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[SHADOW STALKER]

I can't stand how they always take the fun away by getting in the way and taking my kills. I know that they should at least go to one of the worlds that have very few people.

[Dragonkng198]

Or you could have the correct opinion, and you know, wish they weren't around at all? I don't want them crashing me, keep them.

[Rooler]

They definitely are a problem. I went to revs the other day and passed through the green dragon area.. there must've been at least 15 bots just standing there. I think jagex is working on some bot nuke 2.0, so hopefully that'll fix it up a bit!

[Joe Longo]

I only hate them because they decrease the prices of items. But Jagex is hopefully coming out with a fix for this, Optimus or something like that?

[BlazeTheMovieFan]

There is one thing I need to say. Just because someone doesn't reply to what you say to them doesn't mean they're bots, they can also have their chat off.

This is weird, I fight monsters a lot in RuneScape, and have never experienced a problem with bots. But let me ask, how do you know they're bots and not just some people with chat off?

[Lose No Hope]

Dragonkng198, on 14 April 2012 - 10:02 PM, said:

Or you could have the correct opinion

[SHADOW STALKER]

BlazeTheMovieFan, on 15 April 2012 - 09:00 PM, said:

There is one thing I need to say. Just because someone doesn't reply to what you say to them doesn't mean they're bots, they can also have their chat off.

This is weird, I fight monsters a lot in RuneScape, and have never experienced a problem with bots. But let me ask, how do you know they're bots and not just some people with chat off?

Well a great way to tell they are bots what you wanna do is just watch them if you get bored they follow the same path most of the time. You can say stuff like your inventory is full (Like it says when you are full) like when you are wood-cutting and they will go bank. They also will move back and forth if you attack them in Wilderness. Playing for 7 years is helpful. I do one day of player killing and I see one every 2 minutes... Hope that answers your question somewhat.

[Lose No Hope]

SHADOW STALKER, on 16 April 2012 - 12:17 AM, said:

BlazeTheMovieFan, on 15 April 2012 - 09:00 PM, said:

There is one thing I need to say. Just because someone doesn't reply to what you say to them doesn't mean they're bots, they can also have their chat off.

This is weird, I fight monsters a lot in RuneScape, and have never experienced a problem with bots. But let me ask, how do you know they're bots and not just some people with chat off?

Well a great way to tell they are bots what you wanna do is just watch them if you get bored they follow the same path most of the time. You can say stuff like your inventory is full (Like it says when you are full) like when you are wood-cutting and they will go bank. They also will move back and forth if you attack them in Wilderness. Playing for 7 years is helpful. I do one day of player killing and I see one every 2 minutes... Hope that answers your question somewhat.

While your other points are valid, going the same path isn't a surefire way to see if a player is a bot. There are multiple skills that require repetition in movement

[Sycrov]

Bots are eternal. Jagex will never get rid of all the bots. It's impossible.

/thread.

[SHADOW STALKER]

Lose No Hope, on 17 April 2012 - 02:40 AM, said:

SHADOW STALKER, on 16 April 2012 - 12:17 AM, said:

BlazeTheMovieFan, on 15 April 2012 - 09:00 PM, said:

There is one thing I need to say. Just because someone doesn't reply to what you say to them doesn't mean they're bots, they can also have their chat off.

This is weird, I fight monsters a lot in RuneScape, and have never experienced a problem with bots. But let me ask, how do you know they're bots and not just some people with chat off?

Well a great way to tell they are bots what you wanna do is just watch them if you get bored they follow the same path most of the time. You can say stuff like your inventory is full (Like it says when you are full) like when you are wood-cutting and they will go bank. They also will move back and forth if you attack them in Wilderness. Playing for 7 years is helpful. I do one day of player killing and I see one every 2 minutes... Hope that answers your question somewhat.

While your other points are valid, going the same path isn't a surefire way to see if a player is a bot. There are multiple skills that require repetition in movement

True. I guess Farming, and that's all I think of (I know there's more)

[RaelinRainheart]

You're all correct in a way. Bots ruin the game, bring prices down the tubes, and cause overall anger altogether.  

It doesn't matter where you are, there seems to be at least one bot in the area. Like yesterday, I had a slayer task of dust devils which i doing down in the Chaos Tunnels. I rarely see one bot there, but doing this, i saw not one, not two, but THREE DAMN BOTS at the black demon area at one time.

Its worse at Taverly Dungeon. Blue dragons and black demons have more bots in the areas than eggs in a carton. I did a task of black demons with multicannon + blood/ice spells. I started off with 2000 cannonballs and 300 blood/ice blitzes. By the time i was exhausted of resources, my task STILL WAS NOT DONE!

I would personally like to strip all bots back to basics. What do you all say about that? I'd like to see them recover from it!

[SHADOW STALKER]

Well, you really can't completely get rid of them. But I do agree with your statement. I mostly do not like the one's at dragons.

[Naraku893]

They are waiting to get rid of the bots so they can make some more money.

[SHADOW STALKER]

Bots make prices drop, well I think runescape thinks that will stop them, but that just makes more.

[240sx Guy]

pretty annoying when I start fishing monks and the price for them drops like 200gp ish

[Hedgehog]

240sx Guy, on 19 April 2012 - 11:25 PM, said:

pretty annoying when I start fishing monks and the price for them drops like 200gp ish

I think the problem is that you're fishing monks.

[zezumier]

It's convenient for me atm as I'm trying prayer but it is annoying as I normally make my cash of dragons or fishing. The one upside for me is greatly outnumbered by the many downsides. They're just not fair on legit players and I can't wait for another bot nuke. Invest in fish and dbones and fish  now!

[SHADOW STALKER]

I've lost 11m off my Bandos Chestplate because of them.

[BlazeTheMovieFan]

Alright, I'm convinced that I'm about the only one who is not having problems with bots. And I'm a guy who fights monsters A LOT, and I really mean a lot.

When I fight monsters, I can always fight them no problem.

But I still think it's not easy to tell whether someone is a bot or a legitimate player. Because like someone else pointed out, there are plenty of skills that require you to do the same things over and over again, and just because someone is doing that for hours doesn't mean they're bots, more likely it means that person has a lot of free time on their hands.

[RaelinRainheart]

True Blaze. Very true. But sometimes, its so obvious, its hard to tell when they're not a bot!

Typical bot setup at dragons of any kind:
Abyssal whip
Granite body
Dragon platelegs
Anti-dragon shield
Inventory consists of lobsters and usually a teletab.

And honestly, how many times have you seen a bot NOT follow this guideline. You see it so many times, your mind automatically goes: "****, bot"

Typical setup for a bot doing runecrafting runs:
Staff of any kind
Hunter pet

Need i go on?