Bot Situation Update

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Adventurers,

Since our last official update on September 4th (http://boards.lineage2.com/showthread.php?t=261078) we've made great progress in our fight against bots. We've hunted them down in open fields and instances alike. Much of which is due, thanks to the information provided by community members and the tireless efforts of our surveillance team.

As of September 4th there have been 10,057 accounts banned for botting. This includes Ceremony of Chaos and Delusion Chamber botters. To be clear, botting doesn't include RMT and Adena farmers, the number of those bans is much higher.

We're still increasing our efforts to catch and ban those using bot programs to automate in-game actions. As they develop new methods of automating actions we're developing new methods of detection and in time, prevention.

We'll keep you updated over time as we continue to clean up the servers.

~ Lineage II Team
Now that's a much better number :)

/engage careful optimism
Bro really all ok the you punished 10k+ bots but really why you think the bots have problem to rise new 95+lvl chars in less of 10 days... the not invest in bots, the not have gear, the not have weapon, not have ++ skills... the not have noting... pls pls one time follow line of thee bots to see who is owner, owner is already 99/99, he not bot in mein char to get adena or items, he just use other minored bot trains who work for him. Day when you will follow line "immortal" bots > lv1 Aden trader/ah user > bot owner is be day who all legit players waiting. Not long ago in Aden was traders with 10k+ gems R in sell shops... that is lol much adena for 99.99% of active players and that adena must finish in some inventor... make possible to punish owners that will save game from bots even little, bun no-name chars is just making problem disapire in 10 days but the all already have reprise bots in servers... be nice gm's and punish and public annoys owners...

For pvp bots i not even want to talk, in less of 48h is CS in all servers, even 1 of castle in every server will be in big attack so just woch "pro" pvp machines how play, getting target who not se, heal/ change target/buff/debiff/res... in millisecond is total not real person play, the use automated programs who make all work and play "pro". Pls make way to punish bots !!! I mean real bots not bot rabbits !!!
Certainly is good news, now ban the owners of these bots? (I 'm dreamer) :confused:
Bro really all ok the you punished 10k+ bots but really why you think the bots have problem to rise new 95+lvl chars in less of 10 days... the not invest in bots, the not have gear, the not have weapon, not have ++ skills... the not have noting... pls pls one time follow lone of thee bots to see who is owner, owner is already 99/99, he not bot in mein char to get adena or items, he just use other minored bot trains who work for him. Day when you will follow line "immortal" bots > lv1 Aden trader/ah user > bot owner is be day who all legit players waiting. Not long ago in Aden was traders with 10k+ gems R in sell shops... that is lol much adena for 99.99% of active players and that adena must finish in some inventor... make possible to punish owners that will save game from bots even little, bun no-name chars is just making problem disapire in 10 days but the all already have reprise bots in servers... be nice gm's and punish and public annoys owners...

For pvp bots i not even want to talk, in less of 48h is CS in all servers, even 1 of castle in every server will be in big attack so just woch "pro" pvp machines how play, getting target who not se, heal/ change target/buff/debiff/res... in millisecond is total not real person play, the use automated programs who make all work and play "pro". Pls make way to punish bots !!!

Those who spend large amounts of money in the l2 store? Oo'' , i see 2 players from M _ _ get banned after two days they playing without punishment... u are a dreamer & this is a business, sad but true
GJ Vali.. but now it's good to go also for the big fish! :)
At least in shilen server you can tell the amount of bots have decreased, those automating CoC mostly.
Nornils, Kamael's strongholds, and upper fairy's is where you can find most bot parties nowadays.

Keep up the good work!!
Good job cleaning out some bots, on chronos I actually saw a difference for a few days. Last few days I ran through Varka Silenos to check the RBs and almost no one there exping. Today I ran through and it is FILLED with bots already. Entire trains of them just running around. All you did was ban the current ones they just going to make more accounts and lvl up again faster then a legit player can. I bet an entire bot train will out level my main in like 2 weeks lol. Anyways, thank you for the effort but I think I have gave up on thinking some day would be less bots.
the whole l2 community will agree on this... what about the pvp bots.




the pvp bots when are they going get the hammer. there are a few of us that have being playing this game since almost the very begining ... we play it to enjoy it .... enjoy it with friends.. and some of us .... we there not use any sort of third party software .



