Cadde
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Posted - 2008.01.09 11:32:00 -
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Daym, this seems to be a big problem!
I've read some of the post and not all, but here goes...
CCP should implement a system that detects suspicious isk gains from mining.
There is only so much isk a player can earn the REAL way.
When the alarm bell sounds a GM will dispatch to the location as a GHOST and observe the miner, see if there is anything suspicious about that miner.
For instance, it is doing things PERFECTLY etc etc.
Then he will dispatch a bunch of NPC pirates and see what the reaction to the threat is.
Other "human response" actions is monitored to gather evidence.
Nothing is really done at this point but the account at hand is put on a "bot" monitor list, a system will gather statistics about this player for... say three days and if all that account does is mine, mine, mine and systematically for more than 12 hours a day. The account will be flagged as a bot miner.
At this stage another test is issued where the miner is flooded with pirates, the GM will monitor response from the "player".
If he tries to fend off the bots and then flees to another roid stream, then move on to point 2.
If not and he just gets "bot" like owned, then put down the BAN hammer.
POINT 2:
Put the miner on a another 3 day monitoring and see if he persists with mining and in a similar "perfect" pattern, then spawn two "PvP players" (actually GM's) with BC's and engage him in some sweet combat action.
A normal human response would most likely be one of the following.
1. Ask the BC's to friggin STOP.
2. Flee the scene to nearest station and dock, sell all minerals and **** his pants etc etc. (If i was faced with that i would flee the REGION by the way)
3. Any other normal reaction you can think of...
A non normal response would be:
1. He insta-flees the scene and takes up mining in a neighboring asteroid belt or the next system.
2. He does a return to station and sells and then return to his "pattern" mining.
3. He returns to station, logs off only to log on 1 - 2 hours later and keep mining in the same "dangerous" place.
If in doubt, repeat tests.
And once prooven to actually be a normal human being then mark the player as a "efficient miner".
END OF STORY.
The only way man can win against machine is to compare the pattern of human beings with the pattern of a script.
And if the botters find a way to detect you, good for them but all you need to do is change the way you approach the problem.
In the end, it's not really normal for any human being to make 50 mil+ isk on a daily basis 7 days a week just by mining. (bots can do that though)
Also, it's not really normal for humans to be PERFECT players, humans make mistakes! Bots doesn't...
My 2 cents.
By the way, i am a new player and im starting to get addicted. But after hearing about this "cheat" and whatnot i am starting to second guess if i will insert the next payment and instead just stick to playing games with friends whom i know isn't cheating.
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