More and more bots are running 24/7 in solen tunnels on Atlantic

Bark_At_The_MoonBark_At_The_Moon Posts: 44
edited December 2024 in General Discussions
No surprise here. This is more of an "Amber Alert" if you plan on hunting in the solen tunnels on Atlantic today.

Currently 6-7 bots running in 2 to 3 groups are running the dungeon 24-7.

They recall and enter in one solen hole, and run the tunnels, killing everything in quick manner, and exit the dungeon in another hole. 

If they die, the ghosts will run to the minoc hole and exit the dungeon and run north for res.

Happy hunting!

Comments

  • keven2002keven2002 Posts: 2,329
    edited December 2024
    I saw one group (just one though!) earlier today. It actually worked to my benefit when I ended up dying deep in the hive.Their script had some piece where it applied aids to damaged friendly; so the archer applied bandages to me 4 different times (each time it would run to follow the lead toon) before I was able to catch it stopped long enough to get the res menu.

    So not all bad! lol

    That said, this morning the spawn was more than enough to keep up with the number of people (and bots) so I wasn't sweating it too much.
  • KroDuKKroDuK Posts: 727
    edited December 2024
    keven2002 said:
    So not all bad! lol
      :|  

    GJ but f me.. pad yourself on the back.. we speed running this game into it's grave.
    So rather than recognise the effort the botters went to, to set all that up - for the benefit of the players, to help get certain items, something you could never be bothered to do, you would rather drag people backwards to your neanderthal world?

    Leave attended paying accounts alone, these people go thru a lot of trouble to play/automate the game.

    -UO official forums, brought to you by BoardSword studio
  • firecfirec Posts: 36
    I have only been in the hives since the bot "purge".



    I logged in last night, and was wondering why I was lagging every few frames down there. Sure enough, I saw a couple trains. As soon as they get close to being on screen the lag starts.

    Since GM's do not respond to these, does anyone have any suggestions on how to eliminate them? This is in Tram.
  • KroDuKKroDuK Posts: 727
    edited December 2024
    All it shown is how dumb those bots users really are.. they took that long to realised the ants hole was the place to be??? When u could tell even before it went live..

    The most obvious solution would be to join them if u can't kill them. (this is what BS want u to do.. sub 4-5 more account and join them or it would be on Felucca)
    If u don't consider cheating.. join me.. unsub and protest.. give the game to those cheaters and jaded old PvE players.. won't be long; things gonna change if we have enough legit users on the right side of the history books.


    PS: I was calling it when it was first announce.. Trammel really? the most rewarding zone is not Felucca but Trammel? a bot haven, offering them the protection they were crying for when i start attacking them on Felucca?!?!

    This "solution" was a pro bot solution.. if this is not intended it's madness..
    PS: like i said it would be deadly trap for any non samp legit users not doing the train.. freaking keven using the bots to receive free res.. was hilarious tho.. but yeah.. I would never get that low as receiving help from them.. it show the extent of the automation problem.
    So rather than recognise the effort the botters went to, to set all that up - for the benefit of the players, to help get certain items, something you could never be bothered to do, you would rather drag people backwards to your neanderthal world?

    Leave attended paying accounts alone, these people go thru a lot of trouble to play/automate the game.

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  • PawainPawain Posts: 10,310
    Run ahead them and WW everything before they get to them.  Leave the resident paras for them.  Low fame.

    Since yall say they follow the same path.  They will get very few drops.
    Focus on what you can do, not what you can't.
  • KroDuKKroDuK Posts: 727
    edited December 2024
    Pawain said:
    Since yall say they follow the same path.  They will get very few drops.
    wait what?? *smh*

    I'm saying your gonna walk as a ghost form even more often doing this dumb "tip"
    # losing even more artifacts than if u were coping with them.

    He's legit suggesting "y'all" to play like a bot train would play against a legit user.. but on a solo legit character to compete with them trains  :D

    God sometimes.. *smh*



    Legit user:" Bot trains stealing all the good stuff.. "

    Paiwan: "do like the bot train does before they do it to you.. 1 legit CC player vs multiple bots train using what shall not be named".. GENIUS!