when you address the major situation of the pvp bots now there you'll acomplish something worth mentioning. banning ramdom pve bots its no big deal but when it comes to those individuals that spend lots of NCcoins..while using automated for pvp..

in conclusion its best to not mention banning random pve bots. pvp bots is the major issue here.
add frost instead of gameguard and all will be ok
people can say what they want but with the F2P model incoming bots are not easy to fight if you ask me, but you guys keep trying with success (even if the step by step methode isn't the fastest and it takes time that is ofcourse neccessary, so i cannot blame you here :p)
keep up the good work maybe you aim for the big fishes at some point ^^
Well it's better than doing nothing. It's hard to combat bots when they can create more accounts. Keep at it :)
Adventurers,

Since our last official update on September 4th (http://boards.lineage2.com/showthread.php?t=261078) we've made great progress in our fight against bots. We've hunted them down in open fields and instances alike. Much of which is due, thanks to the information provided by community members and the tireless efforts of our surveillance team.

As of September 4th there have been 10,057 accounts banned for botting. This includes Ceremony of Chaos and Delusion Chamber botters. To be clear, botting doesn't include RMT and Adena farmers, the number of those bans is much higher.

We're still increasing our efforts to catch and ban those using bot programs to automate in-game actions. As they develop new methods of automating actions we're developing new methods of detection and in time, prevention.

We'll keep you updated over time as we continue to clean up the servers.

~ Lineage II Team

This Idea was nice, maybe a bit late, but nice. But you are aproaching it from the wrong angle, at the start of this ban hammer you banned a lot of heroes and hero cadidates, well at least in naia, and you made a huge mistake unbaning them and allowing them to continue to play as they were, I don't care if there is someone with 10x bots collecting cash for him, but if he cant use scripts on his main no amount of money will help him become better.

Also this showed that you don't care if the person is boting as long as he pay's money, how exactly does this kind of behavior create a fair gaming enviroment?

Sorry for the wall of text but I just had to get this off my chest. :(
What is the difference between a bot and an adena farmer ?
It is just awesome feeling read this then log in game and have like 20 pm in 5s from adena sellers in Gludio.
It is great that you finally ban bots, BUT it is really bad that you ban legal players with them... So, betta change your banning methods.
Adventurers,

Since our last official update on September 4th (http://boards.lineage2.com/showthread.php?t=261078) we've made great progress in our fight against bots. We've hunted them down in open fields and instances alike. Much of which is due, thanks to the information provided by community members and the tireless efforts of our surveillance team.

As of September 4th there have been 10,057 accounts banned for botting. This includes Ceremony of Chaos and Delusion Chamber botters. To be clear, botting doesn't include RMT and Adena farmers, the number of those bans is much higher.

We're still increasing our efforts to catch and ban those using bot programs to automate in-game actions. As they develop new methods of automating actions we're developing new methods of detection and in time, prevention.

We'll keep you updated over time as we continue to clean up the servers.

~ Lineage II Team

Funny, can you check oftenly MOS SCACATO LOA(Kariks) there a lot bots, there stay always and your bans never take them.... Maybe they pay to you for safe their acs?
What is the difference between a bot and an adena farmer ?

actually exist a big difference cuz just some groups of ppl bot for get a higher lvl char for then play when hit 99/99 and the adena that they got is used for buy items for his chars, but the adena farmer just bot for sell adena so is not the same, adena farmer just crash the game and the others are just using a bad way to play, but this days u cant pvp with 95 or less char so idk if is actually a wrong way for enjoy the game.

use ur logic.
actually exist a big difference cuz just some groups of ppl bot for get a higher lvl char for then play when hit 99/99 and the adena that they got is used for buy items for his chars, but the adena farmer just bot for sell adena so is not the same, adena farmer just crash the game and the others are just using a bad way to play, but this days u cant pvp with 95 or less char so idk if is actually a wrong way for enjoy the game.

use ur logic.

Bad logic.
Bots and adena farmers are both bots. They both use the same 3rd party software to cheat the game, so for a GM they are both the same.

If they intend to use the bot when/if it hits 99, or if they use or sell the adena is a whole different thing.

