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> Now, there's the reality which is that the only time you have bots on a large scale in a multiplayer game is when there's something to be gained by their use.
by anthonyb 15y ago
> Now, there's the reality which is that the only time you have bots on a large scale in a multiplayer game is when there's something to be gained by their use.
...and the game is too tedious to play. Isn't that a sign of a problem with your game - when people would rather script it than play it?
There used to be gangs of players in Ultima Online who would go around hunting down farmers and botters. A pity they didn't put the same sort of energy into demanding a better play experience.
- ebbv 15y ago> ...and the game is too tedious to play. That is not true at all. In fact, the opposite is true, because the bots only rise up as a problem on a popular game. If the game was so boring nobody wanted to play it, then nobody would care about the results of botting. No, bots are a problem not because the game is "too boring", but because people naturally want to abuse the system and gain advantage via automation. Whether that advantage is purely in the game, or results in real world cash.