Why are there so many Chinese bots on the realms of WoW: Classic? A Chinese person speaks out and explains what the big problem is.
Anyone currently playing World of Warcraft Classic will have seen plenty of them on the larger realms: bots. Particularly a problem on Chinese realms, the wave has spilled over to European servers in recent months.
Bots often travel in groups of 5-10 characters, clearing out a specific area or spending several days in dungeons to farm gold. A Chinese player recently explained on Reddit why this is the case and what “blame” the WoW token in Classic carries.
Who is speaking? In the WoW Classic subreddit, the user oldeasysleepyhero has spoken up. According to his own statements, he is also Chinese and explains why botting is on the rise. Having spoken with some gold farmers and botters, he believes he can provide good insights. Especially because in China, botters now rule everything.
The mentality of players carries great blame
First, he explains that the mentality of many players has changed. Those who used to be willing to farm gold for 10 hours straight during their student days may not be willing to do so anymore. Many of these players are now in the workforce and think: “The gold I buy costs me an hour of real working time. I’m saving many hours.”
Many players feel the same way, which is why the demand for buying gold exists at all.
Additionally, the market is also created by the botters and farmers themselves. They repeatedly offer raid groups where items are bid on with gold. The gold is then split among all the other players. So, if someone wants to buy their T1 shoulders from Molten Core, they have to purchase them in a GDKP group for several thousand gold. At least if they don’t have their own raid group.
The gold that these players use to bid comes from real-money purchases. This gold is then farmed by the botters.
Why is the WoW Token to blame? NetEase introduced the WoW token on the Chinese Classic realms. This led to a drastic decrease in the gold price on Chinese realms. Many Chinese farmers and botters have therefore decided to try their luck on European and American realms. There, they earn nearly 7 times for the same effort.
Why don’t bans work? According to oldeasysleepyhero, it is hardly possible to effectively restrict the bots. Botters regularly buy new accounts and let the characters level up “on the side”. While four mages farm Maraudon, they simply pull the fifth mage along to have another character ready to bot.
What can Blizzard do? According to the thread starter, Blizzard should consider activating the WoW token on European realms as well. This would make the market at least as uninteresting as it already is on Chinese realms.
Whether all of this is exactly as oldeasysleepyhero tells it is, of course, hard to verify. But at least his narrative sounds coherent and would explain why bots and real-money sellers have massively increased in Europe in recent months.
Do you have many problems with bots in World of Warcraft Classic? Or have you not noticed any at all, and is it all exaggerated?