An Adena farmer who doesn't automate his farming shouldn't be banned. He is just farming adena. If the GMs finds that he is selling the adena for real money, then he can be banned, as he is no longer an adena farmer, but an adena seller. Which, in my opinion, is an extremely hard thing to find out.

Friends and clan members always lend adena/items between each other, and the GMs have no way of finding out if they are really selling the adena/items for real money. May be if one char is getting hundreds of mails with adena from adena farmers who are botting, and then this char sends mails with adena to other players, then a GM could consider this RMT, but again how does he confirm that the adena is being sold, and not being borrowed?
http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/1263/x0tl.png

It seems that doesnt work on bartz, this picture was taked five minutes ago, and there are on woa more than 150 dwarfs/darkelf....

of coarse, they make new accounts, sometimes many JUST to flood this area on purpose
of coarse, they make new accounts, sometimes many JUST to flood this area on purpose

I find it amusing how there are so many that even the bots run out of places to hunt in certain areas.
That`s fine while you ban bts. But can you say me, why when i make account, create character on it, and when i reach lvl 20 i just gt banned. At next step, i just created account, without char, and....it got banned! Say me why and how you ban it, if there is NO character and that account was never in the game? My main char was banned 1 week ago, i don`t know why, just left character in Fairys for go piss and when i back in 5 mins, client crush, and status BANNED. On lineage2.com i post ticket, but 5 days no answer on it. GMS! Answer me plz how that can be happend.
P.S i never used bot/radar etc. Always clean client whith auto update
What people forget is that these bot owners have tons of chars and accounts ready to replace the banned ones
Then you may think that they are not banning bots but they are
This is going to be a looooooong war





P.S Please bring back the old PK system :D:D:D and then we will help you :cool:
Bots are very much like roaches, they aren't easy to get rid of.
Adventurers,

Since our last official update on September 4th (http://boards.lineage2.com/showthread.php?t=261078) we've made great progress in our fight against bots. We've hunted them down in open fields and instances alike. Much of which is due, thanks to the information provided by community members and the tireless efforts of our surveillance team.

As of September 4th there have been 10,057 accounts banned for botting. This includes Ceremony of Chaos and Delusion Chamber botters. To be clear, botting doesn't include RMT and Adena farmers, the number of those bans is much higher.

We're still increasing our efforts to catch and ban those using bot programs to automate in-game actions. As they develop new methods of automating actions we're developing new methods of detection and in time, prevention.

We'll keep you updated over time as we continue to clean up the servers.

~ Lineage II Team

What about olympiad GMs also should check the heroes I heard they are bots also.
So make something what will work like it.
There's no sence do bans like this. Nc ban 1 train, but they already have prepared 2 more trains...

I agree on this, they pretend to ban bots by hands, but when they decide to ban (1) bot, 20 new bots more are born.

Edit. : btw any news about banning bot is good, even if it is too late.
actually exist a big difference cuz just some groups of ppl bot for get a higher lvl char for then play when hit 99/99 and the adena that they got is used for buy items for his chars, but the adena farmer just bot for sell adena so is not the same, adena farmer just crash the game and the others are just using a bad way to play, but this days u cant pvp with 95 or less char so idk if is actually a wrong way for enjoy the game.

use ur logic.
Learn how to detect sarcasm when it's before your nose.
Since goddess of destruction was launched this is the first effective action of NC against bots. Better than nothing.
Lets see if in next bot attach update they will include auto-target function.
Or, at least use good sense and ban auto-target ppl's from youtube movies.
Thanks, I appreciate your hard work and the servers are a better place to grind because of your dedication!
The bots on Bartz are so bad that at WOA they are standing around because there are not enough mobs for them. The orcs, dwarves and dk elf summoners are just at a stand still. It is crazy.

In Goddard, bots are shouting out for mentors when they are in town. They are shouting out both in English and Russian.
The bots on Bartz are so bad that at WOA they are standing around because there are not enough mobs for them. The orcs, dwarves and dk elf summoners are just at a stand still. It is crazy.

In Goddard, bots are shouting out for mentors when they are in town. They are shouting out both in English and Russian.

This was quite amusing to watch.
I can tell with all responsability, that 80-90% players where boting last month.
Now i just noticed, that basicly, ordinary player bots are banned.

I need 5 minutes , when i join the game, and i can find bots parting XP, adena, and they have no banns.

