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I'm currently running an auto-invite macro on a Bria buffbot in Theed. I haven't been here long, but I've already had one player approach me for an invitation. I obliged, but I asked two things of him. To A) visit the various entertainer forums when he gets the chance, in order to note our opposition to the rapidly growing practice, and B) ask for an atk Master when looking fora buff, rather than moving silently to the buffbot (which is what he immediately did.) He was rather kind, so our conversation was pleasant. However, I'm quite certain that I'll meet with some extremely hostile reactions as the night wears on. As a bit of griefer etiquette, should I inviteall players to receive the buff? Invite only the pleasant ones that seem to care (on some level)? Refuse to invite a soul and simply disable the bot for the evening? Go afk and simply run the macro?

I'd also like for somebody to recommend/write a bio for my ingame characters that would be informative yet succinct. A bio that would explain our position in small words, and point them in the right direction for more information. Please help! Perhaps a /groupchat announcement macro would also be beneficial?

Oh, her advertisement is the following:

"FREE DANCER AND MUSICIAN BUFFS! Invite me to your group or ask Eira Os-Ale (that's me)for an invite."

This runs on an annoying20-30 second pause.

So...I'm inviting her to my group.

You so rock!

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1. Entertainer
2. Bounty Hunter
3. Smuggler

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So how does camping these buffbots work? Just hang out next to a buffbot AFK, so that no one gets an invite except you? I might have to do this at C-net if it's this simple...We can start our anti-buffbot system. Wherever we find buffbots just hang around them so no one can use them. BUT I'm not sure if it is that simple....

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You loop an auto-invite macro (I insert a /pause 1 to reduce the spam load). This is usually enough to beat a person to the punch. However, simply spamming /invite on a player is considered harassment by SOE. When you first join the buffbot group, inform him/her of your intentions to begin to run a macro that will interfere with their buffing macro. Also, state that, should you go afk at any point and cannot be reached, a simple /addignore will end the sea of invitations (I would consider this to be optional if you don't plan to go afk at any point). Respect their wishes for you to stop, but inform them that the repercussions of going afk for long periods of time are unknown, and that your macrojust might begin again at a later time. And they just might not be around to ask you to quit again.

Be prepared to be told off, even if you are being as courteous as humanly possible.Prepare your preaching in advance. You'll be approached by a good number of players seeking their services. Harassment can be /reported, so trynot to lower your argument to their level.

I believe I was told to "get bent" several times last night. I thought that phrase went out of style a while back Crazy d00d powergamer buffbot users....

They're spreading, there's even posts about it in the game guide forum http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=game_guides&message.id=190555

This is a clever and ingenious way of stopping a buffbot and I understand your motivation- I wouldn't do it however, I'd feel as though I'd lowered myself to their level or maybe somewhat lower. But it is clever.

So'fe Sose

Founding Member of BladeRunners

I am what I choose to be. I have always been what I chose...
although not always what I pleased.

Once an unique player in an unique world.
Now just a cookie cutter avatar in a cookie cutter game.

You feel a buffbot is interferring with your gameplay..so you do something to interfere with thier gameplay..how does that make you any better than them?

Just curious.

/cheer

well done all.. im not a dancer, but found this link on my regular forums..

i know where your coming from and as a Doc i hate to wander into the med center to see People with wounds ignored as all the so called Medics/Docs are healing AFK tumblers.. always spaming Tumbling for tips..

No clever Counter measures for me.. just a nice healthy 3 1/2 hour Quickness Buff sorts that right out,

why these people even play.. there afk 99% of the time.. oo look my game plays its self.. and i pay for this

Pfft, I did it on Bria in Coronet the other night... there was only one Ent group and they were "full" (the leader was mostly AFK and their healer had already gone AFK, there were people teamed who weren't going to animate again and could have been kicked, but, eh, whatever).

So, I spam invited the bot. *shrug* I also invited all of the new people that walked in... all, patron and ent. I also talked to anyone who would talk back, but I wasn't protesting. I was just trying to level, lol. I've also done this for other levelers when I've seen them having a hard time. Usually someone who only needs EH.

I also tell people to "be nice to the Bot" and "don't molest the Bot" if I see someone doing something gross... and I report them if they don't stop.

Now, Iwould have been willing to be a bigger pain in the rear about it if a live Master had been there and was being skipped for the Bot, but there wasn't. Every Master showing up in search was there in the Cantina, they were just AFK.

I don't like keeping people from getting buffs, I like giving people buffs! So, if I have to be the leader of a Bot Ent group to level and/or have anything like that experience, ok.

Ub-ick Esava
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Lowca - Master Dancer Extraordinaire
*CENSORS* Cantina, Honor's Keep, Corellia,

I've supported the devs for a very long time. I've defended them by stating that they have alot on their plates. However, focusing on a single task while ignoring all others is becoming the mantra for the SWG development team. (Or it appears to be, since we actually have no clue as to what they're doing.)

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/mourn SWG

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