    Hammer vs Pencil... i'm telling you.. your gonna break the tip of your pen over n over trying to use it as a hammer.

    You using a bicycle they use a train.. no bicycle can compete with a train.. move aside and learn your place; this is Trammel. cope with them or go on Felucca and compete vs their red frame skipper with superman abilities.. once u beat them they going to cry and the dev gonna give them ants hole on tram.. even better than Fel city for those train of cheaters on top of being 24/7.
    So rather than recognise the effort the botters went to, to set all that up - for the benefit of the players, to help get certain items, something you could never be bothered to do, you would rather drag people backwards to your neanderthal world?

    Leave attended paying accounts alone, these people go thru a lot of trouble to play/automate the game.

    -UO official forums, brought to you by BoardSword studio
  • PawainPawain Posts: 10,310
    KroDuK said:
    Pawain said:
    Since yall say they follow the same path.  They will get very few drops.
    wait what?? *smh*

    I'm saying your gonna walk as a ghost form even more often doing this dumb "tip"
    # losing even more artifacts than if u were coping with them.
    Ask Nytol for tips on staying alive. Yes you can WW all the mobs ahead of them, skip the ants, beetles, and ant lions for them.  They have low fame.

    Do they go in the cul-de-sacs? 

    Nevermind you are talking about bots on Legends.  Who is buying these drops?
    Focus on what you can do, not what you can't.
  • KroDuKKroDuK Posts: 727
    edited December 2024
    Pawain said:

    Nevermind you are talking about bots on Legends.  Who is buying these drops?
    Their own accounts... u know as I do u cannot have enough 200 bears... same for those ninjitsu earrings.. when u have 10-40 accounts.. u cannot have too much of that good stuff.. This is how they can own a dead shard and controlling all the PvP stuff happening like champ spawn.. killing all the competition at the roots (botted events) and transferring all their stuff like: botted PS on ATL to make good money

    When they have a try hard like me to annoy their bots on Felucca.. u have the dev coming to rescue them with even better reward on trammel on top of being 24/7.

    PS: stop assuming, like an idiot.. those bot have a pre written route like the 2005 heartwood bots does.. this is clearly a way better script.. i mean c'mon now..

    Just try to block their path with something like chests.. then come back to me. oh wait.. GM do not act upon bots but they will punish you for annoying the bots on trammel!!! 


    PS: if u join their guild.. they gonna give u all those BIS heresy for free (they have a tons stacked and refuse to sale it to their Legit competition like me on Legends).. this is how u control a dead shard like Legends under BS mismanagement on a theme gated game pro bots and kill it even more.. These guy ain't playing on Legends they just bot on Legends cuz they have no legit competition and play on ATL.. your bots army being sponsor by BS.. they don't want a no life to sale these on his vendor for a low price.. I could legit sale those artifact MAX 500k and make 10's of millions per hours LEGIT, while enjoying the invasion... if origin system or EA was still a thing... every legit players would win.. except the bots lover.
    So rather than recognise the effort the botters went to, to set all that up - for the benefit of the players, to help get certain items, something you could never be bothered to do, you would rather drag people backwards to your neanderthal world?

    Leave attended paying accounts alone, these people go thru a lot of trouble to play/automate the game.

    -UO official forums, brought to you by BoardSword studio
  • PawainPawain Posts: 10,310
    So who pages on you for blocking?  The unattended bots?  :D

    Good thinking I also drop the small gump chests on the ground for others to take.
    Focus on what you can do, not what you can't.
  • KroDuKKroDuK Posts: 727
    edited December 2024
    Pawain said:
    So who pages on you for blocking?  The unattended bots?  :D
    Once again those bots are not being PLAYED.. they being monitor.. as you speak with me on the forum u could be monitoring 40 bots farming for you on LS.. u dishonest imp.

