Dancer Archive
Thread: Newest buff bot trick
kirah_ashlin wrote:
Because we AREN'T getting that kind of income . . . .
Sigrun wrote:
Danathal wrote:
THIS morning.. M'aria told me HERSELF that she's made 10mil in a week.
*BLINK*
I just don't know where to start with that.
Is M'aria a buff-bot?
With that sort of income being generated, why are Entertainers whining so much?
Hell, I can't do 10 mil a week (consistently) with 4 accounts mining the best stuff that spawns!
QFE!
Sigrun, you just don't seem to understand the reality of the situation. With the buffbots constantly taking *all* of the customers despite our very valiant efforts of being in the cantinas and trying to compete, the vast, vast, VAST majority of people...I'd say 99% of them will STILL make a beeline for that buffbot and ignore us completely.
I was there, on Bria, levelling up for the last Cantina Crawl, while Kirah was in the Coronet Cantina with me. She stood *directly* in front of the buffbot, talked and greeted most people, asked people if they wanted buffs. And what did they do? They *ignored* her and went directly to Briha.
It's a FACT. This is what happens. It's happened to me on Kettemoor, and I'm sure it's happened to most of us on whatever servers we play on. Those who are lucky enough where this doesn't happen are in the *minority.*
Schardour wrote:
They actually claim to have bots on other servers, including Naritus and (I think) Eclipse. Two of their forum names are Fetima and Juliet-, also known as Chilastra buffbots Karina (Theed bot that decided to thank me) (alt name Kelsea), M'aria (in Coronet, I can't recall her main name), and Tashi (the Dantooine MO bot).
Karina and M'aria have successfully flamed at least one Entertainers of Chilastra Masters list into deletion, and had several other discussions locked and deleted. I've tried for a very long time to play nice and even attempted to partner with them to advocate live entertainers and the EOC chat channel, but to no avail. They claim to be there to help the community. Public botting in locations often brimming with masters at primetimeis disgusting, especially when those masters are ignored while a steady stream walk in and ask to be invited to their groups.
I'd love to take some action, but I don't know what to do. The majority of the loudmouths on our forums tend to support bots and flame anybody that opposes them without listening to reason or considering the entertainer views. *shrug* It's driving me to leave the server. It's exactly what made me leave the game before the announcement was made that they would end it.
Schardour, I know what you mean here. I had a little run in on the Kettemoor forumsa couple weeks (?) back and I felt the same thing. It's extremely difficult because over on the Dancer/Entertainer/Musician forums I know I'm in a "safe zone." For every idiot that comes here to flame us over the buffbot issue, I know there are so many of us who will jump to each other's defense and we have a support group of sorts. We almost always drive them out, though there are a couple persistent people who keep coming back. Heh. But, when it happens on your home server forum, it's a completely different ballgame. It no longer feels "safe" and can certainly do a number on your emotions when you feel like you're the sole voice amongst a sea of flames and degradation. During the first 24 hours of the aforementioned Kettemoor thread, I got *really* down about it. Seriously. I almost cancelled again. Even though I know changes are coming, I kept thinking to myself "is it really worth this?" I mean, is it really worth being constantly belittled and made to feel bad about yourself? Yes, this is a game. But, sometimes it just feels like everybody hates you. And, sorry, but that's just not "fun." And, I play a game to have fun. But, seriously, I logged on both Kettemoor and Tarquinas and basically did nothing except have my avatar stand in the Cantina with /mood sad and his head hanging down. I kid you not...it was depressing as hell. And, I'm a little embarassed admitting that it affected me that much. But, it did. And, I thought, this is ridiculous, why am I putting myself through this?
Luckily, after the first 24 hours, a couple of other Kettemoor entertainers entered the fray, and my spirits were more renewed. But, really, this attitude displayed towards us is absolutely no fun. And, the only reason I'm hanging in there right now, by a thread, I might add, is because I'm hoping this is going to change. And, I'm hoping that when the "fix" is implemented, that buffbots will start to no longer be available. And, maybe 6 months from now most people won't even remember them, and I won't have to experience the day to day hatred that I see here on the forums. Because, I'll be honest with you, if this isn't fixed, I'm gone. I'm not even joking. I'm hoping the devs are serious. Whether or not they did it because of buffbots is irrelevant. I just want them gone. And, if they don't go, I will go, and this time I will *never* come back. And that's not a threat. It's just a reality. I know my $15 means very little and they're not going to change things just because of little old me. I just know that I refuse to subject myself to torture from a bunch of ignorant, hypocritical, cruel ass hats for very much longer. It's just not worth it.
