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Jhani Bralhast 24	Posted - 2017.06.26 03:28:45 - [1] - Quote Is this an actual working feature in this game, or is it just something to pad up the drop-down menu in the character information window? This is a mostly serious question.
ISD Stall ISD STAR 75	Posted - 2017.06.26 04:37:17 - [2] - Quote I believe that feature is working yes! ISD Stall Member, STAR & CCL Interstellar Services Department. //////////////////////////////////////////////////// SEE YOU ON THE NEW FORUMS
Black Pedro Yammerschooner 3545	Posted - 2017.06.26 06:12:03 - [3] - Quote Jhani Bralhast wrote: Is this an actual working feature in this game, or is it just something to pad up the drop-down menu in the character information window? This is a mostly serious question. Depends what you mean. If you mean does the information get recorded at CCP somewhere? Probably. If you mean will you see any timely action on your bot reports, then no, it doesn't work. I have made multiple bot reports on confirmed bots, you know the kind that single-mindedly mine away for 16+h a day ignoring your actions completely, and undocking without repairing any damage you did, and never saw any effect. The bots were there for weeks and months after reporting them . Of course, I can't rule out they were eventually sanctioned or received slaps on the wrist in the form of short bans and then went back at it and I didn't notice, but on a practical level I saw no effect of my reports. Now I have heard rumours that the button is broken, has been for years, and does nothing at all, but I don't believe that. Probably the data is dumped into a spreadsheet somewhere, and if CCP does decide to investigate a player they can look at it. But I seriously doubt CCP uses it to prioritize their investigations given you can't really use player reports to ban someone and I am sure the data is full of false and erroneous reports. I imagine Team Security focuses on combing the game logs they collect and looking for patterns that reflect botting, which from my experience they aren't 100% successful at nor do it on a regular basis judging from how long a poorly-written bot can operate in this game. It's pretty frustrating I agree but It doesn't take long to report someone so I still recommend you do it. But if it really bothers you that much I suggest you take direct action and harass the botters until they at least move somewhere else. You are unlikely to see any action by CCP in response to your reports on any time scale you would find acceptable, if ever. The 8 Golden Rules of Eve Why Do They Gank?
xxxTRUSTxxx Galactic Rangers EVEolution. 649	Posted - 2017.06.26 08:24:01 - [4] - Quote Black Pedro wrote: You are unlikely to see any action by CCP in response to your reports on any time scale you would find acceptable, if ever. when a bot is reported, or any player is reported for an activity in game they are not supposed to be doing they are investigated. just because you don't see a result as fast as you'd like doesn't mean they are ignoring it. CCP will not discuse any actions taken against a player for breaking rules. but they do indeed investigate the offending player, sometimes they want to watch the bot and see where the isk is going so they can build a case to kill off the RMT feckers, not just one of them but all bots related to the account that has been reported.
Black Pedro Yammerschooner 3545	Posted - 2017.06.26 09:27:08 - [5] - Quote xxxTRUSTxxx wrote: Black Pedro wrote: You are unlikely to see any action by CCP in response to your reports on any time scale you would find acceptable, if ever. when a bot is reported, or any player is reported for an activity in game they are not supposed to be doing they are investigated. just because you don't see a result as fast as you'd like doesn't mean they are ignoring it. CCP will not discuse any actions taken against a player for breaking rules. but they do indeed investigate the offending player, sometimes they want to watch the bot and see where the isk is going so they can build a case to kill off the RMT feckers, not just one of them but all bots related to the account that has been reported. I am glad you are so sure of something you cannot possibly know. All I know is multiple times, I have seen clear, flagrant bots operating for months after I have repeatedly used the report bot feature to identify them to CCP. I have even emailed Team Security direct evidence of botting and seen no action taken. In my book that means they are not acting. I don't buy your explanation that their inaction is part of some high-level RMT sting operation. The more likely explanation is they lack the resources or ability to stop all botting. I don't entirely blame them as I am sure it is a hard problem and one that requires effort to deal with and they probably are more focused on stamping out large-scale RMT operations than going after some dude that runs a mission, market or mining bot while he is at work. So therefore, if the OP thinks the 'report bot' function is going to make a botter go away, he is probably mistaken. I'd love to be proven wrong however. Use the feature - it is easy to use - and see what happens. The 8 Golden Rules of Eve Why Do They Gank?
Jhani Bralhast 24	Posted - 2017.06.26 21:28:16 - [6] - Quote Thanks for the reply, ISD, and your contributions as well Black Pedro. I pretty well agree with your line of reasoning but didn't expand upon it myself in my OP. It makes sense.
Jhani Bralhast 24	Posted - 2017.07.02 00:47:53 - [7] - Quote Is there an alternate method to report a bot, such as through an e-mail? There's been this mining bot collective in Alakgur for the past two months stripping all the belts clean on a 24/7 basis, and I've been reporting them for nearly two months with no visible effect. It's very depressing.
Axure Abbacus Pentex Subsidiaries Corp 83	Posted - 2017.07.02 01:55:41 - [8] - Quote Report them to CODE, they love that type of action. It's not safe out here. It's wondrous, with treasures to satiate desires both subtle and gross. But it's not for the timid.
Keno Skir 1711	Posted - 2017.07.02 03:45:04 - [9] - Quote Axure Abbacus wrote: Report them to CODE, they love that type of action. Not so much anymore since bots wont cry sufficiantly in local Black Lanterns Blog <- Read my ramblings -.- 250,000 Bonus SP when you start an Alpha Clone HERE <---
Black Pedro Yammerschooner 3547	Posted - 2017.07.02 08:05:58 - [10] - Quote Jhani Bralhast wrote: Is there an alternate method to report a bot, such as through an e-mail? There's been this mining bot collective in Alakgur for the past two months stripping all the belts clean on a 24/7 basis, and I've been reporting them for nearly two months with no visible effect. It's very depressing. You can report a bot by email to: [email protected] If you ask them though, they will just tell you to just use the 'report bot' feature. The email is for additional evidence/information about someone breaking the rules but go ahead and try it. I will warn you though, I never got a response nor saw any action the couple times I tried that route to report a botter. That was several years ago though and perhaps they have more time to follow up reports these days, but I wouldn't get your hopes up too much. The 8 Golden Rules of Eve Why Do They Gank?

xTru Gladius Veritatis Goonswarm Federation 3	Posted - 2017.07.03 13:27:36 - [11] - Quote It is so sad. CCP has ruined it by trying to make everything perfect and balanced and then they join the outfit, skins, cosmetic industry thinking this will probably bring them more income. I remember those times when you could see 40-50k people online. Now these days you can barley see 20k, and who knows how many of them are bots. CCP has trade the old loyal pilots for the new temporary pilots with little knowledge about the system and created the bots paradise. There were boots before but not that many. When you create more income opportunities bots will arise.
Matthias Ancaladron Wrath of Angels Solitaire. 390	Posted - 2017.07.05 05:06:06 - [12] - Quote I have never seen a report bot option. Just report isk spammer. Dunno if that includes bot.
Black Pedro Yammerschooner 3548	Posted - 2017.07.05 07:24:10 - [13] - Quote Matthias Ancaladron wrote: I have never seen a report bot option. Just report isk spammer. Dunno if that includes bot. There is a separate 'report bot' option you can find in the drop down menu of every character panel: https://community.eveonline.com/news/dev-blogs/the-eve-security-taskforce-report-a-bot/ What that accomplishes is less clear, but the efficacy of doing so is the current topic of this reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/6l24bt/how_to_exploit_the_exploit/ The 8 Golden Rules of Eve Why Do They Gank?


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