    They clearly automated using scripts and not being played.. after ~15min the cheater could realised a legit user is messing with his bots and page on him.. wich is pathetic and they thrive cuz of BS and people like you defending them, in fact u should be a GM Paiwan and doing the taxi for tram Yew gate.. saying they attended bots. Pad yourself on the back Paiwan.. u deserve it!!

    PS: they also frame skipping all over the place using illegal third party,with the most perfect and dumbest pathing.. pretty easy to tell who's legit and who's not.. like you defending those infinite bots cuz they being attended every ~15min, makes me think you profitting from it.. and u just pretending to be legit on forums.. no one is that stupid.

    Do you think an attended bots train would take the time to rez @keven2002?? *smh*

    Edit: once again i provide you the answer and u going on something totally different.. such level of dishonesty is INSANE.. your no imp your a snake.


    Here @pawain:
    KroDuK said:
    it show the extent of the automation problem.
    attended every 15min or not.. this is the same and a major issue on any sandbox; theme gated or not.
    Yes.. i'm coming after urs.. even if u have 10k post and 10k bots.. ain't changing poo poo.. the fall is just gonna be greater.
    So rather than recognise the effort the botters went to, to set all that up - for the benefit of the players, to help get certain items, something you could never be bothered to do, you would rather drag people backwards to your neanderthal world?

    Leave attended paying accounts alone, these people go thru a lot of trouble to play/automate the game.

    -UO official forums, brought to you by BoardSword studio
  • PawainPawain Posts: 10,310
    Bring it on. You can come watch me play anytime instead of accusing me of botting while I'm out of town wrapping presents.

    I'm not like you, I like to play UO.

    Your whole post is a contradiction.  First they are being monitored then they come every 15 minutes.

    Which is it? Make an EJ account not linked to your main account and drop free paragon chests there for those who want them.
    Focus on what you can do, not what you can't.
  • I'm at work today so I can't play yet. I only saw four 24/7 bots yesterday on Christmas, which was better. I guess I'll down grade Alert status to "Yellow Alert" in the Solen tunnels. lol

  • DolGorathDolGorath Posts: 41
    edited December 2024
    firec said:
    I have only been in the hives since the bot "purge".



    I logged in last night, and was wondering why I was lagging every few frames down there. Sure enough, I saw a couple trains. As soon as they get close to being on screen the lag starts.

    Since GM's do not respond to these, does anyone have any suggestions on how to eliminate them? This is in Tram.
    Seems the bots are back and operational on origin. Guess they fixed the cheating client.
    The way I dispatch the bots is I gather up paragons, then drag them near the bot, invis, and the paragons smash them.

    Unfortunately, they are only out of commission for about 10 minutes while the bot realizes it died and goes to get a res.
  • "Red Alert" if you plan on hunting in the solen tunnels on Atlantic today 12/28/2024.

    Currently 10+ bots running in 1 to 3 groups are running the dungeon 24-7.

    It looks like a nascar race once the boss and all the spawn is dead. The bots justa keep going around and around.

    Happy Hunting!
  • PawainPawain Posts: 10,310
    Cool, let me know when drops are 10k each.  I can outfit some guys there and send some NL toons there to wear stuff.
    Focus on what you can do, not what you can't.
  • KroDuKKroDuK Posts: 727
    edited December 2024
    Pawain said:
    Cool, let me know when drops are 10k each.  I can outfit some guys there and send some NL toons there to wear stuff.
    in other words: "So rather than recognise the effort the botters went to, to set all that up - for the benefit of the players, to help get certain items, something you could never be bothered to do, you would rather drag people backwards to your neanderthal world?"

     :# 

    Leave attended paying accounts alone, these people go thru a lot of trouble to play/automate the game.

     :o 

    Why bother PLAYING the game when u could do as these two said..   :|
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    So rather than recognise the effort the botters went to, to set all that up - for the benefit of the players, to help get certain items, something you could never be bothered to do, you would rather drag people backwards to your neanderthal world?

    Leave attended paying accounts alone, these people go thru a lot of trouble to play/automate the game.

