hell cares? only the Kain carebears.



hey don't forget us Lionna carebears (PvE only players for you that don't know what carebear means).

The ones attacking me end up with +1 PK instead of +1 PvP...unless it's a bot attacking me for training their bots there I get +1 PvP

Another reason why even after the merger this is still Kain.



If it's Still Kain because it's a Bot infested Server full of Cheating ********, Way over priced items, 1 Side owns everything full of ebaying scaming people..........wait a second.....Hey your right this is Kain :D







betcha 5 million adena you wont.



Only 5 Mill? (I can make that in 10 Mins Selling SSA)

if your going 2 dare me 2 do something Stupid and wrong at least offer to pay me more :p
Aria was somewhat cleaned last week.

I am able to hunt Varkas and other spots.

Was in the catas also and not every room was taken.
Well ash just wait till they bring augments to armor and then u wont have to worry about karma anymore, cuz nothing will be dropable :p :D

After that, you can cleanse any and all bot party u see :)

Cheers!!
And the following update, they fix the bug and you can drop augmented equipment/weapon => OMG, how can I get rid of those 99999 pk without dropping anything?

Remember this is NCSoft ;)

Well ash just wait till they bring augments to armor and then u wont have to worry about karma anymore, cuz nothing will be dropable :p :D

After that, you can cleanse any and all bot party u see :)

Cheers!!



already implemented. pvp enhanced armor (via Fame) is not-droppable.


Well ash just wait till they bring augments to armor and then u wont have to worry about karma anymore, cuz nothing will be dropable :p :D

After that, you can cleanse any and all bot party u see :)

Cheers!!



already implemented. pvp enhanced armor (via Fame) is not-droppable.



All they need Now is a Scroll that works when your red 2 take off Death Penalty and one of my Alts is going Perma Red :D


Well ash just wait till they bring augments to armor and then u wont have to worry about karma anymore, cuz nothing will be dropable :p :D

After that, you can cleanse any and all bot party u see :)

Cheers!!



already implemented. pvp enhanced armor (via Fame) is not-droppable.



Wo thats good news For Ashely then, gogo Ashley-removal-bot-service :D
I honestly swear that if I get tired of an alt.. I'll aug everything and put pvp on them... and I'll PK my way through them..
well, the trouble with making a Pker nodrop toon is the karma consequence. youll need to farm yourself a ton of dimension damonds so you can get to floran, and from there its just a short hike to the good exp zones like hellbound and Varkas.

x.x

well, the trouble with making a Pker nodrop toon is the karma consequence. youll need to farm yourself a ton of dimension damonds so you can get to floran, and from there its just a short hike to the good exp zones like hellbound and Varkas.

x.x




Clan Hall at Dion with a Direct Port to Floran I'm all set ;)
your CH got a WOA port?
summon ur pk to places


Another reason why even after the merger this is still Kain.



If it's Still Kain because it's a Bot infested Server full of Cheating ********, Way over priced items, 1 Side owns everything full of ebaying scaming people..........wait a second.....Hey your right this is Kain :D



Get [censored]. :mad:



Another reason why even after the merger this is still Kain.



If it's Still Kain because it's a Bot infested Server full of Cheating ********, Way over priced items, 1 Side owns everything full of ebaying scaming people..........wait a second.....Hey your right this is Kain :D



Get [censored]. :mad:



Chill dude... Just chill... Its ok... Its only a game.
Just call me Fonzie.
Yes... it looks like we play in Bronx. Cheats, rude and very unpleasant people. I guess it's not supposed to be like that :)



Another reason why even after the merger this is still Kain.



If it's Still Kain because it's a Bot infested Server full of Cheating ********, Way over priced items, 1 Side owns everything full of ebaying scaming people..........wait a second.....Hey your right this is Kain :D



Get [censored]. :mad:



Poor thing did I hurt your feeling? (Hugs ManicMonday) it's ok you can always join us at Wishing Well ;)
I was unaware of the ethics in pixels.... I'll take the time to ponder this
Well, not to be unfair to Kain people, I've seen A LOT of Lionna people botting (yes, some of them people I had the chance of talking to more than once. Quite sad, really, that I had to report people I had met before).

