Take a stand against botters

hellsharpt · Post by **hellsharpt** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 3:39 pm

As long as you are higher level than botters you can take a stand. This weekend let's set NPC thieves on any botters we find. Go to a place of your choosing (you can do it with a 1 star or multi) bring a camel, 1 star, terminate it and summon a horse for a 2 star. bring lots of horse pills too. Warn people grinding that you are doing this so they don't get caught up in the frenzy.

Have a friend set up a harmony therapy circle and get inside. Let the theives do the rest.

don't have harmony therapy? run past the botter and terminate your transport as the thief approaches the botter.

Get your guild or union to do it, its a fun team building activity. While it won't make a huge dent it should make you feel better.

Post by **Ryoko** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 3:46 pm

Doesnt work in cave.

hellsharpt · Post by **hellsharpt** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 3:48 pm

ok there are a few exceptions, but even at yetis you can muster an overwhelming force.

zphantom · Post by **zphantom** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 3:49 pm

Unfortunately it doesn't work in caves :[

If anyone knows any other tricks that would be good.

If only SRO had a bar showing the opponent's HP bar...then I'd help the monsters kill them by lowering their HP or at least drain their pots.

If you know the other players in your cave room, you can murder the bot and work the murder status off. I'm told killing white is 1 point and orange is 10? Does anyone know? If it is indeed 10, that's only 120 kills which is like 10-15 minutes

Post by **Ryoko** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 3:50 pm

You can kill a bot all day long, or get him murder status, or delevel him 10 levels.

It makes no difference; they still win in the long run, with the program running constantly.

Living examples still on xian; of bots beaten down and deleveled, only to see them 64+ later in the week

A few NPC death is irrelevant when you train a level a day.

hellsharpt · Post by **hellsharpt** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 3:55 pm

hellsharpt wrote: its a fun team building activity. While it won't make a huge dent it should make you feel better.

just trying to have some fun in game and do somthing a little different.

PsYch008 · Post by **PsYch008** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 4:00 pm

i think its a fun idea man, too bad i am in rome now and just hit lvl 20 hehe. guess i can get the noob botters ! ... pwned.

Drew_Benton · Post by **Drew_Benton** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 4:04 pm

http://www.silkroadforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=17565&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

http://www.silkroadforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=18247&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=

Just don't go ruining the game for other players trying to grind in the area. They have feelings, bots dont.

Deutr0 · Post by **Deutr0** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 4:04 pm

I do this all the time in DW, make money off the items they drop whent hey are murdered by npcs..
i'm not saying it always happens but it does

zphantom · Post by **zphantom** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 4:22 pm

Ryoko wrote:You can kill a bot all day long, or get him murder status, or delevel him 10 levels.

It works, just it gets patched so fast. If SRO made it so we could see their HP, no bot will ever be safe again. Or at least their attempts will be thwarted, HP potting like mad and going back to town all the time. I don't see a way a botter can get around this unless they're babysitting their characters which decreases the point of botting. Anyway, I could help kill the bots and minmize my murder risk by a lot.

It makes no difference; they still win in the long run, with the program running constantly.

Getting them murder status was the biggest blow the botters ever received...loss of exp, loss of items (aside from a ban which isn't widespread). It was also a great player incentive. Botters won't attack players anymore so the only thing players can to do now is kill them..

Either help the mobs kill botters or murder them but what's the fastest/safest way to get rid of murder?

Drew_Benton · Post by **Drew_Benton** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 4:32 pm

zphantom wrote:It works, just it gets patched so fast.

That's because people gloat and brag about how to do it, allowing the bot makers to patch it. How about make a non-botters only club and only share the information there. Of course, you'd always have to worry about leaks.

If SRO made it so we could see their HP, no bot will ever be safe again.

Neither would any other player. That'd really change the game... Even being able to see a persons buffs gives an unfair advantage, IMO.

Post by **Ryoko** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 6:17 pm

Drew_Benton wrote:Neither would any other player. That'd really change the game... Even being able to see a persons buffs gives an unfair advantage, IMO.

What? I like seeing peoples buffs.

Particularly when your getting your asses kicked in cape, wondering "wtf?" then you check their buffs and see damage / defense scrolls IN CAPE DUEL.

Yeah yeah its your right / choice / money I know I know.

Vintar · Post by **Vintar** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 6:54 pm

I've done this for near an hour between west gate hotan and the big stone gate. LOTS of goldfarmers there, people just can't grind here.

