Ban the botters?

[CHIPTHECHIPMUNK 0]

After running countless BG's a month back, I would often experience that a whole bunch of rankers would bot throughout the night, including Marlboron the dorf. He openly admitted to botting and blamed it on the fact that his contenders for r14 were botting as well.

With the Elysium staff being so focused on people who try and jump fences for levels, gold etc., I don't see why similar actions haven't been taken against the series of rankers who blatantly break the rules in order to break the brackets.

And no, I do not run for R14 and never will be, so I'm not bringing it up for that reason. I'm cool with staying in the mid tier.

[Guest]

My response about a similar issue with AFKers. Same thing applies, except botting is a permaban on first offense rather than a warning for just AFKing. If you aren't reporting them, not much the team can do.

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Our ticket system is the appropriate method to report AFKers - more often then not we receive just a quick few word message of "<name> afk in BG plz ban" with no evidence via screenshots, recordings, or context and that's not including the numerous AFKers that never get reported at all. These reports are worthless in the immediate as they require us to then investigate the player and watch for further behavior - which means multiple team members checking around the clock to verify the accusation for every report. Multiply that by 4 (soon 3) servers and add that in with the multitude of other issues we have to deal with and you begin to understand why this is a problem.

Additionally, AFKing starts off with a warning per our Terms of Use. If someone is caught doing it once, they'll likely do it again - keep reporting them. Sanctions accumulate to longer bans the more a player offends, and we have no qualms about sanctioning a player who continues to break the same rule despite being warned. However: be honest. Give us the facts about what happened, take screenshots, and note every time it happens. The players are the Project's biggest strength, and without the players helping us we would not be nearly as effective at helping you.

Would adding a dedicated Game Master to battlegrounds resolve this? Maybe. However, that is not an effective use of their time, as there are many things a GM can be doing to assist our players and Battlegrounds are one part of many.

 

[jmul1212 7]

If someone is botting, report them.  If they are using hacks, go a step farther and record them.