Rampant trade bots and GGG stands idle by?
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Is GGG gonna give two shits about the rampant trade bots? [Removed by Support] They are using third party programs to modify game client to not load any graphics and thus they load in lightning fast. Is GGG gonna let this fly? This fuels RMT like never before.
So GGG, gonna do something or you don't give a shit? Last edited by Ringatu_GGG#0000 on Nov 14, 2025, 5:00:29 PM Last bumped on Nov 19, 2025, 5:17:30 PM
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Add some really obscure captcha to be able to enable live search because this is how the trade bots operate. Humans who use trade site as intended won't have any issues with a captcha now and then. Make live search time out after a certain time unless you do a new captcha. At least this forces the people (we all know who it is) to actively monitor every single trade search they have going, that will surely put some strain on their operation.
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There is more effective solution
>Calculate delay between item being bought and item being shown to users >if this delays shows abnormality(which it does 100% of time when bot buys it) ban account or at least its player to player trading capability including usage of guild chest. Bots buy the item like 20seconds before it even pings in my live search, they will be banned 100% of time with no false positives using this method. Even if we assume there is real user faster than machine living right next to the server to get first ping, he could not load the instance as fast as these edited clients. It sounds like foolproof method to me, if bots end up having to use build in-delays to appear more man-like then you can actually have a chance to beat them. But even this more advanced bot can be solved by second layer, second layer is detection of trade frequence and wins, if the bot wins too much it gets trade timeout for x hours or days. It is not normal for single user to be first to buy 500 underpriced magebloods in row. Real users are over 30seconds slower. Captcha method sounds fine at first glance but 1. They just buy captcha solvers in india, it is common solution to this 100% effective too. 2. They can even train AI to solve them, I do not know any captcha that was not solved by AI. "Click on cats" is not exactly hard for modern computer vision. 3. It annoys real users, methods suggested by me are invisible to legitimate player. There is probably even better solution, i m not some anti-cheat mastermind. Industry veterans can probably solve it in like 1 hour. I feel pretty, Oh, so pretty, I feel pretty, and witty and gay, And I pity Any girl who isn’t me today! Last edited by CAKE#4700 on Nov 16, 2025, 9:57:21 AM
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The ridiculous thing is that they are very cheaply made and obvious. Would be incredibly easy to ban such people. I don't get it.
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GGG must start DO SOMETH ASAP to stop bots or make bots less effective!
but they its classic GGG so nothin gonna happen to bots (sadly) Mercenaries master craft service Mercenaries My IGN TreeOfDead
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Yeah, verification of client files, mandatory 2 factor login via mobile app( yes all players that would be appropriate for playing this game do have smart phones) remove player to player trade and make the item name change from list to buy and the listing anonymous like 2 other arpg already do.
Last edited by ExsiliumUltra#5541 on Nov 16, 2025, 11:53:02 AM
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" I don't have a smartphone and will never have one. People like myself were against asynch trade because we knew bots would get rampant. Now you will have to live with the bots. And a big fat no against 2 factor logins or solving captchas ingame. Heart of Purity
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They can just make gold drop only for the host. That way they won't be able to buy gold from sellers
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" This is a very good solution and indeed better than a captcha, it was just the first solution I could come up with. Will GGG do this though? Nah, they don't dare. They're owned by who they're owned by after all and this would look like a semi targeted attack on their owner's kin. Yes I'm gauding GGG to take action. Will probably fail though. Last edited by Nomies#6100 on Nov 16, 2025, 5:53:28 PM
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" good idea Mercenaries master craft service Mercenaries My IGN TreeOfDead
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