Jagex could do so much more.

[tofurocks]

I have often thought about what a feeble effort Jagex makes to stop botters.
It could be that they want a certain amount of botters, because if they really want to stop all botters than they could do such a better job.
The random events are so simple, and all can be solved using reflection algorithms.
A captcha-like system (Hello adventurer, my eyesight is faded, can you tell me what this rune says?) could not be solved by bots, but could easily be solved by humans.
Anybody have any ideas on why this isn't implemented yet?

 

[JRSmithfan1]

Tbh, I wouldn't want this to be implemented.
I like botting.

 

[tofurocks]

Tbh, I wouldn't want this to be implemented.
I like botting.

No botters want it in the game, I'm just wondering why it's not.
It's such a simple thing to do, and it would ruin bots.

 

[Jimmy]

The tried this in classic and people circumvented the system.

 

[MekkaBottingService]

Haha, let's face it :b Jagex knows that without a certain amount of bots, there will be a lot less players, they will lose some revenue, and GE prices would be a lot higher for basic resources (essence, logs, fish, ores).

It's just when the amount of botters gets out of hand, they have to do something to keep the population in check(like shut down RSBot).

They'll never fully eliminate it.

It's a symbiotic relationship: bots rely on Runescape(duh xD), and Runescape relies on bots to an extent.

 

[jebebasaurus]

you're giving them ideas, now the sleeping bag will be re-implemented D:<

 

[tofurocks]

you're giving them ideas, now the sleeping bag will be re-implemented D:<

You can blame me if it does ^_^

The tried this in classic and people circumvented the system.

How so? Good OCR?

 

[Jimmy]

How so? Good OCR?

SleepWalker
http://kaitnieks.com/SleepWalker/

And LeoSleep used ORC.

 

you're giving them ideas, now the sleeping bag will be re-implemented D:<

Lol I doubt they will bring back fatigue

 

[tofurocks]

Lol I doubt they will bring back fatigue

Yeah, it's unlikely they would re-implement past anti-botting measures.
Off topic, how are those raviolis :laugh:

 

[sibolovin]

Any system put in is overcome eventually by the script writers

 

[tofurocks]

Any system put in is overcome eventually by the script writers

Of course, but I was thinking it could slow them down.
And it's more along the lines of bot devs than script writers who would be making ways to get around them.
Also, Jimmy, thank for the link about SleepWalker, I never would have thought of approaching it that way

 

[Perspari]

botters keep the GE stable. simple as that. 9gp willows, 35gp maples. and there's mass stocks of both, just a couple of the classic examples.
i mean would anybody actually mine Pure essence for more than an hour without a bot, no. not unless it was >200k/h

 

botters keep the GE stable. simple as that

Botters keep everything stable

 

[Brendan]

Botters keep everything stable

Exactly.

If all the bots in Runescape were wiped out, prices would shoot up, Players would Quit, Jagex would have a crisis.