So I think it's time to let go the Kain / Lionna thing. Honestly. There's no Kain or Lionna anymore, this is Aria. All the silly bickering won't change the fact that our old servers are gone.

I was unaware of the ethics in pixels.... I'll take the time to ponder this



Ethics exist wherever human nature (yes, human nature, not bot nature) intersects. Not only is it present in multiplayer games like L2, but in single-player games as well.

Games like L2, though, present a study in the socio-ethical development in the absence of enforced rules.

Given a somewhat anarchist setting (no overt policing and enforcing by NCSoft), what you choose to do displays your ethical obligation not only to others, but to yourself.

I for one, am not disappointed in anyone I've taken the time to share a clan with.


If it's Still Kain because it's a Bot infested Server full of Cheating ********, Way over priced items, 1 Side owns everything full of ebaying scaming people..........wait a second.....Hey your right this is Kain :D



Ya thats actually what i meant :P
The part of all this that really makes me laugh is the incredible amounts of real money that is spent on this so called game. Yet the very people who do this will be the first ones to tell you to chill its only a game. There are players who will not settle for anything other than top highly Oed weapons and gear. Any idea what the real cost of producing a +7 or higher top S grade weapon would be? Hell I cant afford to even try to craft one much less pay the billions of adena for such gear or attempt to get one that overenchanted. Amazing really. Even botting is expensive in real dollars. You need to invest in the program (monthly cost) and have several accounts active usually. I have the most respect for the so called noob, pve or rps because they truly are the most chilled casual actual gamers. This buds for you. :)

The part of all this that really makes me laugh is the incredible amounts of real money that is spent on this so called game. Yet the very people who do this will be the first ones to tell you to chill its only a game. There are players who will not settle for anything other than top highly Oed weapons and gear. Any idea what the real cost of producing a +7 or higher top S grade weapon would be? Hell I cant afford to even try to craft one much less pay the billions of adena for such gear or attempt to get one that overenchanted. Amazing really. Even botting is expensive in real dollars. You need to invest in the program (monthly cost) and have several accounts active usually. I have the most respect for the so called noob, pve or rps because they truly are the most chilled casual actual gamers. This buds for you. :)



Um can I have some tea I don't drink Beer ;)
Hi Doc!! I heard you have a new toon now on Aria when I came to say hi and you weren't there .... Come to Bartz and say hi :)
NCsoft hasn't cared about bots since c2. Every once in a while they ban a couple here a couple there just to show the public that they care...but they honestly have never given a flying [censored]. Bots give NCsoft the most money, not real players.

The only reason why NC is even baning bots now is because they are trying to KILL the game. They don't give a [censored] about the playerbase or anything. I haven't talked to a real NC GM in 2 and a half years now.

Just quit this game and move to Warhammer imo.

The part of all this that really makes me laugh is the incredible amounts of real money that is spent on this so called game. Yet the very people who do this will be the first ones to tell you to chill its only a game. There are players who will not settle for anything other than top highly Oed weapons and gear. Any idea what the real cost of producing a +7 or higher top S grade weapon would be? Hell I cant afford to even try to craft one much less pay the billions of adena for such gear or attempt to get one that overenchanted. Amazing really. Even botting is expensive in real dollars. You need to invest in the program (monthly cost) and have several accounts active usually. I have the most respect for the so called noob, pve or rps because they truly are the most chilled casual actual gamers. This buds for you. :)



Your an idiot. I used to pay for 5 accounts every month. I have sold more then enough to buy myself a car, pay for the insurance every year, and pay off 4 years of college, and I have several thousand dollars left over sitting in my bank account right now.

To be a factor in this game you have to stay on par gear level and your actual level with your opponents.

