Testing Blizzard's Bot Detection - Progress Thread.

[Sauske]

I've been talking to a GM while botting, needless to say he was nice and didnt even notice...

Woah that's really interesting. I'd have thought they'd monitored it all, even when speaking to you.

[kosacid]

I was in a Raid doing full rotation why arguing with a GM lol, i did see the funny side of it though,but i did get the typical reply,sorry cant help you,is there anything else i can help you with

[TheDash]

As far as I know GMs don't log into the game to check on you unless the issue you've opened a ticket for requires them to do so, most common issues that they get can be solved through their toolset these days. Obviously, talking to a GM while botting is a bit of a silly risk to take but it's nowhere near as risky as it used to be.

[Sauske]

Still going strong!

[dawsintron]

Update us please!

[ElBancoCentral]

How do you make the character to mine? You load an specific profile or what?

[FloofyBunnies]

Back when I botted heavily(1-2years ago), I played all during the day grinding mobs doing quests etc. If i ever had to step out of the house or go to sleep I switched it to bot. My account was usually active 20+ hours a day and I never received a ban or warning for botting. As long as you arnt stupid about farming highly dense areas or running into trees for 25 min, or harassing players you wont get reported.

I did receive a 72hr ban for speed hacking on the account but that was the only thing and another story

[Nylina]

If you run a bot on an alt account while playing your main account...

Will it detect it on both.. or just the one you are botting on

[Phelios]

I think just the one you are botting on, because i play on my main account and two alt account botting will be banned instant!
And i never have advert to blizzard on my main account...
Sauske you use public profile ? gatherbuddy? any plugins ?

[esp3rae]

If you run a bot on an alt account while playing your main account...

Will it detect it on both.. or just the one you are botting on

I think just the one you are botting on, because i play on my main account and two alt account botting will be banned instant!
And i never have advert to blizzard on my main account...
Sauske you use public profile ? gatherbuddy? any plugins ?

It depends on if its manual or automatic investigations. The GM who start manual investigations can ban all the accounts (depends on your degree of botting) which was loggued on your IP ! If it is an automatic ban, there are only the account flaggued.