Has there ever been an official response on what is considered botting?

#1 - Sept. 21, 2012, 8:37 a.m.
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I’m just trying to get this clarified. I dont want to be reporting folks for botting if that isn’t Anets official policy. Can anyone quote an official definition of what they consider botting? The ToS is very vaque to be honest.

I ask this because I got into an argument with a fellow that going AFK with the “1” button held down at a dynamic event location was botting. They of course disagreed and said they were just doing what the game mechanics allowed them to do.

So we have all seen them. They sit at events like bridges where there is a choke point, have an ability on autoattack, go AFK and just spam away while the event restarts, over and over. And I mean some of these folks are AFK for literally the whole day.

Is this botting or not? It would be nice to get an official response on this.

Appreciate it.

#6 - Sept. 21, 2012, 10:02 a.m.
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Anything that automates game play to the point where you are able to not actually play the game as-intended (example: you can walk away from it) is considered a breach of the User Agreement.