NC Soft made it very clear that they didnt care about bots for a long long long time now. The top clans on several servers are and have been completely botted. When that happens and NC doesnt do anything about it they set the bar. To keep up with a clan that when they are online are only PvPing and when XPing when they sleep all you can do is do the same. Or else you end up like nonfactor neutral carebear alliances or mirage/Bluewolves/<insert any clan name that didn't bot that failed to ever beat Little Pigs>

I started botting other characters in c5 when it became clear that the GMs and NC soft didnt give a [censored] anymore.

My forum account is probably going to becomre removed due to me saying this but it is the truth. NC soft doesnt give a [censored].
I've cancelled both accounts... I'm wondering why I can still post though....

BOTS existed on Kain and Lionna and we don't need a Kain vs Lionna fights, Kain was a pretty cool server, nobody was annoying me, anyway Aria is not as cool so I'm off.


The part of all this that really makes me laugh is the incredible amounts of real money that is spent on this so called game. Yet the very people who do this will be the first ones to tell you to chill its only a game. There are players who will not settle for anything other than top highly Oed weapons and gear. Any idea what the real cost of producing a +7 or higher top S grade weapon would be? Hell I cant afford to even try to craft one much less pay the billions of adena for such gear or attempt to get one that overenchanted. Amazing really. Even botting is expensive in real dollars. You need to invest in the program (monthly cost) and have several accounts active usually. I have the most respect for the so called noob, pve or rps because they truly are the most chilled casual actual gamers. This buds for you. :)



Your an idiot. I used to pay for 5 accounts every month. I have sold more then enough to buy myself a car, pay for the insurance every year, and pay off 4 years of college, and I have several thousand dollars left over sitting in my bank account right now.

To be a factor in this game you have to stay on par gear level and your actual level with your opponents.

NC Soft made it very clear that they didnt care about bots for a long long long time now. The top clans on several servers are and have been completely botted. When that happens and NC doesnt do anything about it they set the bar. To keep up with a clan that when they are online are only PvPing and when XPing when they sleep all you can do is do the same. Or else you end up like nonfactor neutral carebear alliances or mirage/Bluewolves/<insert any clan name that didn't bot that failed to ever beat Little Pigs>

I started botting other characters in c5 when it became clear that the GMs and NC soft didnt give a [censored] anymore.

My forum account is probably going to becomre removed due to me saying this but it is the truth. NC soft doesnt give a [censored].



Martel is pretty much spot on.

For anyone that thinks this bot reporting button is going to be a revelation, I pity how gullible you are.
i played this game since its inception. i payed for a second account for 2 years and stopped cause i couldnt do it right, and i had no drive to box.

so ive been solo for a long time. i paid my way through college too, but by the sweat of my own brow working as a dishwasher in a restaurant. its also how i got my car. currently i work as a dental professional and service several thousand clients a year. most of what i have is paid for but all by legal means.

why should someone care whether or not they are a "factor" or that they are "end game" ?

if they are having fun, great!! all is accomplished and right with the world.

if you had fun botting, martel and devilstar, great. glad to see you had fun. dont force me to. im not gonna. cause i see no point in wasting levels and levels of pve worth of fun i could otherwise spend with in-game friends teaching and learning. pve and pvping together.

im having my fun, and i dont care who the "factors" are or whatever the hell "factor" means. frankly it means simply a variant in an equation. one that can be solved and discarded once solved.
it's fun to see that most of the people here are botting in game and some are even admitting it on the official forum...that shows how mutch NCSoft care about banning bots.

btw does anyone know when StarTrek Online will be released? I'm sick of seing bots...I have been watching them for the almost 3 years I have played L2 and now it's just INSANE how the bot population has exploded.
I already quit I'm just playing out my account and having fun. And it's funny how were called a non factor yet we have more fun with the game then the botters. Who all end up just quiting anyway. The game is dieing because of botting ebayers like Martel if not for them farmers would have no reason be here.

