Whats your opinon on afking for 6 hours?

While not interacting with the game other than to log in?

Jagex allows this, but botting is not. They both have the same ideal function in which you aren't playing the game to gain unfair advantage over those who do play.

More hypocrisy...

 

Guthans at nmz is a little too op IMO

Afk splashing fire strike I could care less about since it's like 9k xp per hour.

 

You're not using a 3rd party source so don't see a problem with it. I do it when I don't have time to play on it and will be gone. It's constant xp gainz.

Lol yeah if you're going to do the cheapest method. You can earn way more than that with the higher leveled spells. Pretty sure you can get up to 50K p/h with the best fire spell.

 

Botting is not even close to AFK'ing something like guthans - be real now.

 

The argument Jagex has for botting is that you're given an unfair advantage over those who play the game by not playing it while still advancing through it. How is this any different from botting? It's actually easier than botting because you don't have to configure any setup within the software. The mechanic of nmz allows you to abuse the set effect of guthans while not playing.

 

I personally feel like in botting, you get better exp, and thats what gives you the unfair advantage. In afking guthans, the exp rate is pretty bad, and isnt as advantageous as botting, and its the reason why afk guthans isnt bannable.

 

You can't get banned for it because it's a mechanic of the game. The problem is the mechanic itself that is being abused for exp. Same goes for afk magic training.

If you do this for 24 hours a day from 70 attack, strength and defence, it would take you a month to get maxed combat. Mind you, this isn't hard to do if you properly manage your time.

Is that considered fair to those who put in the time and interact with the game?

 

I don't have a problem with it, no 3rd party software is allowed so yeah, and yes it is considered fair to those who put the time and interact with the game

 

That doesn't make sense.

 

It's jagex, they do retarded shit all the time.

>Bans RWT because it gives players an "unfair advantage"
>Adds Bonds and makes RWT legal
>Changes the rule

 

How is it an unfair advantage? Everyone can do it. How's it unfair if everyone in the game has the opportunity to use it?

Your logic is quite flawed here because there are no third party software programs being used to help gain xp, everyone in the game is able to use it, Jagex states it's okay to AFK.

Those that choose not to use it are at fault. Why not use it if it's available and a valid source of training?

 

I agree with points from both, Ghast and Bartons but im probably more on the side of Bartons because everyone can do it, its like part of the game. If everyone can do it, it doesnt make it an unfair advantage.

 

Coming from someone who doesn't care if someone bots whatsoever, I don't mind it at all.

I, myself used to afk at nightmare zone with guthans all the time, and I never saw a problem with it!

 

Everyone can bot too. Just because players are abusing a system that allows them to further progress in the game while not interacting with it, doesn't mean those who don't do it "are a fault". Some players (like myself), choose to play the game properly and don't indulge in activities that allows game progression while not playing.

My logic doesn't make sense to you because you're not open minded. You fail to see that both have the same result following a certain procedure.

If we follow your logic. Those who choose not to bot are at fault for not exploiting improper game play. Botting is a valid source as well.

 

There are less than a handful of things you can afk. You can bot anything. What you can afk is Jagex's fault and they should fix it. Botting absolutely anything and everything is different. You can't afk runecrafting or range etc. but you can bot it. There's a difference between the variety of things you can do with afking and botting.

 

Range is afkable

 

Botting and afking do not require human interaction. Afking for 6 hours is out of line and on par of a bot in the sense of length. Most afkable content in the game don't require too much attention, yet need your interaction to continue. An example of this is fishing. You can afk fishing, but when a fishing spot is moved, you need to manually move your character.

 

It's called Monetization.

 

How am I narrow minded? Sounds like you're the one who is narrow minded mate lol.

You're all over the map with your points so it's quite hard to have a conversation with you. You keep comparing this to botting. Even though there is no 3rd party access, it's considered cheating to you.

People do the AFK method if they don't have time to play or just want easy XP. There are different methods for each skill and people choose to do the AFK method. They get lower XP. Then there are the ones that do it ''legit'' and gain much more XP. It's just your choice in method of training just like any other skill.

I'm sorry that you can't see this and will argue this no matter what point is brought up to you so I don't see the point of this thread. Are you mad that people can get XP by doing nothing when you're busting your ass off for XP?

I see it from your view as well and understand the frustration, but I don't get why it matters.

Your main point was that it's an unfair advantage...How is it unfair if anyone is able to do it?

 

It has nothing to do about advantages in the game, it's all about buying third party software that jagex doesn't get a cut of. It's all about the money.