So I was browsing the WoW forums today, and there are endless threads about the high numbers of bots in BGs, and how all the bots use pre-determined paths that make them easy to distinguish. Having used BGBuddy (and seen others using it), I have to tend to agree; I also think that this is really bad for the HonorBuddy community, because when/if Blizzard decides to ***** down on BG Botting, we are all sitting ducks. Some of the things I notice: 1) Silvershard Mines, jumping down from the start area, your character will turn back and forth several times (always) before moving out to the middle -- dead giveaway. 2) AV, everyone takes the same EXACT path. Would there be a way to improve the logic & pathing to make this bot less detectable? Is there another option? (BGBot hasn't been updated in forever) The combat routines are all fine (granted some classes need a custom one), and once in combat HB plays very intelligently, but the problem more lies in "getting to that point". It would be nice if pathing & logic could be randomized more to make it more difficult to distinguish bots from real people.
Yeah I agree fully. It is incredibly easy to tell who else is botting in BG's. We need a Randombuddy but for BG's. Something of that nature would be amazing
It's been said in other topics about this same issue that BGBuddy is being re-written. There's no ETA as to when it will be coming out, but the developers say it will be great once it's out, and it will replace the old BGBuddy. So, just to let you know, a replacement is in the works. Millz also has a BG farming botbase, but you'd have to PM him to get details about it since I don't know them. It's still in development, though.
I do think BGBuddy needs a serious revamp. I've geared many freshly dinged toons via battlegrounds, and now when I play manually I can easily spot bots. It needs more random stuff, like jumping around in start zone and such.
Once this has been released, it will be game changing! Massive respect to the devs who put their time into developing community wide features. thumbs up!