In fact Were is LP now?....... yet we all still here so basically we don't give a [censored] Martel bye! :D

I already quit I'm just playing out my account and having fun. And it's funny how were called a non factor yet we have more fun with the game then the botters. Who all end up just quiting anyway. The game is dieing because of botting ebayers like Martel if not for them farmers would have no reason be here.

In fact Were is LP now?....... yet we all still here so basically we don't give a [censored] Martel bye! :D



You don't know me. Don't act like you know me.

I don't like botting...at all. In fact I was completely against it since I started the game. I played this game religously for a long, long time to become competitive. I was the first subclassed plainswalker on lionna, first nobless plainswalker on lionna, and 2nd windrider on lionna, and first hero windrider on lionna. Then...botting became a fashion. Nobody was getting banned doing it...and nobless toons with a playtime of 2 months or less were popping up everywhere in the game where it took me a year+ to get nobless with having very to little social life and many sleepless nights. I had OOP bd and sws well before people were ooping buffers. Then these people were passing me in levels...while only loading a couple clients a day and pressing insert on them. NCsoft still did nothing. So then in c5 I started to bot...not because I liked it or enjoyed it...it was to keep up with the competition on lionna.

If loading any 3rd party program with your client was the equivalent of getting it banned a week later nobody would have ever done it. NCsoft failed at such an easy task.

Now as of recently NCsoft has 1 or 2 gms running around banning bots. Why now you ask? after 2 years of them doing absolutely nothing with the botting problem? They are trying to kill lineage2 now. They are attempting to destroy this game to make way for new games so they can cut down on the "population" and merge the servers even more. Notice how they don't ban farmer run bots, but they ban player run bots.

Everyone competitive has started botting now even old school Uprising members from bartz have started botting.
I gotta agree here. The ball was dropped by NCSoft and its GMs at the beginning and continued on to this day. Aggressive action should have been taken immediately with the farmer-run bot teams being the first to go. Without their blatant flaunting of EULA rules being broken, regular players would never have gone that route.

You don't know me. Don't act like you know me.



I never said I know you.... I know enough and that you still fall into the the whole cheating crap just like every other cheater out there period.


Notice how they don't ban farmer run bots, but they ban player run bots



No I don't I still fight bots for a Room at Witches every day so no I don't notice any bans. They don't ban Players I still see the same Players botting evey day and they still going strong just check Hero chat. If anything they just Quit the games like so many others.

How I know? The same botting players that I thought were banned for botting comes back to check out the new update which proves they were never banned they just up and quit. :p
the last 5 or so posts are spot on, sad but true

for me the fun is playing with my friends with whats left of the game
How about tj charging 10 mil for barakiel and god know how much for baium.


why are they blackmailing toons to get something thats ingame people play a long time to get this far and then to have them pk u and blackmail you to get a quest done?
So if you don't like it, take up arms against them.

That is the thing about this game: Might (and I use that in a liberal sense, since I don't want to get into that yet) makes right.

Those who can lockdown do, and those who disagree have every right to rise up and take arms.

They just don't.

How about tj charging 10 mil for barakiel and god know how much for baium.


why are they blackmailing toons to get something thats ingame people play a long time to get this far and then to have them pk u and blackmail you to get a quest done?



They do? LOL


well...they won't get a single adena from me. I won't let someone deside how I should play the game

How about tj charging 10 mil for barakiel and god know how much for baium.


why are they blackmailing toons to get something thats ingame people play a long time to get this far and then to have them pk u and blackmail you to get a quest done?



Because we can.
Also, it's not blackmail.

It's extortion.
It's not extortion.

It's awesome.

It's not extortion.

It's awesome.



it's child play at it's lowest lvl
This type of thing has been going on since C1 when Invin tried to charge the server for the "privilege" of xping in DVC. It's not a new tactic in the least.

And I will also point out that they don't have barakiel on lockdown by any means. I just did it w/ some people today and it had been up for several hours before we did it.