    -UO official forums, brought to you by BoardSword studio
  • CookieCookie Posts: 1,714
    edited December 2024
    KroDuK said:
    Pawain said:
    Cool, let me know when drops are 10k each.  I can outfit some guys there and send some NL toons there to wear stuff.
    in other words: "So rather than recognise the effort the botters went to, to set all that up - for the benefit of the players, to help get certain items, something you could never be bothered to do, you would rather drag people backwards to your neanderthal world?"

     :# 

    2 sides to it.

    1. Not many drops gained in the event, new players cannot get what they want when the event ends because the shard has run out, the items hit 1 plat. 

    2. A lot of drops were gained. Prices are kept down, new players or characters joining the game, have more chance to play, get involved, have fun.

    I myself, have been in the situation many times, 6 months after an event has ended, where new players are joining, and we cannot get them the items they want to play the game.

    You chose.

    I'm not saying it is perfect, but that is part of the equation for this particular choice.
    I have always advocated spreading drops throughout the game, for all to get when they want, off certain bosses etc. But it seems they cannot change old code easily, so they do these events, these events are popular, get in there, have fun, stop moaning, get what you need, stop worrying about everyone else.
  • CookieCookie Posts: 1,714
    edited December 2024
    KroDuK said:

    Why bother PLAYING the game when u could do as these two said..   :|
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    I'm playing the game hard, so could you.

    This morning, I did 3+ hours on pure mages vs nightmares, no totems, 2 coloured, nothing special, but got my 3 mages 1 at a time to Lord (125 Nightmares each), so I could do a daily fame dump, so my pvp mages could have Sacrifice virtue. {Collected tons of scrolls from the nightmares - for Inscription BODS which I love}.

    Then guild did a Lord Oaks, then we did a Harry, then we did a Rikky, then I caught an enemy guild player doing Rikky, now I'm farming the event in Solen Hives.

    Got myself 3 x Lord titles, 2 x 25's, 1 x 120 wrestle, and going for items now, just by playing... no botting.

    Over the last few days, been hitting cloth bless deeds via tailor bods - all manual. Also today, got my treasure hunter out for manifestation. Not used my rogue for awhile, need so many event drops.

    Do your thing, stop stressing about everyone else. 
    {My boys helped me at Oaks, and Harry, but the rest, I have to prep their mages, and characters for pvp, and pvm events, they just have time for main events).
  • CookieCookie Posts: 1,714
    edited December 2024
    @KroDuK Thinking about it, one way to beat the Bots, is to maximise your playing time.

    Be achieving more than 1 thing when you play - bots can't do that.

    For example, if I am in Solen Hives getting event drops - I am also doing the Solen quest for bags of sending.

    If I am hunting nightmares, I am also collecting spell scrolls for Inscription BODS, and gaining fame for virtue.

    If you find clever ways to double up on tasks, you are achieving more than they can, by being attended.

    Bots are also not doing the top end content. Harrower for example, that is still a guild effort.

    Though I appreciate they can do a lot, but more of it is low level repetitive stuff, even if the players are there, they may not even chose to do it!

    Play how you want, what is fun for you.

    {Some people have said - it is ok to do BODS via script etc... this is the point, not everyone enjoys every single task, and MUST do it by hand}. 
  • I'd have more respect for you if you just said you're pro-bot because you like to cheat. This drivel is embarrassing to look at.
  • CookieCookie Posts: 1,714
    edited December 2024
    I'd have more respect for you if you just said you're pro-bot because you like to cheat. This drivel is embarrassing to look at.
    I have hunted, and killed more bots, than you have had hot dinners.

    I like to play the game. I like the graphics and actions ingame to be smooth, and move at my pace.

    I've also never said I am pro-bot.
    I am just not anti-bot as much as everyone else, I am able to just do my thing, live and let live, which it seems most cannot.
    I understand 10 bots are a problem, I understand Atlantic got swamped with them and caused a lot of lag. But the outrage went above and beyond, there was no need for it. The implications to a lot of players was then far worse.
    I am far more anti-negativity, than I am anti bot.
    I really dislike negative people.
  • PawainPawain Posts: 10,310
    I'd have more respect for you if you just said you're pro-bot because you like to cheat. This drivel is embarrassing to look at.
    Would he gain more respect if he said, "I am roleplaying a cheater"?   :D

    How long did he claim the other 2 accounts were his kids?  I guess they grew up from young and went to College in the last month.
    Focus on what you can do, not what you can't.
  • I'm fairly certain the GM's can see what client you're connected with if they turn their eyes on you. The vast majority of MMO admin tools have this capability. I think "selective enforcement" would be a fairer argument to make.

