To tackle the bot problem in WoW Classic, some players are using creative ideas – once again highlighting what is going wrong.
World of Warcraft launched the new Classic realms a few weeks ago. These so-called “Anniversary Realms” are very popular within the community. Fans also like to call them “Fresh” realms because everyone starts anew. However, like in all other realms of World of Warcraft, there is a scourge that bothers many: bots.
Fortunately, the community has creative ideas to disrupt bots in their “work”.
What happened? In the WoW Classic subreddit, player somebody0964 shared a screenshot showing a whole bunch of bots gathered in one spot:
The reason for this: There is actually a vendor at that spot, which the bots are supposed to target. Without this vendor, the bots apparently don’t know what to do and just remain motionless in one spot.
Why does this work? Many bots in World of Warcraft follow fixed movement patterns. They travel along exact routes, kill all enemies in the vicinity, and return to cities at regular intervals to empty their inventory, buy food, or – in the case of hunters – replenish their supply of arrows. However, if even one of these steps fails, the bots get stuck and can no longer perform their designated task.
This is how the community reacts: In the WoW Classic subreddit, players celebrate the actions of the player while simultaneously complaining about Blizzard. It simply cannot be that the realms are again so infested with bots that are obvious to all players. There must be systems in place that automatically punish these characters – and not just after several weeks, after they have already caused damage to the economy of the individual realms.
Some of the comments:
- „Good job, but the image is just a testament to poverty.” – Eyewitnesslol
- “We prefer the term ‘paying customers'” – yeahwhoknowsidk
- “A new way to find bots. Just take out the innkeepers.” – aperthiansmurfian
Are you currently playing WoW Classic again? Are you encountering many bots and reporting them diligently? Or have you found other ways to ruin the day for the automated cheaters?
In modern WoW, Blizzard has meanwhile come up with new ideas to improve dungeons…