The is VIP players which are allowed to bot.

And they profits became to 0, when all players started do same, so now GMs just trying to get VIP players back on track.

Cause selling adena for real money according to GM is legal for some players, but not for us.

I reported many times about it, and nothing!!!
Pls make way to punish bots !!! I mean real bots not bot rabbits !!!
+1
Just reported about bots yesterday

Cronos server. antara lairs, 2 parties:


WildTurtle
NoobsGoToHeaven
TrinityVibes
AstronomicTurtle
plombir
Chunni
R0xy
Reeiko
Eyeana
Diato
Nixz
ilaya
Nitarra
Shakimo

No action againt them,
i checked after 24 hours , bots still runs
Heres why those bots keep coming.. and really this is the truth.. in the past nc has really always just banned just before expansions and perhaps a few weeks afterwards.. then the bots are given free reign and go on botting for weeks and months until the next ban cycle before the next patch. Players are conditioned to believe that they can just remake and get back into the bot lifestyle again.

Heres the trick, dont ever stop banning. Eventually the rebuilding period that bot owners go through wont be worth the hassle and the pay off.

Its going to be another 4 or 5 months but eventually they will understand that you have the resolve to remove them for ever.

In my opinion you should send out mass mailers to anybody who had a paid account in the time period of 2004 to 2007 and let them know you are really cleaning house and the game has changed.

In my opinion you should be very careful banning the owners of the bots, or the "bot master".. I know quite a few people who have a main 99/99 that own those bots and frankly they make up the competition. They make the game fun. Perhaps stripping them of some items that they likely made through piles and piles of bots could be removed to make it a little more fair but banning there toons is not going to make the game fun in the long term. The competition is what keeps people here, dont ban the competition.
Heres why those bots keep coming.. and really this is the truth.. in the past nc has really always just banned just before expansions and perhaps a few weeks afterwards.. then the bots are given free reign and go on botting for weeks and months until the next ban cycle before the next patch. Players are conditioned to believe that they can just remake and get back into the bot lifestyle again.

Heres the trick, dont ever stop banning. Eventually the rebuilding period that bot owners go through wont be worth the hassle and the pay off.

Its going to be another 4 or 5 months but eventually they will understand that you have the resolve to remove them for ever.

In my opinion you should send out mass mailers to anybody who had a paid account in the time period of 2004 to 2007 and let them know you are really cleaning house and the game has changed.

In my opinion you should be very careful banning the owners of the bots, or the "bot master".. I know quite a few people who have a main 99/99 that own those bots and frankly they make up the competition. They make the game fun. Perhaps stripping them of some items that they likely made through piles and piles of bots could be removed to make it a little more fair but banning there toons is not going to make the game fun in the long term. The competition is what keeps people here, dont ban the competition.



I agree with some of this,but a cheater who got 99 and all their assets should be banned. That just says it's ok to bot to be competitive. Cheating is cheating and they deserve a ban hammer.
I agree with some of this,but a cheater who got 99 and all their assets should be banned. That just says it's ok to bot to be competitive. Cheating is cheating and they deserve a ban hammer.

his post remeber me one person who i talk in past... "there is now way how to play this game good if you dont have 2x bot train to give oyu at least 5b adena/week" ..... and he cheat a lot....
Hehe.. I think I just lost 4 of my mentees.. :)

4 less spoilers IG! :)
his post remeber me one person who i talk in past... "there is now way how to play this game good if you dont have 2x bot train to give oyu at least 5b adena/week" ..... and he cheat a lot....

Hypno has had his hand caught in the cookie jar before. No cheating should be tolerated not for the sake of competition or economy.

It's ok for that player to cheat,but not for me because he's competitive? That is the dumbest reason to date for allowing program users.

I'm competitive playing board games,but do you think I should be allowed to cheat when everyone else playing isn't? I think not.
Vali, to who I can send some files + info regarding z ranger and ways to detect it even better + at least 10 easy methods to detect hooks to l2's binary of Tower?It might improve your team effectiveness by a huge number?
meanwhile in magmeld...
Insted video not work now story for "EricaLeMan Best Othell on Magmeld " de-lvl 98>91 im sure never will be forget


and now after half year

http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/1145/2mkb.jpg

Welcome in L2...