I warned all players, and killed a lot of bots (well, one player fell to a light bow too, sorry ^^). Most of them were back a couple mins after however...

hellsharpt · Post by **hellsharpt** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 6:58 pm

We could assign points for each kill and have a contest to see how many bots you take out.

Best places with the highest concentration of them are: .... huyenchuns, bunwangs, shades, penons, yeti

jabbers · Post by **jabbers** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 8:18 pm

i use the bots/gold bots as part of my thiefing strategy. If i have like 3* or more loot than i will park it by a bot or follow it around till the NPC spawn, just a little distraction trick to manage the thief spawn better, when at least 1-2 NPC will usually go for the bot first.

Drew_Benton · Post by **Drew_Benton** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 9:15 pm

Vintar wrote:I warned all players, and killed a lot of bots (well, one player fell to a light bow too, sorry ^^). Most of them were back a couple mins after however...

Guess you could bring a resser along

-NiteFlite- · Post by **-NiteFlite-** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 9:57 pm

Nice idea man. Its very kool..personally i like leeching theyre exp better but still...thums up :roll:

hitokiri · Post by **hitokiri** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 10:28 pm

let me know when you do this if im on.

Crumpets · Post by **Crumpets** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 10:59 pm

Olympus bots are actually quite funny. Most of them wear job suits in the cave. LOL.

Not being racist here but I think the turks have their own bot or soemthing cause they are always the only ones to attack back when I go pink. Can still make them murder that way

( Thank you _BadyBoy_ for your 64+5 br 18 sheild ^^ )

But its sad to see them return 5 minutes later as if nothing happend.. Gets frustrating, not that I mind a bot in the same room as me. But just dude dont ks >.>

ShizKnight · Post by **ShizKnight** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 2:26 am

Ryoko wrote:
Drew_Benton wrote:Neither would any other player. That'd really change the game... Even being able to see a persons buffs gives an unfair advantage, IMO.

What? I like seeing peoples buffs.

Particularly when your getting your asses kicked in cape, wondering "wtf?" then you check their buffs and see damage / defense scrolls IN CAPE DUEL.

Yeah yeah its your right / choice / money I know I know.

It might be their choice/money but its a damn stupid choice and a damn stupid waste of money.

IguanaRampage · Post by **IguanaRampage** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 3:44 am

hellsharpt wrote:We could assign points for each kill and have a contest to see how many bots you take out.

Best places with the highest concentration of them are: .... huyenchuns, bunwangs, shades, penons, yeti

yeah lol hyeongcheons get a LOT. My first day grinding there i met multiple botters... haha a lot of them were bladers i had fun ksing them with my nukes

vulperin · Post by **vulperin** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 3:48 am

hellsharpt wrote:We could assign points for each kill and have a contest to see how many bots you take out.

Best places with the highest concentration of them are: .... huyenchuns, bunwangs, shades, penons, yeti

DAM...I can't even kill the one on hyeocgegons. Usually botters should be about 8 levels higher than the monster they are training. So i guess the gold botters training there is about lvl 38+++? And i am only lvl 35 T_T

And you're missing out 1 mob that's in demon horses yeah? Gold botters flourish there too

hellsharpt · Post by **hellsharpt** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 4:19 am

2 down while I was theiving

zphantom · Post by **zphantom** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 4:32 am

Drew_Benton wrote:
zphantom wrote:It works, just it gets patched so fast.

That's because people gloat and brag about how to do it, allowing the bot makers to patch it. How about make a non-botters only club and only share the information there. Of course, you'd always have to worry about leaks.

Sooner or later they will find out. Games need a way that will never fail... GM's don't even have to do the work!

If SRO made it so we could see their HP, no bot will ever be safe again.

Neither would any other player. That'd really change the game... Even being able to see a persons buffs gives an unfair advantage, IMO.

It really only hurts AFK people (ie bots) because once they turn purple you get to hunt them down. Bots just let you hit them now. How is seeing a buff an unfair advantage? What would you need to hide?

Bot hunting needs to have better incentives. The greatest bot hunting frenzy was when they got murder status. I think a very easy way to solve this problem is to increase the EXP / SXP gained 100 fold. 100*5k = 500k exp...not too much (1% at 65 lol) but more worthwhile. If you die 6 times you lose way more (6x300=1.8m). But if your smart and able to survive, 500k for you! Comments please? How easily can it be implemented? Any concerns?

Currently you gain like 1 mob kill the same level as the player (5-6k max) which is pitiful...

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