Follow In Battlegrounds Broken After 5.2

[Chumbucket]

I'm no programmer; but, from what I gather from reading what programmers are saying, killing /follow will only affect a group of bots that are now being used but will have little to no effect on other available bots. I imagine a botter, whether farming gold, gear or whatever, wouldn't let killing /follow stop them from botting if there is a program that will still work. I just think Blizz may have temporarily slowed the botting problem but not for long, while it completely ruined boxing bgs. It just seems that there is a better solution.

It is a waste to ruin such an incredibly fun style of play that is so seamless that it is almost as if the game was designed to be boxed.

Here's a tip for a programmer who wants to create the next generation MMO. Make a game where you level, but as you level, you gain toons as well as gear and strength. Then everyone can box and the dynamics would be incredible. Talk about an addictive game. It would completely overshadow WoW.

[zenga]

I'm no programmer; but, from what I gather from reading what programmers are saying, killing /follow will only affect a group of bots that are now being used but will have little to no effect on other available bots. I imagine a botter, whether farming gold, gear or whatever, wouldn't let killing /follow stop them from botting if there is a program that will still work. I just think Blizz may have temporarily slowed the botting problem but not for long, while it completely ruined boxing bgs. It just seems that there is a better solution.

According to their statement it wasn't there intent nor their expectation to kill all bots, just the basic ones. While I completely reject botting, having an sophisticated bot in your team doesn't hurt your gaming experience/winning chances as much as having a bot who just is just following everyone on his mount (I've actually been owned by a bot in a 1v1 when I was playing an alt, they have a pretty good combat AI). And the /follow bots are the most obvious ones as well. As said before, there are limitations to what they both can scan and are allowed to scan on a player his computer (depending on legal privacy matters). There is simply not a 1 stop go all solution to weed out botting, it will be a never-ending fight. And the bots will only become more and more advanced / smarter. Really, if someone with the skills puts his mind and time to it, 10 bots will be able to take world first heroic kills, since they in theory will never fail as opposed to humans.

It is a waste to ruin such an incredibly fun style of play that is so seamless that it is almost as if the game was designed to be boxed.

Fun for the boxer, not so much fun for the one on the receiving end ...