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There's a rumor going around that Triple Zeal won't be happening because the bots got around it. Can anyone confirm if this is true?

 

Will believe it when I see it.

 

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There's a rumor going around that Triple Zeal won't be happening because the bots got around it. Can anyone confirm if this is true?

 

Sorry, I've no proof to provide you but only my common sense.

 

Jagex aren't going to punish legitimate players (By not providing what was promised) because bots have found a way to cheat it. (If they have)

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As far as banning goes, I've gone up ~1000ish ranks in attack, strength, defense, construction, and a couple other skills in less than 12 hours of not logging in. It seems now that the update is out, they are slowly banning people.

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Apparently according to twitter RiD bots are still working. Now I've not heard of them before today (are they the 2% jagex cant detect?) but from what I gather it reads the screen and uses AI to control the mouse :S

Most people call them colour bots. The update wont affect them, because they interact with the legitimate game client. I expect to see a huge surge in the number of people using these (they are inferior to the other bots, but way harder for the server and probably Jagex staff to detect).

 

These bots are much easier to [bleep] with too so I don't mind :D

 

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That water looks amazing!

 

But yes, I've been enjoying the fruits of the triple xp :) Can't wait for the extra penguin points.

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Is it likely for people to stop hoarding resources and flood the market causing a temporary crash?

 

Also, what are dragon bones going at for the moment? And is it worth me paying a higher price due to bots not working or will bots likely come back and I should wait for prices to settle back to what they were?

 

I'm an extremely casual player, so waiting doesn't bother me too much if I have to.

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Also, what are dragon bones going at for the moment? And is it worth me paying a higher price due to bots not working or will bots likely come back and I should wait for prices to settle back to what they were?

Simply put, we cannot know at this time.

 

I agree you should wait until the price settles because people are buying out high value items bots had previously accumulated to use, and since they are banning bots, its possible that alot of the items may have been removed from the game but the actual number isnt know for a few days/weeks.

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Found this on a bot website, looks like Jagex actually did something quite substantial. I doubt this will keep them away forever, but it'll take a LOT of resources to get around (if I understand what they're saying);

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they've butchered the client for real all instance variables are gone t's all in a massive object array

 

Frell Bzigalsmichtz says

so youre basically telling me that jagex knew what they were doing this time? and bot owners dont know what theyre in for yet? jacmob etc

 

Yohanu says

yep

 

Frell Bzigalsmichtz says

are trying to keep their community calm

 

Yohanu says

i expected them to go this far

 

Frell Bzigalsmichtz says

by saying "oh ill have it in a few hours"

 

Yohanu says

eventually

 

Frell Bzigalsmichtz says

so

 

Yohanu says

basically

 

Frell Bzigalsmichtz says

how to get around?

 

Yohanu says

every object in game is an index in the array rite like every part of game engine the array is just an Object[][] meaning you can't tell what type is in what index and my guess is that everytime you connect all indices are scrambled resulting in something even harder than making a packet bot

 

Frell Bzigalsmichtz says

thats what WoW did it pretty much destroyed private servers

 

Yohanu says

ll so yeah this is luls pretty sure they do reflection checks now too as a backup in addition to more gradual updates looks bright finally i can actually talk to people in game instead of talking to walls (bots)

 

Frell Bzigalsmichtz says

I quoted this convo

 

Yohanu says

mk

 

Frell Bzigalsmichtz says

for the [bleep] mscp 12 year olds who think theyre badass because they can load up a bot and hit start

 

Yohanu says

ol

 

 

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Seems like there will be another big update tomorrow and this was only a start (I didn't think they would just have 1 update and keep it that way). It seems this could actually work. But we'll see.

 

 

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Seems like there will be another big update tomorrow and this was only a start (I didn't think they would just have 1 update and keep it that way). It seems this could actually work. But we'll see.

 

 

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QFC: 15-16-447-63307160

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...We are looking at tackling some of the root causes of botting like grind...

 

I will quit rs if they mess with the current system. Please no more gamebreaking bonus xp (like from effigys), AND PLEASE no buying xp/gp with money.

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Well, they've already made it much farther than they usually do.

 

Yep, gotta hand it to Jagex atleast for the moment. Usually whatever they do flops. Who knows, they might win the war on bots after all.... "dat confidence" as MMG said, haha..

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QFC: 15-16-447-63307160

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...We are looking at tackling some of the root causes of botting like grind...

 

I will quit rs if they mess with the current system. Please no more gamebreaking bonus xp (like from effigys), AND PLEASE no buying xp/gp with money.

 

I think that's honestly the only thing they can do. The fact is, many people bot because the game is grindier than all hell. That says a lot about the current system.

 

I've played an MMO where they completely removed the grinding system that you see in traditional games and replaced it with one where you could gain XP while offline. :smile: It pretty much solved the problem with bots. Many people quit over it, but things settled and people adapted. Same happens in every game.

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Wow, I can't believe that so far it's actually working. 93k ppl online..and strangely, that feels so much better than 193k "ppl" online.

 

No mass ban or anything....but I give jagex credit for finally securing the game client, this is a great investment to the game.

 

Let's see what happens next....

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The first thing I did was look at the number of people online, and I'm pleasently surpised that 93K people are still online during peak-time in the US. Although this is far lower than the 100K+ figures that existed prior to this update, it's relieving to know so many people remain "legit".

 

Granted, that 93K people might include people who previously botted, read the news post last week, and stopped before being caught red-handed. The medium-term playing figures in the future will be very interesting, to see if those players simply drop-off because they can't cheat their way into becoming uber-strong anymore.

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Yes, it's great that they're doing this for the game, but my main problem is that the bots were the only things keeping resources low for training skills. Now prices will probably rise, and I remember when dragon bones were 8-9k a piece, which is bullshit. I think massive inflation makes the game a lot grindier, and with money being grindy and with it being important for skills and with skills being so important in this game, it inherently encourages illegitimate gameplay. I don't think any healthy person would want to spend 10 hours a day on a game in order to accumulate wealth just to get good skills and then use the skills to get even more wealth.

 

I think a lot of the botters (not goldfarmers) actually were people who wanted to play the game, but they didn't want to have to donate hours of their life to a video game and put up with the grind. So in that regard, I hold a lot of sympathy for them, and I have less sympathy for those who get upset when training skills becomes more bearable for the vast majority of the players.

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Wow, I can't believe that so far it's actually working. 93k ppl online..and strangely, that feels so much better than 193k "ppl" online.

 

No mass ban or anything....but I give jagex credit for finally securing the game client, this is a great investment to the game.

 

Let's see what happens next....

 

I don't think it's that many during the day. I believe it's usually about 130 - 140K'ish people online during the day.

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