Legal battle over Warcraft 'bot'
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I played with Glider on a private server a while back, out of curiosity. Wanted to see how it worked.
It's a lot more than just a 'macro' program. It has support for complex waypointing (will move your toon round several areas where mobs spawn), has various methods of detecting whether you're being watched by a GM or not (there are apparently telltale signs a client gives when this happens). It is actually quite intelligent in the way it plays the game too, has various anti-ganking measures and KoS lists if I remember right, and will also put up a fight if somebody tries to attack you while you're farming.
That said, I wouldn't pay money for it. But I can see why people running gold farming sweatshops might.
Personally I think it's a weak way to play the game. I mean, ignoring WoW's faults, there is a game that's supposed to be played and they're skipping it. I found that in WoW, it wasn't particularly damaging to the game, as respawns are quick, and you could still level/make money/go about your business.
In other games, particularly FFXI, gilsellers were a serious threat to the game - they'd camp spots in sought after areas (there are a limited amount of areas to level up at each point) and farm for hours and hours, stealing mobs. Some were okay, some would heal you on the odd occasion, others would deliberately lead enemies into your group so you wiped, while they took your spot. With the NMs, which would take hours to respawn sometimes, they'd be there immediately to pick it off, get the loot and dump it on the AH, which was a major pain seeing as making money in FFXI is near to impossible without cashing in on some of the high-selling items. Such as the Leaping Boots.
I can understand why people buy game currency - but I do feel that botting and gilfarming can be a really lame or damaging aspect of a game, but that depends on the game really.
In other games, particularly FFXI, gilsellers were a serious threat to the game - they'd camp spots in sought after areas (there are a limited amount of areas to level up at each point) and farm for hours and hours, stealing mobs. Some were okay, some would heal you on the odd occasion, others would deliberately lead enemies into your group so you wiped, while they took your spot. With the NMs, which would take hours to respawn sometimes, they'd be there immediately to pick it off, get the loot and dump it on the AH, which was a major pain seeing as making money in FFXI is near to impossible without cashing in on some of the high-selling items. Such as the Leaping Boots.
I can understand why people buy game currency - but I do feel that botting and gilfarming can be a really lame or damaging aspect of a game, but that depends on the game really.
I was hoping Blizzard would take legal action against botters. I hope the programmer gets run over by a car on his way to court, I really do.
Game ruining scumbag.
jeez man take a step back
you're wishing death on somebody here, over what ? a computer programme that ruins your computer game ?
no wonder WOW players have the stereotype they do.
lol the funny thing is your 100% right
It was your fault...And here we go...
Completly wrong, stop trying to put everyone in the same basket.I used to play a Hunter at level 60 and then leveld it to 70 all hand leveld. I got bored of my hunter so around 7 months ago I traded it for a 70 paladin, since then i have geared it up form around 1.2k bonus healing to over 2k which is very good.
I am in an SSC/TK guild and have killed every boss in SSC and all buy Kael'Thas in TK. Some people bot and are rubbish but then there are players like me who have played for a long time, get bored of their class and dont want to have to do the grind again.
It was your fault...
How?
But surely you having gone through the struggle to get to lvl 70 once would know how bad bot's are and so not use one, but either swap, or buy one or something rather than bot it?
I see botting a char to 70 and buying/trading for a 70 to be the exact same in my case. I dont like people who are new to the game botting to 70 or just buying a level 70 as leveling a chararcter for a new player teaches you so much about the game like etiquette in instances, loot rules and general things about how the game works.
If I couldnt have traded my hunter for a paladin I would have botted a paladin to 70 because at the time I wasnt prepared to go through leveling again as I despise it, for me the fun starts at 70 not 1 to 69.
Ahh right o, your ok with it just so long as it's ruining someone else's game not yours
Im sorry, how have I who traded my character or Mr X who botted a character 70 because he diddnt want to have to level a character for a second, third, fourth time ruined you game?
Most of my mates use Glider for WoW simply because farming gold for raids/matts/consumables can take a long time and it's very tedious.
I don't use it my self and I never will, I wouldn't want to risk my account getting banned.
Oh well, I hope Blizzard win. They won a case recently with the gold selling website Peons4hire, after they lost the case they set up another website LOL.
I don't use it my self and I never will, I wouldn't want to risk my account getting banned.
Oh well, I hope Blizzard win. They won a case recently with the gold selling website Peons4hire, after they lost the case they set up another website LOL.
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Well, you could ask 10 million people what they think of this.... or maybe you couldnt coz half of them wouldnt be at their keyboards!
