I’ve noticed as time goes on, the number of bots are increasing. Without numbers from behind the scenes I can’t really say how many or where, but just from playing I’ve noticed the following:
1. Bots are the most prominent things you will see in low-level areas
2. Bots are moving to higher level areas as well
3. Almost all are rangers with bears
4. Bots are becoming more prominent than the real player population (servers are becoming full of bots, and the real population is much less – again, the times players are online and the activities they do affect this and I cannot really say – but the experience is diminished due to these bots)
At this point, the game is continuing to fill with bots – and almost all from China (if not all). The coding to block botting must be enhanced or the servers will always seem dead due to the fact that bots are taking up real player spots in the population. I personally always report a bot if I can, but the main thing is this: bots always travel in groups of 3-4 or more and half the time you will not be willing to hang around and click report on every single one.
Another worrisome thing is occasionally those people standing around reporting the bots might be reported by someone else who thinks they are botting with that group.
I personally think that IPs from China should be blocked entirely from playing on American servers. The money from those accounts (which some are legitimately bought to bot) is not worth the time saving compromised accounts and loss of true players.
