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Bots at IDOCs

firecfirec Posts: 56
in General Discussions
So is it expected for players to script with 50+ bots during IDOCs in order to compete?

Is this acceptable gameplay?

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  • ChumboWumboChumboWumbo Posts: 96
    Beautifully apropos.
    My pronouns are: Cry/Me/A/River
  • DoraDora Posts: 3

    @firec
    It’s a bit hypocritical for you to call out others when your own guild TWT regularly shows up to IDOCs with 20 maybe 30 Bot's as well + regular TWT human players. Let’s not pretend that most of the PKs there aren’t killing TWT bots in wraith form, some of them even using the same name and guild tag as TWT. Are you really saying that was all done manually?

    peoplelike  cXXXnowhere have been bringing 10+20 bots to IDOCs, and no one said anything — but now that someone like nonono brings more than you do, suddenly it’s a problem?

    Let’s be real, nonono has been doing this for 2 or 3 years straight. Many of us have consistently asked the devs to look into this and make changes to the system. The issue isn’t new, and it’s not limited to one side. If we’re going to have this conversation, let’s be honest and call out all the abuse , not just the part that affects your group.


  • psychopsycho Posts: 391
    The solution is simple,  save up all IDOCs for a month and let them all fall at same time once a month.  Good luck having 50 bots at 200 IDOCs at the same time, in trammel, felucca, malas, termur and on all shards. 

    simple, and if that doesnt work do it every second month, GL
  • DoraDora Posts: 3
    we gave that idea to Mesanna, long time ago.
    Make all the houses fall at the same time at server up and ye, that idea is also good as well. all shards, all facets, 1x a month or so, at the same time.
  • ArmyArmy Posts: 50
    Just remove idocs all together and have the empty houses/house contents go up for silent auction
  • LokeaLokea Posts: 294
    Army said:
    Just remove idocs all together and have the empty houses/house contents go up for silent auction
    That is a fantastic way to keep the better houses out of the hands of returning and new players, and keep them in the hands of those who have a lot of gold and will happily turn around and flip them in-game or sell them for real money..

    Let them fall all at once, once a month (or every two) on a predetermined date and time is one of the better solutions.  
  • keven2002keven2002 Posts: 2,600
    I don't do IDOCs so I will only make this one comment (because it doesn't matter to me what happens with IDOCs). Doing anything besides mass actioning (ie banning/suspending) of the bot accounts ultimately only hurts legit players. 

    Doing this a handful of times will have the main offenders learn relatively quick it's not going to be tolerated; rather than completely changing the way something is done where the cheaters will just adapt and continue to cheat. 
  • __Psycoder__Psycoder Posts: 53
    edited 2:38PM
    I was recently banned for being AFK. The problem is, I was right in front of my computer when I was banned for being AFK. 

    I think I was banned because I logged in with 4 accounts at the time. The interesting thing is that, multiple people active in this thread have admitted to logging into the event with 3-6 accounts as well. I am not sure why I was banned, and not them.

    I started few toxic posts about it when I was really angry about it. You all probably saw my posts about it. Ever since then, I understood few facts and I made my peace with them. 

    Here are those facts for you to understand:
    • For reasons unknown, if I sneeze in the wrong direction my accounts will be banned.
    • It does not matter if I am in front of my computer or not before I am banned for being AFK. 
    • None of Nonono's accounts will ever be banned  no matter what he does. I don't know if a kickback is involved, if money is changing hands, or if Nonono is a beloved person of someone important. No matter what happens, nothing will ever happen to Nonono or his accounts.
    • Nonono is actively selling his IDOCs in the official discord channel. You can go there and see for yourself, he is not even trying to hide. 
    • On the official discord channel, I said "Nonono somehow managed to place most of IDOC's in the last 4 years. Be careful who you trade with". I was banned for saying that. So Nonono can run 60 bots without a ban. If I say he is running bots, I get banned.
    • There will be an IDOC patch in between a year or two. None of Nonono's accounts will be banned before, during, after, or any time frame related to the IDOC patch.
    • A month after the IDOC patch, Nonono will find a workaround and start placing IDOCs. Nothing will happen to him even after that. 
    • Soon after I post this, one of the UO employees will delete this post, or lock the thread because I am criticizing Nonono. There is a 50/50 chance I might get banned from the forums for posting this reply. 

    It was good for my mental health to understand these facts, accept them, and make my piece with them. 

    You would be helping your own mental health if you understand these facts, accept them, and make your piece with them. 

  • MariahMariah Posts: 3,549Moderator
    Sorry, we're not doing this again.
    Devs are aware. 
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