New Undetected Form Of Botting Has The Potential To Crash The GW2 Economy
Today on my mat farming rounds I observed an advanced bot in action. Although at first I didn’t pay any attention because I was busy with my own duties, I later started to notice odd behavior and impossible game mechanics that warranted a closer look.
Please take note that the bot in question is a double sword warrior.
Two videos of the bots actions have been made – one has music, which I apologize for and the other has the music turned off so that you can focus on the bot without being distracted.
During my observation I noticed the following:
- The bot has the ability to warp to various locations far beyond 1200 range.
- Auto-attacks are quit often done hitting only air until an enemy comes within range.
- The bot does not move at all and instead relies on the warp hack for movement.
- Although it may not be in this particular video, I have often seen this warrior stealth in combat.
- Auto looting is taking place.
- The bot has the ability to recognize when it is at low health and use healing abilities accordingly.
- The bot has the ability to use various skills such as signets, giving itself a continuous buff and faster farming capabilities.
- Melee moves often hit far beyond its desolateness range, 1200 range and up which can be observed in video 1.
- The bot is able to distinguish between aggressive and neutral npcs, allowing it to ignore the neutral ones and farm the aggressive ones only.
- Although not always successful, the bot has the ability to distinguish high target enemy npcs and warp to them accordingly.
- Although I am not 100% sure, it seems that this bot is currently undetectable by Anet.
I have seen bots like this one destroy economies within weeks. Just look at what happened to Diablo 3. If Anet does not take swift action to stop all forms of Botting, including afk macroing, then Guild Wars 2 is headed in the same direction.
There is never just one bot running, several are usually running from the same person, all at the same time. Which means the owner of this bot most likely has several setup across the world of Tyria, on multiple accounts – maybe even dozens. Not to mention the fact that other bot teams may be using this same method to farm.
Because a picture is worth a thousand words, here is video proof of the botter in action so that you Anet, can observe its behavior and take action to stop it and others accordingly.
Both videos were recorded today. Time indicated in-game is eastern/server time.
Video One:
Video Two:
