Quote Originally Posted by jak3676 View Post
I appreciate Blizz working to restrict/limit the impact bots have. I wish they focused more direct labor on observing & banning botters, but I can understand that actions that make botting less effective can also help. (I think the black lotus changes were more about breaking many of the bots than they were about anything else.)

With a 15 year old game that they're trying hard not to change, its very easy to exploit almost everything. It seems like much of the current meta around AOE instance farming and boosting is all based around unintended behavior. If this were retail I fully expect that Blizz would change mob behavior and/or the environment such that none of the SM/ZF/Mara/BRD/ZG "1-pull" mechanics would work. (Although I do think that pulling off these pulls is one of the most fun parts about classic.) But if I can do it, its probably just as easy for someone else to automate that with bots. Classic seems to have a bigger bot problem than I ever remember seeing on retail.

But I don't get how this will actually impact any botters. People are saying this will make botters buy more accounts. I don't this will have any impact at all, because the limit is per realm, so botters will just switch realms every 6 hours. Its not like the botters care about which server they're on. So I don't see this having any impact on botting at all. What am I missing here?
You have valid points though it will add some overhead for them to level up multiple teams to 60 to be able to switch servers and if they increase the banning frequency that overhead will be even more painful.