Greets to all Ownedcore members! I discovered that forum only after 2 months after D3 release and teached a lot from here. I realized that I always wanted to build my own army of bots and be the big boss\general I had all my 4 accounts with IB banned yesterday and I hope that my story will help you to learn more and bot better.
I had 1 60 lvl char on one of the main accounts and used it to run IB and was getting 300k gph in NM core using cheap gear. I decided to lvl other accounts and finished leveling and gearing yesterday and alsmost istantly I was struck by blizz banhammer.
I can tell my way of leveling. I used 1 60 lvl account, but it can be good equipped 30-40 lvl char. I create a ZK quest game, kill him and before getting the reward I invite 3 leechers. I had my custom script to get autojoin (I used MacroRecorder to create it, it used random sleep timers + slightly 1-2-3 pixel randomized clicks). It takes approx. 2 hrs to get 1-30 for 3 new chars with 1 host char. 1 run took approx. 1 minuite to get 3 (or even 4) cahrs get 10k exp reward. After that I got decent 30 lvl gear and just walked with my 60 lvl barb in NM core to get to lvl 44 - it takes another 1 or 1.5 hrs. After that you are 44, you just have to get decent gear (with reduce level 16-1 and your can start NM core bot runs to get lvl 54, it takes several hrs. The last thing is to unlock hell, get 54 lvl allres gear and make your char 54-60 in couple hrs using hell core bot runs.
Short summary of my leveling method:
- do some 30 lvl chars manually using 1 seeder acc and 3 leechers with outojoin - approx 2-3 hrs to get 3 fresh 30 lvl chars (NOTE: you can program ZK autokill script, but this is tough, it must have a lot of checks, but ZK can be easlily killed using barb\wd summons)
- manually follow your core bot to get lvl 44 to get the lvl reduced gear - approx. 1.5 hrs per char
- get good gear, start NM core bot on your 44 lvl char and it will be 53-54 soon - AUTOMATED PART
- get best allres gear and go hell core bot to get lvl 60 - it will reach it very soon! - AUTOMATED PART
I was doing it and was banned, I think they detected me using IB exploit\ same IP lots accounts relogs\same IP many games staeted. Prob. my IP was flagged for my solo bot activity (a lot of games created during several nights\days - 1 min core runs )
Before the ban I noticed a very WIERD thing when I leveled 2 other 25 lvl chars (they used autojoin to lvl and were not banned) - I had an IB running on my account and it was turned off and I made manual ZK runs. ****During one of the runs I got the invite from the player I never met and it also wansn't on my recent players list (as far as I know it is impossible to invite anyone you never contacted ingame). I rejected the invite and after that when I came to Zoltun I din't have the script scene (that stops the char and you usually skip it) and I ran near Zoltun Kulle for approx 4-5-6 seconds. That never happened to me before. Maybe it was a lag because someone checked my client or checked smth else, but it was really strange*** I'd like to hear your comments, maybe same experience happened to you before.
I've got several ideas how to improve botting:
1. NEVER EVER use IB exploit to get several accounts working, it is very suspicious and I think that trick makes your accs flagged.
2. Do not use IB maphack and wall walk option and other stuff prob. like chicken, IMO it can be detected easily.
3. Use different IP - it is a technical\software problem, you have to solve it.
4. FInd a way to make VMware not detectable, blizz can easily detect it's video driver - check your debug file - it is a technical\software problem, you have to solve it.
5. Try to get minimum contacts between bots - I think blizz can use the same idea to detect bots that social network uses to find possible friends (detects cross-friends links)
If I were bliz I'll also flag ppl who use 800x600 res with low graphic settings and fps reduction =)
Also I've got an offer for all banned ppl, pls specify all info about your ban to help other bot better. PLEASE specify info about the ban like me:
-SERVER
EU
-Number of accounts banned, activity and working time
4 accounts: NM core runners using IB exploit (beware!), 1 farmed 33 mil - 300gph, 3 farmed 0 gold - fresh accs
- Same IP? WMware?
Yes/ 2 notes with clients + 1 VMware each
I'll be glat to hear your comments and discuss my ideas!