GiranClassicGamer

Hi everyone, It's my first and probably last post here, I don't tend to participate in forums but thought it was worth sharing my comments in case someone cares, which honestly at this point I doubt. ANYTIME I login to the server if I go to: - Forgotten Temple: Full of bots party - Cruma 3: At least one Party bot (usually more) - Cruma 2: At least Party bot - Cruma Marshlands: It's full of bots (they all have the cat/pony) - Breka's Stronghold for a 2nd change quest: Full of bots (they all have the cat/pony). This is particularly annoying as there are so many that makes hard to kill the mobs requested by the quest, as there are so many bots that they are "fighting" to kill mobs as they spawn. - Gorgon Flower Garden for a 2nd change quest: Full of bots (they all have the cat/pony). Same as previous - Death Pass: Almost always see bots (they all have the cat/pony). around as well as dodgy "naked" characters attempting to go into Death Valley and dieing and coming back over and over (pretty sure that's automated behaviour as well). - Ivory Crater: Almost always bots as well. - Enchant Valley: Always party bots around as well, some real players as well. - Execution Ground: Always bots in the surroundings, some real players as well. I've reported many times and asked for online GM's but never found one online. It is so obvious and has been like that for so long that is beyond ridiculous and embarrassing that no action is taken. I appreciate that they pump up the numbers and make server look a bit more populated, but perhaps if they weren't there we would get more real players. I appreciate that it might be challenging (at least has been proven useless so far) to detect bot software in an automated manner, but it wouldn't take more than 15 minutes to go around above spots (I'm sure there are many more) and insta ban a few hundred players, in one week server would be WAY cleaner. And more importantly, people would actually see actions being taken and would encourage them to continue playing, and getting more engaged with the game and the community. I'm sure many people think like me that bots have been "accepted" as part of the game and no action or plans are made to tackle them other than ocasional "security updates" that don't seem to have any impact at all in the number of bots on the server. If we are wrong it would be nice to have some transparency in regard to what is being done against them, maybe sharing the number of accounts banned during the previous week on each maintenance or something like that, I don't know. Last but not least, if the "report bot" button is completely useless (it has proven to be until I see otherwise), then just get rid of it, but don't make us waste our time reporting if you are not willing to dedicate not even 15 mins to clean up this shameful mess. Thank you.