...From bot to hero

I think it's the same way that 90% of the heroes of magmeld, really sad
Heres why those bots keep coming.. and really this is the truth.. in the past nc has really always just banned just before expansions and perhaps a few weeks afterwards.. then the bots are given free reign and go on botting for weeks and months until the next ban cycle before the next patch. Players are conditioned to believe that they can just remake and get back into the bot lifestyle again.

Heres the trick, dont ever stop banning. Eventually the rebuilding period that bot owners go through wont be worth the hassle and the pay off.

Its going to be another 4 or 5 months but eventually they will understand that you have the resolve to remove them for ever.

In my opinion you should send out mass mailers to anybody who had a paid account in the time period of 2004 to 2007 and let them know you are really cleaning house and the game has changed.

In my opinion you should be very careful banning the owners of the bots, or the "bot master".. I know quite a few people who have a main 99/99 that own those bots and frankly they make up the competition. They make the game fun. Perhaps stripping them of some items that they likely made through piles and piles of bots could be removed to make it a little more fair but banning there toons is not going to make the game fun in the long term. The competition is what keeps people here, dont ban the competition.


wtf? defensing the use of illegal programs? they make the competition? or they broke the PvP man vs automated player?

http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs14/f/2007/064/7/9/Die_Please_by_bizarrismo.jpg
Magmeld still having a lot, take a look on antharas lair, boz core, guillotine, pagans temple & hellbound and his instancetowers.

Ban bots and his owners "masters" and ban users that use pvp programs, for a real competitive game.
10K accounts banned its a lot of job and its great. GF in bartz is playable in this days. Low areas have more new bots leveling/farming again to replace all botz banned.

But its true, and all know, too much of great clans/chars 99/99 full make theys chars boting and no one stop them, and now, they only use bot programs to pvp.

In other way, this same guys, use a lot of bot farmers to get adena, and all farmed adena go to the clan WH of a "legit" clan leader. That its a simple way to "wash adenas" from a bot char -> legit char.

If you ban a simple bot farmer, they create a new one, and start all over again...
What about the collateral damage? You may have banned 10k bots, but there has also been mistakes made which you refuse to investigate or apologize for.

I know for a fact that you ban innocents, then immediately unban them and leave them with warnings, but no explanations. This is deplorable customer service.

Even if only 0.01% of the banned accounts are innocent it is still unacceptable to treat them with lies and threats.
Funny, can you check oftenly MOS SCACATO LOA(Kariks) there a lot bots, there stay always and your bans never take them.... Maybe they pay to you for safe their acs?


As i reported everyday:

LOA 2 parties boting non stop CRONOS SERVER, got GM answer, that this is lineage owners and player owners business, about abusing the rules :D
Go to kariks chek yourself:

WildTurtle
NoobsGoToHeaven
TrinityVibes
AstronomicTurtle
plombir
Chunni
R0xy
Reeiko
Eyeana
Diato
Nixz
ilaya
Nitarra
Shakimo

i dont play anymore, just checking bots and reporting , seems its more useful, then play this game..........

whats a point to play, when i will achieve something in one year, and this boting pllayers will spend 1 week to get same and even more....
As i reported everyday:

LOA 2 parties boting non stop CRONOS SERVER, got GM answer, that this is lineage owners and player owners business, about abusing the rules :D
Go to kariks chek yourself:

WildTurtle
NoobsGoToHeaven
TrinityVibes
AstronomicTurtle
plombir
Chunni
R0xy
Reeiko
Eyeana
Diato
Nixz
ilaya
Nitarra
Shakimo

i dont play anymore, just checking bots and reporting , seems its more useful, then play this game..........

whats a point to play, when i will achieve something in one year, and this boting pllayers will spend 1 week to get same and even more....


what's up ? did they muscle in to your bot spot? Considering you 've posted their nicknames twenty times in a few days I see no other reason for being that obsessive about 10 random bots among thousands
Need bot reporting event - find bot, make report and get reward:)
@ Naia

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f127/Megatronpt/Naia/DiedraChuck_zpsb909f68f.jpg (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/Megatronpt/media/Naia/DiedraChuck_zpsb909f68f.jpg.html)

Directly from they Youtube upload:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5WS71YfsbE
1Peri1 (http://boards.lineage2.com/member.php?u=97765) and Smittie (http://boards.lineage2.com/member.php?find=lastposter&f=243) approves. They are professionals.
Vali will not comment.
PvP bots still in control of game.
I say.. they are going to spoil that meeting...
LOL it's seems like a lots spoilers going to meeting... And your bots stay want go to but can't

what?? o.o Talk in real english pls xD
What's happen MAster, NAIA is full of bot.

