tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post2852296760491468106..comments2023-10-25T07:19:08.019-05:00Comments on The Nosy Gamer: CCP's War On Bots: Odyssey ChangesNoizyGamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17315716516032999133noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post-15335606667397727412013-07-31T11:37:45.575-05:002013-07-31T11:37:45.575-05:00"Some people will argue that CCP should not m..."Some people will argue that CCP should not make design decisions to take botting and RMT into account."<br /><br />Oh, I argue that CCP should do that. Not to the detriment of gameplay. But usually *interesting* gameplay is more difficult for bots to match. So it's a win-win situation. Less bots, more interesting gameplay.<br /><br />Even if it's only a mini step, the ice mining changes show exactly that, IMHO.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post-78051088086435117702013-07-29T21:20:28.528-05:002013-07-29T21:20:28.528-05:00I'm not confusing the two. The complaint on t...I'm not confusing the two. The complaint on the forums is that multi-boxers are scooping up all the ice so fast that no one else has a change to get more than a cycle or two. That includes bots. And since I'm guessing that a lot of the ice bots were made by people who don't have the skills of a Slav2, Da Teach or civan, those bots are probably limited to a single system.<br /><br />The picture in the article is an example of a multi-boxer in action. A high sec ice belt holds 2500 units of ice. So how long does it take a Mackinaw to mine 50 units of ice? Because my Procurer can do it in under 42 minutes. I ask because that screenshot was of a 50 Mackinaw fleet with Orca support. I wouldn't be surprised if it only took 30 minutes.<br /><br />So in a way, the multi-boxers are killing off the ice botters.<br /><br />NoizyGamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315716516032999133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post-89491114277778970112013-07-29T19:41:55.982-05:002013-07-29T19:41:55.982-05:00don't confuse bots with multiboxing please, yo...don't confuse bots with multiboxing please, you are smarter than that.Call-Me-Kennethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14051786572643188536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post-49686310720319394742013-07-29T13:54:05.058-05:002013-07-29T13:54:05.058-05:00And they're still ignoring the worse problem o...And they're still ignoring the worse problem of market bots.MoxNixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12407914481361718041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post-65630633682086678242013-07-29T11:17:36.771-05:002013-07-29T11:17:36.771-05:00Bottom line, CCP turns a blind eye to botting when...Bottom line, CCP turns a blind eye to botting when it comes to ceratin power blocs. Do you seriously think that soundwave just made all those null sec ice belts and null sec ore belts so rich just to have them ignored? No. That vast transfer of wealth was made so the null sec bot fleets of the likes of goons and other blocs can make a ton of money, fast.<br /><br />To suggest that CCP is going to piss off the most influential subscribers, and their close friends, (name the last dev or game designer that was NOT a null sec player), is just wrong.<br /><br />This game is being changed more and more to explicitly enhance RMT operations for the null sec cartels.Dinsdale Pirannhanoreply@blogger.com