The fantasy MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online has been threatened by a bot attack since the beginning of the game, choking its lifeblood. In numerous caves, clusters of robotic companions surround the bosses and farm them away from the spawn.
This not only ruins any sense of being at home in a fantasy world but also makes it difficult for honest players to enjoy the game. Some GMs from Zenimax have now taken spectacular action against these bots.
Dōmo arigatō, Mr. Roboto
Everything began with a system-wide message. There, a Gamemaster named Satsui No Boto announced that he would eliminate all bots he would encounter in the next 15 minutes. He then teleported to some of the most frequently bot-infested caves, warned all players to step away from the cave boss if they did not want to get caught in his beam, and used his god-like GM abilities to make the bots disappear.
Whether this happens regularly or was a cool PR stunt from Zenimax remains to be seen. According to reports, this action was not an isolated incident but has been repeated with various GMs until this morning.
In any case, players in the English forum Reddit and also in the German community forums responded to the action with applause. The bot plague has certainly ruined the fun of many players. Zenimax, especially CEO Matt Firor, has been asserting since release that they constantly ban bots and take action against them.
However, such an action carries that message further out and is visible to everyone.
Various news summarized
- The European mega-server is located in Dallas, Texas, until further notice. A move to Frankfurt is still planned, but, as the German community manager Kai Schober states, it is significantly more complicated than just putting someone on a plane with a USB stick. Therefore, no one at Zenimax is committing to a date.
- According to Schober, the German-speaking market is the second most important for Zenimax.
- At the new adventure zone Kargstein, which will also bring two new veteran ranks, crafters will not be left out. They will also be able to produce items for these new veteran levels.
- Reports about the popularity of The Elder Scrolls Online are consistently positive. TESO was, along with Diablo 3, the most googled term from the gaming genre over the holidays. Sales charts also show high values, exact numbers are still unknown.
- If you are unsuccessfully searching for tomatoes in the game, they are indeed implemented, but only available from crafting apprentices starting at level 2.
- A particularly combination of skills has created a kind of god mode for a player in PvP. Apparently, vampire abilities combined with those of an empress allowed a single player to hold off a large number of enemies for a long time, as he kept healing himself up from them. There is also a spectacular video with which we would like to conclude this news.
