Extreme Bot Infestation

MarkswomanSpin · October 2016

Why are ALL the maps in ALL channels at the Black Heaven Scrapyard absolutely infested with Bots?
Please Nexon, do something about this.

KeepComingBack · October 2016

Dark World tree is full of them too.
The same 6 blazewizards at level 224-226 keep passing me on world ranks no matter how much I train, FeelsBadMan.

ThrillersVN · October 2016

This problem has been discussed for a long time but seems like we cant get rid of it completely,because when a GM blocked a bot,"they" just create another one.

xparasite9 · October 2016

ThrillersVN said:
This problem has been discussed for a long time but seems like we cant get rid of it completely,because when a GM blocked a bot,"they" just create another one.

Why not build up measures to thwart automated logins?

ThrillersVN · October 2016

Everyone knows what to solve them,but the last decision is from NX to be honest.

AKradian · October 2016

ThrillersVN said:
This problem has been discussed for a long time but seems like we cant get rid of it completely,because when a GM blocked a bot,"they" just create another one.

"They" just create another one in seconds, but it doesn't become level 224 in seconds.
It's pretty sad that enough bots get to such high levels as to "infest" the high-level training maps and hold significant positions on rankings.

bumbertyr · October 2016

i do wish we had another wall to slow down botters, like phone verification or something, something similar to nxk.

ShadEight · October 2016

^I agree phone verification is so useful these days. It kinda makes up for our lack of SSN requirement. They should also make sure they don't allow fake phone services which can bypass it.

Ivangold · October 2016

Can a phone verification workfor GMS with such big area to cover? i mean KMS is only Korea, but GMS is more than USA(that's already bigger), can anyone in the permited regions(to play) use their phone to verify their acc regardless of place?

AKradian · October 2016

Ivangold said:
Can a phone verification workfor GMS with such big area to cover? i mean KMS is only Korea, but GMS is more than USA(that's already bigger), can anyone in the permited regions(to play) use their phone to verify their acc regardless of place?

Depends on how much Nexon is willing to spend.

Google's phone verification will either send you a text message (SMS), or make a voice call to your phone (with a bot saying "your code is one two three four" or whatever). I think it's safe to assume that anyone, anywhere in the world, who has internet access also has some kind of phone. Even the most primitive of landline phones can handle a voice call. However, both the SMS and the voice call cost the caller money, especially for overseas calling.

If Nexon prefers to do it by sending the code via some kind of free smartphone app (either their own or something that already exists and is tied to your phone number, like WhatsApp), that could be a problem. Not everybody who has internet also has a smartphone.

Lelouchy · October 2016

While we're talking about bots is there no way to ignore bots?

AKradian · October 2016

Lelouchy said:
While we're talking about bots is there no way to ignore bots?

What do you mean?

AznboiE · October 2016

Usually when Nexon comes with a solution it's a temporary fix but efficiently put all bots out of commission until they find another hack source. You can usually tell when they find a patch when prices of clean slates and spell traces sky rocket.

Lelouchy · October 2016

AKradian said:

Lelouchy said:
While we're talking about bots is there no way to ignore bots?
What do you mean?

Chat ignore, Like gold sellers and stuff.

Bahamut_X · October 2016

Two factor ID already comes into play right now on other services. Unfortunately it is also one that does take time to set up. If you are referring to a mobile authenticator on the other hand there are a number of solutions. Though one would have to ask about the range of compatibility between supported devices.

Also there are those of us who play and don't have access to a cell phone for the feature.

Sorrow · October 2016

This needs to be addressed, I can't train in Haven maps without coming across a hacker in every channel.

BIackbean · October 2016

bots are everywhere especially in reb0t. the population of reboot is 90% bots?????

Aggraphine · October 2016

BIackbean said:
bots are everywhere especially in reb0t. the population of reboot is 90% bots?????

If you're wondering why, they farm up an asston of mesos, then sell the entire account.

gamechanger · October 2016

AKradian said:

ThrillersVN said:
This problem has been discussed for a long time but seems like we cant get rid of it completely,because when a GM blocked a bot,"they" just create another one.
"They" just create another one in seconds, but it doesn't become level 224 in seconds.
It's pretty sad that enough bots get to such high levels as to "infest" the high-level training maps and hold significant positions on rankings.

It honestly isn't even that hard to get to those levels anymore. But yes, NexonNA is really bad at banning high leveled bots, and also exceptionally bad at banning prominent community members that are cheating in the game.

Aggraphine · October 2016

gamechanger said:

AKradian said:

ThrillersVN said:
This problem has been discussed for a long time but seems like we cant get rid of it completely,because when a GM blocked a bot,"they" just create another one.
"They" just create another one in seconds, but it doesn't become level 224 in seconds.
It's pretty sad that enough bots get to such high levels as to "infest" the high-level training maps and hold significant positions on rankings.
It honestly isn't even that hard to get to those levels anymore. But yes, NexonNA is really bad at banning high leveled bots, and also exceptionally bad at banning prominent community members that are cheating in the game.

Or prominent(let's say, rank 4 of their class on their server?) players who actively engage in real-money trades or IGN selling(again, for real money).

thrakkes · October 2016

MarkswomanSpin said:
Why are ALL the maps in ALL channels at the Black Heaven Scrapyard absolutely infested with Bots?
Please Nexon, do something about this.

The main reason is because Nexon implements many contents of different group levels. Lets take Black Heaven as example, as mentionned here. If Nexon hasn't added Dark World Tree, then there wouldn't have been that many Lv190+ training areas. Meaning, the current contents would be more populated, so higher chance of botters being reported!

We need to adjust many high level contents to lower them or adding prequests so botters won't have access. I know this, because I have NEVER seen any of them botting in Kritias nor San Commerci. Just saying, about Commerci we no longer need to do prequest to get there so I am not sure.

Nexon did great to remove Palanquin NPC of Mushroom Shrine for now, because Ninja Castle was infested of botters.

I keep thinking we should fix the game rather than adding new contents. Nexon doesn't realize the reason of why people actually quit the game. We all agree this game is pay2win for end game bosses, but we also have SO many bugs and glitches still unfixed, I also include stuffs like Hard Magnus drops and hack detection system being broken.

Extreme Bot Infestation

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