No more AFK botting once 2.2 is launched

[Vladinator]

Saw some questions regarding the new patch and afk botting in BG's, personally I hate people who do that and finally there is a "fix" for it:

A new feature for reporting players as being AFK in battlegrounds by right clicking has been added. When enough reports are registered, a 30 second debuff will begin to count down. Once the timer is up a new debuff will appear that will prevent the player from gaining any honor while it is on. This debuff can be negated as soon as the player engages in combat.

Still the bad thing is that the player will stand there and take a slot, so from a 40 man AV only 25-30 are fighting, while rest will be afk.. but at least nothing will be benefited for the botters, maybe we can finally have a AV with all 40 people actually playing! - Oh, you can read more about changes on the PTR changelog: http://wow-europe.com/en/info/underdev/testrealm.html

[trampy10]

lol.. Glider can still do that AFK Bg thing.. if u set it up then it follows its own profile. Example.. it runs from the Alliance base > Horde Base > Horde Gy > Alliance base an then loops. It also trys to fight back if attacked.



Or if you want to stay away from others.. have it run from Alliance Base > Alliance roof > Alliance tunnel > Alliance base If ur running around and killing people it will look a lot less bot like unless you get stuck :P

[Cakewalk]

Nevermind, stupid post -_-

[Vladinator]

trampy10: Would reduce it down to Glider payers, and not AutoIT scripts.. better than nothing. :P

ninjanisse: For you maybe, but for me and probably others it's good. Even for Glider and other bot creators that require payment for their bot to be used, more money for them, lesser AFKing people for us. - Maybe the guys making Glider make some BG profile, so they at least heal if they are a healing class, would at least help to win the battle.

[Relz]

So now they'll have to make it spam 1234567890 instead of just wasd? I'm surprised blizz failed to nurf something tbh.

[The Mars Volta]

Run out of your cave and attack a Frostwolf Howler / Alterac ram. And for alliance, the MINE IS RIGHT NEXT to your cave

[Vladinator]

Well, I think they speak about PvP combat for the debuff to disappear. Well it's PTR, no chance for me at least to check up how it actually works but I guess that you will need to do some PvP for it to be removed, not only kill a mob. :P - Still makes it harder to afk bot with AutoIT and that's something.

Guess many are sick of half of the players to be botters afking, at least I am. :P

[GanjalfTheGreen]

For warriors, just use bloodrage which makes you enter combat

[TehGoggles]

For warriors, just use bloodrage which makes you enter combat

Not anymore in 2.2 "Bloodrage should no longer initiate combat, though it will prevent rage decay for the duration. " PTR 2.2 Notes

As for the anti-afk, thank god for glider = )

[Relz]

If you have it spam numbers and keep it in the starting zone or move it to a common place for battling), then you should enter PVP quite a bit.

[suicidity]

I already got 3 keys for my G15 Set up. I took the time to set it up (you may not), it runs a path after gates open from the dead start, runs out, mounts up, runs to ally base, grabs the quest for the Rams, then I press another key which runs to the general area of the rams, then I press the third once I targeted a ram, It makes it friendly, then It mounts and runs back.

I sit by for now as its a g15 keyset and not a bot which I can refine. It works though so .

[Houie]

Cant you just port to your own base and sit by the boss? No one is ever there so no one should report you....

[marcusji]

meh, easily bypassed imo. wen does 2.2 come out?

[tttommeke]

trampy10: Would reduce it down to Glider payers, and not AutoIT scripts.. better than nothing. :P

ninjanisse: For you maybe, but for me and probably others it's good. Even for Glider and other bot creators that require payment for their bot to be used, more money for them, lesser AFKing people for us. - Maybe the guys making Glider make some BG profile, so they at least heal if they are a healing class, would at least help to win the battle.

My autoit project Frostmourne AFK bot will have in version v2 a visual walking and attack (he is now in testform) to bad i got only horde +50 so i can't make a path for the alliance :P

[Scoops]

'the only difference is now people will have to find creative places to afk, like up in the mountain at the alliance base where no one can reach you but it looks like your playing...