In NAIA full of Bot in the last days, look varka silenos zone, hall of argos zone and so on.



Ban bots and his owners "masters", bots are against the gamer!:confused:
The main problem , is not that they banned bots , i mean , awesome :))) well done! but , since those lolbots are like "/care" they will keep creating bots over and over and over and over again (prolly with programs) , so they don't care , the real thing we need , is a working anti-bot program , that will be the real problem solution...but banning bots is a start already :P
The main problem , is not that they banned bots , i mean , awesome :))) well done! but , since those lolbots are like "/care" they will keep creating bots over and over and over and over again (prolly with programs) , so they don't care , the real thing we need , is a working anti-bot program , that will be the real problem solution...but banning bots is a start already :P

Of course they don't care, as Gameguard is a complete epic fail :(

NC Soft always will ban bots and they always will come back, just because of this piece of crap called Gameguard, that doesn't do what has been assigned to do.
Excuse me, you did what exactly about the bots?

I just turned 76 on naia and went to quest at varka silenos barracks, there's 1.5 dorfs and 0.75 summoners for every varka silenos in the area where only non-group mobs spawn, all using the same action patterns.

Also, they are all set to ignore mobs that attack other players. So, when something happens to spawn close to me, i may kill it. Thats maybe once per minute.
How am i supposed to take any enjoyment from this experience?
Seems much more reasonable to just find out what bot everybody uses and join in the giant ********...

I find it hard to believe that, after almost 10 years of botting on north american servers, no automatic kick+ban system was implemented. There's no way this clone army was created by doing all the quest until 70+ manually. They repeat the same actions, with the same timing, they look the same, they all wear the same equipment (which is undergeared for the lvl, no path, no maximum potential of steel door)... and they're probably all connected to a very limited selection of IPs.

Like, come on! :(
The problem is that these are the only actions the show and not the actions against bots. How would they really start to ban the ban had more than 50-69% of the players on all servers. And they do not pay it the largest buyers in the L2store the users of bots
For Vali, Good job action, several such action must be applied every day in the future.

not luck for the bots :D

bb
Excuse me, you did what exactly about the bots?

I just turned 76 on naia and went to quest at varka silenos barracks, there's 1.5 dorfs and 0.75 summoners for every varka silenos in the area where only non-group mobs spawn, all using the same action patterns.

Also, they are all set to ignore mobs that attack other players. So, when something happens to spawn close to me, i may kill it. Thats maybe once per minute.
How am i supposed to take any enjoyment from this experience?
Seems much more reasonable to just find out what bot everybody uses and join in the giant ********...

I find it hard to believe that, after almost 10 years of botting on north american servers, no automatic kick+ban system was implemented. There's no way this clone army was created by doing all the quest until 70+ manually. They repeat the same actions, with the same timing, they look the same, they all wear the same equipment (which is undergeared for the lvl, no path, no maximum potential of steel door)... and they're probably all connected to a very limited selection of IPs.

Like, come on! :(

The situation on Chronos is exactly the same the Dwarf is the new ant in a lot of areas. /care action is needed! not once but every maintenance. :eek:
Excuse me, you did what exactly about the bots?

I just turned 76 on naia and went to quest at varka silenos barracks, there's 1.5 dorfs and 0.75 summoners for every varka silenos in the area where only non-group mobs spawn, all using the same action patterns.

Also, they are all set to ignore mobs that attack other players. So, when something happens to spawn close to me, i may kill it. Thats maybe once per minute.
How am i supposed to take any enjoyment from this experience?
Seems much more reasonable to just find out what bot everybody uses and join in the giant ********...

I find it hard to believe that, after almost 10 years of botting on north american servers, no automatic kick+ban system was implemented. There's no way this clone army was created by doing all the quest until 70+ manually. They repeat the same actions, with the same timing, they look the same, they all wear the same equipment (which is undergeared for the lvl, no path, no maximum potential of steel door)... and they're probably all connected to a very limited selection of IPs.

