For me GW2 is the biggest argument against b2p -no sub mmo's. I dont play much anymore, - and if the game had a sub I wouldnt play at all, such is my annoyance with their game overall. I could take my money and walk with it where other mmo's were concerned, and I did. I dont have that power with gw2.

The economy is whole different can of worms, and mark my words, this game is not going to be much different from swtor when we view it in hindsight in another 6 months or so. It will go slower because it has better replayability, and less tracking (because it doesnt have a sub) but it has precious little depth, even less imo than the horror that is swtor.

The botting IS rampant. - Anyone who says it isnt, is either mostly in dungeons, or hasnt replayed the midlevel zones since making their first toon, nor does he frequent karma farms in Orr. - Because the bots are there, in large numbers. If that annoys you as a player, then I do not recommend you purchase this game.

Botting is here to stay folks!!!

If anyone get banned, they simply get another copy of the game and start botting again ~ similar to the god old cheaters in the fps-game counter-strike!  Busted? Get another copy!

No subscription-ban to worry about! CHEAT ON!!  There ya go GW2 fanboys! And OOOH, no need to worry about your character progression......  equal gear in pvp! (or wvevwvwvwvwv or whatever it's called) This is why people don't worrying about botting/cheating!

See?? Perhaps they shouldn't charge 15 bucks/month, OKEJ, but they sure should charge atleast something.... like 5 bucks/month atleast?

Originally posted by Regomar

I play 2-3 hours a day and I've NEVER seen a bot.  Nobody named kfjhsdfsdkjf, no naked rangers, no bot chains. 

Methinks this 'epidenic' is greatly exaggerated.

Oh I have and from time to time you will come across a bot chain, lol love that name, and ironically they were all rangers with shortbows.  all chasing one another.  All attacking the same mobs, all collecting loot, all visiting the same npc vendor, I followed two seperate chains for an hour for .. well for the fun of it. lol   I found it to be amusing, not annoying, was a level 50-60 zone and haha, I enjoyed watching.  What skill, what talent, one armored 5 naked.  well nearly naked.  And all had very unique names, not the sort of erfdfdsfer names you expected to see.

Anyway, botting is an issue, but is it so much an issue to make you this upset? or is it game breaking?  no, I don't think so, gold farmers are gonna be around forever, they just get more creative as new code is introduced to dectect them.   Lets give the devs a few months to work it out.. and just keep reporting the bots.    We can all do our part, not rely solely on the devs.

GAME OVER!

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