Please read if you want to save EQ2 before the Economy and General Game Play is ruined. BOTTING and FARMING has begun on all the servers. To all new players you might not know of the severity of this issue but to us seasoned players FARMING and BOTTING can compromise and degrade the economy ruining the game for many players. After reading several posts this morning and doing a little research on the EQ2 Players site the following is what I have found.
1. On all servers there are groups of 5 to 6 characters that currently hold have an “unnatural” high number of kills. ALL players have an “unnatural” high number of deaths. Each group of 6 on each server is the SAME classes. 5 Wizards and 1 cleric. When you try to speak to them the only response you get is “dffkspps occ” or “ofmmls”. It has been confirmed from other players that they are EBAYERS using BOTS. They use computer generated names. All are wizards except one may be a healer. They are a high level yet they use level 10 equipment. They sell the items they do loot. They go around camping spawns for items to sell. They are all equipped exactly the same.
2. Legitimate players who have around 19,000 kills are level 40. ALL of these BOTS are level 34 with anywhere from 30,000 to 70,000 kills depending on the age of the server.
3. Search on the EQ2 player’s site for World Wide and Players with the most kills. You will only one or two legitimate players. The rest will be these BOT characters. All of them are in the level 30 ranger. All of them only have an Artisan skill of 3 and they will all be grouped to their own server.
First I have no problem, with a Real Character selling or auctioning an item of their choice. However there is a real issue with what is currently going on with these BOTS. The BOTS will eat away at the economy where you will have a few very rich and nothing will have value. Exactly what happened in EQ1 and Lineage 2? Also there are a lot of Legitimate Players who should be ranked on their server or all the servers with real legitimate kills. Not a bunch of Bots that are running a macro. At this time Sony is limited to what they can do. However the more people that complain and open their mouths about this the quicker they will find a solution.
Now what we can do:
1. Spread the word and spread the word fast about these Bots. Have everyone on the look out for them. We can stop them we have the technology ;)
2. Swarm them, have EVERYONE in the zone surround them. We may not be able to attack them because no PVP but I am sure a scout or two will be able to train something to them.
3. Shout to the entire zone, call out to your guild create enough lag in front of them where they can’t move.
4. Complain and complain more to Sony. I will be bringing my complaints and will be happy to complain for you.
I am looking for anymore ideas of how we can stop these BOTS. You can email me here for any ideas and please post them here in response and continue to spread the word.
Please don’t think I am against finding a sweat spot and hanging out a killing a mob over and over again until you get the item you have been waiting for. I am against fake players and a BOTTING that ruins a game that we ALL pay for. I am against the fact that there are players that deserve to be ranked the Highest NPC rather then a bunch of Ebaying BOT Chars.
Please post if you have seen the bots, and encounters and any ideas of how we have the Everquest Community stop them.
Note: I am not doing this because I just want to complain or because I have nothing else to do. I am doing this because I enjoy the game, I want to see all the players enjoy the game and its just WRONG. We don’t pay a monthly fee for Cheaters.
Feel free to email me at mwhite6675@yahoo.com ASAP in reference to this Problem its time to Band together.
Soniaa of Unrest EQ2
Soniaa of Xegony EQ1