    My pronouns are: Cry/Me/A/River
  • CookieCookie Posts: 1,714
    edited December 2024
    Pawain said:
    I'd have more respect for you if you just said you're pro-bot because you like to cheat. This drivel is embarrassing to look at.
    Would he gain more respect if he said, "I am roleplaying a cheater"?   :D

    How long did he claim the other 2 accounts were his kids?  I guess they grew up from young and went to College in the last month.
    I don't know why you are questioning this. You are starting to read in between the lines as badly as some other people.

    They did the EM event with me today, we got 1 drop between the 3 of us. That is one of the main monthly events we play for.

    They did Oaks, and Harry with me yesterday.

    They are very busy irl, studying, training, living, I only get them for main events, and they help me at pvp.
    In the meantime, I complete all the grinds, to gear them up.
    In terms of the client, we need a client to play on.
    I've been very honest with everyone, and said, I am not going that far backwards, I cannot, I enjoy how we play a lot, and I have many times asked for Classic to be upgraded, so we are all on the same playing field.


  • PawainPawain Posts: 10,310
    You have revealed a lot of things about how you play UO in the last few weeks. 

    Its great playing UO or any game with your kids!  Treasure each moment.
    Focus on what you can do, not what you can't.
  • CookieCookie Posts: 1,714
    edited December 2024
    Pawain said:
    You have revealed a lot of things about how you play UO in the last few weeks. 

    Its great playing UO or any game with your kids!  Treasure each moment.
    I have never hidden anything, just the rules restrict certain postings.

    But when people start declaring wars left, right, and centre, it is better if people are better informed.

    People are not faceless.
  • PawainPawain Posts: 10,310
    So you and your group, plus others are the ones that made most PvPers leave because of the cheating?


    Focus on what you can do, not what you can't.
  • CookieCookie Posts: 1,714
    edited December 2024
    Pawain said:
    So you and your group, plus others are the ones that made most PvPers leave because of the cheating?


    Rubbish.
    I was one of the leavers.
    I fought on an uneven playing field on pure Classic against Enhanced Client for 15 years, it was madness they did that to the pvp playerbase tbh - this is why so many left. Many, in all that time, had found other solutions to pvp against Enhanced, I had not.
    I quit in 2019 odd, don't remember exact timeframes, then someone showed me the client that allowed you to play in Classic, and match Enhanced.
    The playing experience was perfection, so I came back, and so did many others, and we all adapted. There is a huge playerbase out there, it is not small like they will all have you believe.
    You have those who did not come back, and still want to take it all back 15 years, but there is no point. When you have played UO running as well as it does for us, you cannot go backwards.
    I credit one client only, for giving UO the playability and feel, it really should have, and deserves as a game. I ask many times, for Classic to incorporate the parts that makes it good.
    UO, the game itself is amazing, the client does need sorting out.
  • JackFlashUkJackFlashUk Posts: 1,033
    Cookie said:
    Pawain said:
    So you and your group, plus others are the ones that made most PvPers leave because of the cheating?


    then someone showed me the client that allowed you to play in Classic, and match Enhanced.

    Illegal client?
  • MariahMariah Posts: 3,318Moderator
    I'm ending this.
    For the record.
    1. Broadsword does not support the use of bots, despite assertions on this forum.
    2. Is it significant that the 'bots' returned in numbers while the devs were known to be on their Holiday break?
    3. Cookie really does have 2 teenage sons, so can we stop pretending they don't exist?
    Please allow for the fact that the devs have far more responsibilities than stopping the bots, and while they are important, properly designed and approved actions take time.
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