Anyone else get caught harvesting?

[HammerFour]

It's not the fact that I got caught bot harvesting in EL that bothers me, but the fact that Sony not only emptied my broker off all harvests, but took away EVERYTHING. My broker was completely empty. AND, not all harvests were gathered by botting. I took 6 accounts worth of rares and combined them onto one toon's broker. This is the toon that got caught. And of course, I dare not petition because a few of the other rares came from botting toons who haven't gotten caught. I swear.

Anyhow, this is more of a vent. Just wanting to know if anyone else had the same thing happen.

 

[wolfppo]

Sorry to hear bro be very careful in the future dont be so blatant.

If you want to harvest in a open zone try to find a out of the way spot.

In el dont do it near the docks lol gl in the future.

 

[Kannkor]

This has been said over and over and over.

Botting in public gets you petitioned. Being petitioned gets you stripped, suspended, and/or banned.

This also has been said many times.

AFK botting of any type is bad, and gets you suspended and/or banned.

It sounds like you took the 2 things not to do, and combined them and are upset you got caught. My recommendation: If you (or anyone) is going to bot harvest, do it WHILE YOU ARE THERE WATCHING. If you leave your desk, pause the bot and resume when you come back.

 

[Nuprecon]

I used to bot harvest EL for days on end, months at a time. never got caught, but I usually stayed at my computer doing other chores / coding / what ever.

AFK botting is a pretty sure fire way to get banned.

However, I'm willing to bet there was more to it then just harvesting... Maybe you sold a little plat on the side?

 

[wired203]

He may or may not have sold plat, but he did break a cardinal rule. He funneled resources into a single spot increasing the said total of resources too fast. Something the chinese bots tend to do. Usually to bulk up and then push out cash etc.

Basically you triggered a flag when your char went from say 15 rares to 200 rares in way to short of a time. Next time sell from each account.

 

[Amadeus]

The fact that you didn't get banned = win.

 

[fryfrog]

The fact that you didn't get banned = win.

I agree

For what it is worth, I've been cheating in EQ and EQ2 the entire 10+ years I've been playing and I haven't so much as heard a peep from anyone, be it GM or player. I like to think I play by the "Golden Rule" and do unto others as I'd have them do unto me. I'm not a jerk, I try not to be obvious and I even try to be helpful. I like to think I do things in moderation, though on the high side of it.

Don't be a dick, is what I think it boils down to. Don't piss anyone off, don't upset the balance by a large factor.

 

[thrakos]

I agree with Ama... the fact that you didn't get Banned is not only a Win, but Amazing. SOE must be hard up for cash to not even Ban your account(s) for days/weeks/forever.

I recommend running the EQ2Radar whenever you run EQ2Harvest. Configure the Radar to only show PCs, stretch it across the entire game window and Pay Attention. Anytime a pc gets near me, I kill the harvest software and do it manually. If I see a PC run up to my toon while i'm harvesting, i'll /bow or /salute and ask them how they're doing. 99% of the time, they mark me off the 'bot list' and move on to hunt other bot'ers. The other 1% of the time, they ask me to sell them rares or send them a tell if i see a named spawn .

The only time you should bot while AFK is when you want to be banned. Expect it. And thank the Gods you get to keep your toons in this instance. I'm actually amazed they didn't do more. Shocked, even.

 

[bjcasey]

I agree with Ama... the fact that you didn't get Banned is not only a Win, but Amazing. SOE must be hard up for cash to not even Ban your account(s) for days/weeks/forever.

I recommend running the EQ2Radar whenever you run EQ2Harvest. Configure the Radar to only show PCs, stretch it across the entire game window and Pay Attention. Anytime a pc gets near me, I kill the harvest software and do it manually. If I see a PC run up to my toon while i'm harvesting, i'll /bow or /salute and ask them how they're doing. 99% of the time, they mark me off the 'bot list' and move on to hunt other bot'ers. The other 1% of the time, they ask me to sell them rares or send them a tell if i see a named spawn .

The only time you should bot while AFK is when you want to be banned. Expect it. And thank the Gods you get to keep your toons in this instance. I'm actually amazed they didn't do more. Shocked, even.

Do people still actively "hunt" botters? I haven't heard that being talked about in years. Back in the day I remember people actively looking for craft and harvest bots, but lately I haven't seen anyone worried about it.

 

[Multicharacter]

The only time you should bot while AFK is when you want to be banned. Expect it. And thank the Gods you get to keep your toons in this instance. I'm actually amazed they didn't do more. Shocked, even.

I'm surprised he didn't get banned too. I got a guy banned once while harvesting and I wasn't even AFK. (there was a bug with the face command, and while things looked completely normal to you it made your character look odd to other people)

 

[HammerFour]

Well, I guess I forgot to mention that I WAS at my PC during this episode. I hadn't been harvesting for long, but my window was minimized while paying bills. Therefore, I had no idea a GM was sending me tells. But, I think Wired may have a valid point in that I went from having barely any rares on my broker to having quite a few more. And yes, I was informed that if it happens again, that account is banned.

 

[wired203]

you forgot golden rule #2, when botting ALWAYS run eq2afkalarm peroid. It alerts you to pissed off people and pissed off GM's wether your paying bills, watching a movie, etc.

 

[Nuprecon]

you forgot golden rule #2, when botting ALWAYS run eq2afkalarm peroid. It alerts you to pissed off people and pissed off GM's wether your paying bills, watching a movie, etc.

or you could be super leet and hook up an IRC client at your office, and make a bot that sends all chat to the IRC client, then allows you to send it all back.

 

[zarobhr]

i got caught the other day, was only away from pc about 15 minutes, got a warning, they removed all full stacks of T2 resources from my inventory but didnt take any of the rares. i got lucky, now i dont even take a piss with pausing.

 

[HammerFour]

Had no idea there was a eq2afkalarm. Thanks!

 

[Pygar]

I need more detail on these incidents.

Feel free to PM me.

I need to know the hours / wk running harvest from your IP address.

 

[HammerFour]

Pygar, I'll keep that information handy when and IF there's a next time. I can't recall any of the information you need from this past incident.