Like, come on! :(

I think first need find who use pvp bot and broke the game from high lvl then go to less location because if always ban small lvl it's not decide problem need first find big fish.
No1 will ban the bot owners. And if any bot master get ban accidentally he will get back his char cause most of them are top donators. I see here on forum some ppl who never used any program got ban and they don't get the account back just cause they was with a bot in pt doing gf daily, And i see in game heros who was banned and get the account back after 1 day and keep botting. Is good that you ban the bots in farm areas but if you not ban their owners your work is useless. In 2 weeks there will be new trains and u can start banning them again.
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boting in Chronos server in LOA non stop all week.....
they been reported many times.

SHAME ON THIS SERVER OWNERS , ITS SO INRESPECTABLE TO PLEYERS
ITS JUST UNBELIEVABLE WHAT THEY DOING....
PLEASE !!! PLEASEEEEEEEEE!

1. Remove adventure buffers. bots are taking advantage of these buffs and leveling every where from the beginning to level 90. I know you guys want to help newbie level fast, but this isn't a good way to fight against bots.

2. Ban all Russian IP users since most of bots are from Russia. Please address the situation and take a look into this as you did for chinese players.
you wount get rid of me so easy, i wrote a complain to NCSOFT company


what you guys doing is ilegal!!!!!!

discriminating players by making rule discretions on diferent players

Seriously, shut up already
sry wrong section..
Sorry but, as long as cheaters like iMartex, DiegoVargas, VNDragon and so many others are running free, I don't think game will be back as a nice and joyful one.

You want to make game better? Pay a CLOSE attention to all heroes and all top clan players in all server, because THAT'S WHERE the real cheating is. Stop wasting time banning non factors; ban those who ruin the best of the game: pvp

Stop "being blind" about people just because they heavily buy NCcoins.. THOSE are the ones ruinning the game

Or, find a way, at least, to block these programs

Enough said.:mad:
Here's an example you are looking at the wrong players / banning the wrong toons: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Opx7KUh9mpI

Why would a hero sit still while his/her pt farms exp for her?
so z & ranger premiun user in pvp are untouchable? so random ppl never got a chance in servers like chornos for renovatio premiun clan and dh and sh in naia?
so z & ranger premiun user in pvp are untouchable? so random ppl never got a chance in servers like chornos for renovatio premiun clan and dh and sh in naia?

Correct, life is not fair.
Vali - In the future, either make an announcement or lock the thread after your post.

As you can see, people will always complain regardless of what NcSoft does.
Vali - In the future, either make an announcement or lock the thread after your post.

As you can see, people will always complain regardless of what NcSoft does.

+1
Dear everybody!

Thank you GMs for making the game a better place, keep at it. :)

I have a suggestion; next time you drop the ban hammer, please do it on BOZ CORE (alias bot core)! It became so crowded nowadays, that there is not even a single spot for doing dailies anymore!

Thanks in advance.
Vali - In the future, either make an announcement or lock the thread after your post.

As you can see, people will always complain regardless of what NcSoft does.

God yes.

And people who are all "Omg thank you GM, Gm you are awesome". You do realize they only do this when a new update is about to drop. This isn't some epic turn of events and bot management.

Let's just get back into reality.
Might as well enjoy the bots getting banned while we still can. And then get ready to head back to the same ol' grind again...
Might as well enjoy the bots getting banned while we still can. And then get ready to head back to the same ol' grind again...

Indeed, but in the meantime I'm ordering my Christmas decor...My neighbors are going down this year!!


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Good luck. :)
I see the spammers are pming again. I haven't had that in awhile.
So when is the next round of banning going to happen? I report aperson clearly using a bot program and three days later they are still botting. Also I really enjoyed the break from the last large ban but the bots have come back 10 times worse than before. I guess those messures you put inplace to ensure they didn't come back didn't work as planned. It is crap that you can only report once every 30 minutes. Swamp of Screams on Chronos has about 15+ botting toons in it right now. I love the return to a point, pick up everything and really enjoy tagging a mob they are heading to just to watch the bot stop dead in it's tracks after I hit the mob do a 180 and pause for 2-3 seconds before going to the next mob. I'll sit and **** with a bot for a while and won't pickup because they will sit there waiting at the adena to grab it. How hard is it to see that these toons are on a bot program? I guess it is time to make a high lvl summoner like everyone else on the server so I can lvl my mains sub.--Hell just go to one of the areas used for daily quests or the Path to Awakening quests and you will normally find 15+ bots running 24/7.
yea NCFAIL banning great news ARE YOUF***ING KIDDING US ????

