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Posted - 2011.04.06 13:42:00 -
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 Originally by: GregorClegane
[b]@CCP Sreegs: Just two matters.
I know corpmates that use bots and haven't even get the 1st warning yet.
This is a problem, players like you I HOPE should, if you are concerned for the direction eve is taking, nominate those said players in your corp in a petition. Otherwise you are in league and approve of such behavior.
Greed is the great motivator in eve to bot atm, coupled with laziness.
The huge isk/resource requirements to sustain the large fleet actions and deployment/losses of pos/sov infrastructure kind of promote the need to bot to supplement incomes/losses.
Because select parts of the community have become greedy in their needs and forgone the work together attitude and mundane activities of eve that used to be the way alliances and such were sustained, through that frustration of making "real" people work together (yes they are more trouble than the drones in RMR) it's easier to leave the income resourcing to bot derived gains, whether or not the leaders of these organizations actually endorse bots in their territories or turn a blind eye to the usage, relishing the afk incomes they provide for their war machines, the end result is hollow victory and unsatisfied players in the long run.
If we don't turn it around soon, eve is dead, it becomes so overrun with botting, that real players might as well not bother joining, as they can never match income, or they get so frustrated that there is no social involvement anymore and comradery that once existed.
I sort of sense by the generalized opinions I read, that eve is at this crossroad now. I personally don't "play" anymore, the bots are so prolific, why bother? I am merely letting the subs I have prepaid run out at this stage, hoping a long term solution comes to fruitfulness before that day.
It's going to take not only the CCP team to police the bots, they need us players to keep our eye on our regular systems and CARFULLY log behavior of suspected bots, be careful, watch, watch some more, keep track of actions of said suspects, write it down, submit a reasonable history/time line of observation eg weeks to months, so CCP have some indication that you have been keeping watch and not just reporting a player because he mined and wouldn't chat or respond on the first pass through a belt.
I would go with some flagging system where the player base could enact revenge once a botter was confirmed, rather than a one day ban, give the player a month long red flag, in this time period, also prevent character transfers on said account and characters, giving players a chance to revenge ourselves on the players that ruin the game in the long run, once their month flag is over (by example) then the players are free to rejoin eve socially or dispose of said character if they feel so, if they are caught again, perma ban all linked accounts
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