FallonDawn

First off, I have a thread going in the RS forum under Constructive Criticism. An open letter to Jagex concerning botting, and a discussion for a petition for steps against botters; The QFC is 74-75-504-62456199. I would greatly appreciate if there could be outside support from some of you. Even if there is a 6 hour limit for playing, the bots simply log back in and continue on. I found this out only this morning into Taverely to find the same "players" there as the night before when I gave up trying to kill Chaos Mages. I understand that fighting against botters is a battle that is uphill, but I seriously think that if certain steps were taken, it would be possible to make it difficult to PROFIT from Botting. That is the distinction. If botting was unprofitable, then the only incentive is gaining levels in skills. If you junction that change with an increased level of punishment, then a player who is considering botting will do so at grave risk.

I've seen a few so called "players" outside RS who have posted links to RS Forum pages claiming that it was an important announcement. The green security bar that you see in the URL when you log into your account will be missing (the hackers conveniently recreate the complete page, plus the warning.) I've seen a few people who entered their account info, and got hacked as a consequence. I'm seriously starting to wonder if bringing back Free Trade was such a great idea. The number of botters have increased dramatically; before the change I might see one or two in a game session, but now its rare to see anything less than 6 to 8. Scam attempts have skyrocketed. Hacking attempts are also getting out of hand. I know a lot of people wanted Free Trade back, but surely Jagex could have planned this better. There seems to be absolutely no checks in place to stop the onslaught.