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He4stmnn25s&feature=youtu.be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-RgZ0rqszs&feature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBuRZMk0DB0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmDerSw9h0k&feature=youtu.be

ALL THIS ARE HERO SPAMMER BOTTERS (even on their mains)
we even have a ****** buffer at shilen server( Igi and now NewIgi 99lvl) in aden town that is botting more than 1 years
BUT YEA NCFAIL banned 999999 accounts but what accounts exactly ???
Grow a pair of balls and go ban people that should be banned.
Bots are a unstopable plague because his owner "master" are taking his daily adena and redoing that banned accounts.

3 accounts per pc was a good idea, but maybe that people have any software to bypass this.
So its time to ban owners and that will make all botters to think about:
bot = lose ur mainchar ( without possibility to appeal! )
Naia is still full of bots..den off evil - bot paradise. Seems that all dwafs from swamp moved to den. This situation is in all den. Botting is not stopped or reduced..idk why make threads about banned bots then server is full of them..
http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/4933/aben.png

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/9176/8o3m.png

p.s. how to play...


Yes, is the new style, spoilers everywhere...areas lv40/50/60/70 full dwarfs, & dont waste time killing at them, they back & back & back...

Here the problem.. real bot maybe owner of a lot of "adena farmers" are untochable as it seems, look video this guy continue playing w/o pusnishment...from bot to hero pay2win.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He4stmnn25s&feature=youtu.be
You guys are doing good job ,just as a hint take a look at VARKA is like 4 dwarfs per mob at this moment,continue with the non stop ban
Hot springs on Chronos right now has about 3-4 summoners per mob and if you go to swamp of screams there is about 20+ spoilers.
You guys are doing good job ,just as a hint take a look at VARKA is like 4 dwarfs per mob at this moment,continue with the non stop ban

No they aren't, if they were we wouldn't have you wouldn't be saying for them to look into certain places.
I think there are not enough GM to do the ban work, as we all know there are too much Bots running FREE in almost all spots, but in the other hand as the game is (cof cof) FREE now, I dont understand why is so much difficult to ban an account that have incurred in illegal actions.

Maybe Im not sure, but for a GM catch a ScriptPVPERHERO guy could be a hard task, but its really giggly to see in all towns, in party match, and even in private messages adena spammers all day some of them for weeks (same nick), what about them they should get insta ban.

About PVP programs users, they are immune to ban, prolly these guys get a ban, but after so much abuse (years).
Naia is still full of bots..den off evil - bot paradise. Seems that all dwafs from swamp moved to den. This situation is in all den. Botting is not stopped or reduced..idk why make threads about banned bots then server is full of them..
http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/4933/aben.png

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/9176/8o3m.png

p.s. how to play...

Agree a lot of bots here.

But have a question.
I was doing quest here (900 mobs + 50 ) and I notice weird behave of bots there.
They were coming to mine spot, made stop just next to the eye and then after couple of seconds (20?), did soe.
Not 1 but it was like 5+ bots doing it in some kind of loop.
After 3-4 min they were back again ... just to make soe after few seconds being close to spot.
So question is, someone did implement auto-soe if spot is taken ... or there is some trick with some quest over there?

P.S. About bots in around 80 areas.
Silent Valley is same sad are as den of Evil.
I did hit almost everyone few days ago and NO ONE did respond.
After 1 h mix of exp and hitting all around someone has come making attempt of PvP. Hard to call him bot protector as he failed to 78 domi :)
Bots get smarter every day, someday they will ban GMs :D j/k
gets to be a joke, I'm more in VarkasSilenos to open a company passwords to kill the mobs :confused:, this so infested with dwarves, got to get queue, and wait for the time to kill the mob, later I will show the Screenshot! BanHammer after that, they seem to have tripled a provocation!:cool: