Has Jagex Really Done All They Could?

[ThePie]

I need proof. :D Pic will be fine. :roll:

 

 

 

I tried to find and confirm that bots aren't gone, but didn't find any. :?

[Silver_Corner]

world of warcraft had the same problem, so they brought lawsuits and won

 

 

 

 

 

jagex fails again

 

 

 

Keep in mind that WoW only had lawsuits against HUGE RW companies. That not including all the small ones out there.

 

 

 

How do you lawsuit a small company of 50 people somewhere in the world, if you don't know where they are, and if their government wont even allow them to be punished. Not every country in the world as the same laws as the UK or US. Just because it might be illegal to run a RWT company in UK/US dosent mean its illegal to do in other country's, which lies the problem. How do you sue a company which isnt doing anything illegal in their country and is impossible to find? You cant...

 

 

 

And @ the OP:

 

Don't trust numbers on those sites on how well their business is doing.

 

I can say: I've sold 200 cars at my car dealership this week! Their selling so fast and better than everyone elses you should come and buy one today!

 

 

 

You have no proof that I didn't sell 200 cars this week, so you cant prove me wrong. But that dosen't mean I actually sold 200 cars. RWT companies are not obligated to tell the truth, and will lie to increase their profits.

 

 

 

Jagex has done all they can, and they are doing a awesome job taking care of the problem best they can. There will ALWAYS be rwt. But as long as 90% of its gone, there isn't a problem.

[runevirage]

I'm fairly certain that the bot population is comparatively much lower than the player population or even the past bot population. You might be surprised to see 3B gold made by bots in a month, but ever thought of how much player made gold is made every month? I wouldn't be surprised to hear 300B. Besides, I think it's an f2p only problem, since I've never once seen a bot in members before. Heck if they want to boost Jagex's ad revenue let them .

[ThePie]

I'm fairly certain that the bot population is comparatively much lower than the player population or even the past bot population. You might be surprised to see 3B gold made by bots in a month, but ever thought of how much player made gold is made every month? I wouldn't be surprised to hear 300B. Besides, I think it's an f2p only problem, since I've never once seen a bot in members before. Heck if they want to boost Jagex's ad revenue let them .

 

 

 

Most sites says that the only bots which still exist are the ones who kill Green Dragons. So don't blame f2p. :|

 

 

 

Quote from Wikia:

 

"Therefore, seeing a macroer is now rare, as unbalanced trading made gold farming fairly worthless. But it is still possible to see them doing any of the activities mentioned above (mostly killing Green Dragons)."

[Will H]

Within reason, yes they have. They've solved the problem, anyway, so now it's just a question of putting the pieces back together.

 

 

 

Lawsuits would have not been worth Jagex's time because:

 

1. Most of the time, they don't know who/where a company is exactly.

 

2. Proving beyond reasonable doubt who/where the company is would be almost impossible.

 

3. RWT companies are too small and were too numerous. Taking down one would have been urine in the ocean.

 

4. A lot of countries would not consider RWTing illegal, or wouldn't consider it significant enough for them to take action upon.

 

5. Lawsuits are expensive, especially international matters which might not be won anyway.

 

6. Even if they took a lot of companies down, the supply would be reduced, the real-world value of coins would rise and more companies would be formed to replace them.

 

7. It would be quicker, easier, more efficient and cheaper to make in-game measures against RWTing as a whole.

 

 

 

I have not seen a single identifiable bot for about 7 months. I think Jagex has done all they can to take down RWTers.

[Kenneh]

It's a common fact between alot of players that it is becoming apparent that high lvl accounts are being bought more. This is easily seen when you see people who have no clue on something, such as a lvl 130 i seen the other day ranging steel dragons, wearing full torag. It often begs the question, where did you buy your account?

[Sir_Kurity]

Amazing logic, if someone concentrates on one skilling skill, hes a botter?

[JustAGamer]

I wouldn't know. Jagex is not obligated to tell us everything. :lol:

 

 

 

Actually, I have no clue how an international lawsuit would work. Anyone have any clue how?

 

 

 

 

 

EDIT:

 

Because I am a player moderator Jagex read my reports very quickly

 

 

 

 

 

lol...macroing reports work the same between p-mods and non p-mods.

 

Just a Gamer, pmods have an ability called priority report,the name explains itself.

 

You need not lecture me on what a mod can/can't do.

 

 

 

You would be correct. However a macro report does not work the same as any other report.

 

 

 

In the case of p-mods and non p-mods, a macro report sends the name to the detection system. it is NOT reviewed by Jagex staff until such a time as the macro report returns positive. Only Jagex Mods have the ability to go directly against a bot account.

[Brave2]

It's a common fact between alot of players that it is becoming apparent that high lvl accounts are being bought more. This is easily seen when you see people who have no clue on something, such as a lvl 130 i seen the other day ranging steel dragons, wearing full torag. It often begs the question, where did you buy your account?

 

 

 

Therin lies a problem. How do you know that this lev 130 account is bought? Perhaps he just likes to fight steel dragons this way, or perhaps he has not yet worked out the best way to fight them. Heck, it could even be the first time he has ever killed them!!!! Just because someone is lev 130 does not mean that you have experiance of every monster in RS.

 

 

 

I have personal experiance of accusations that I have bought my account. On 3 occasions I have been killing Abherrent Spectres with my Dragon Longsword and have been accused of having bought my (lev 124 combat) account simply because I am not using a Dragon Scimitar, or Whip. When I tried to explain to them that I liked my Dragon Longsword and furthermore told them it was none of their business what weapon I choose to use they kept taunting me. One of them even threatened to report me, so I told him to go ahead if he wanted to get a black mark for false reporting as I have had the account (my only one) for around 5 years and have been paying the monthly subscription from the same bank account for most of that time. I got so p****d off with this that I went to the Cave Horrors and got a black mask so I could make a slayer helm and go fight Abyssal Spectres in the smoke dungeons (with my trusty Dragon Longsword!!) without having noobs accuse me of account buying.

[Zaaps1]

Interesting finds, although I personally don't see how they're RWT'ing.

[Dragonlordjl]

You people think that Jagex has botting under control, but they don't. The bots have just gotten smarter...

 

 

 

They no longer pick names like xiaoming12 and they no longer wear the default outfit. They have made efforts to "blend in" better.

[Rollyboy]

RWT would actually be more profitable today.

 

 

 

The reason I think bots are not 'seen' is because since the trade limitations were introduced, the average runescape player cannot run their bots for a few hours and trade their profit with their account.

 

 

 

If Jagex has stopped upgrading their so called bot-detection system, then they haven't done all they can.