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The one thing I don't quite get, I'm teleported to Scaperune, I'm not a bot. So now I have access to an exclusive resource area that not many people are at? Do I get sent back to the main game?

You'll be competing with other bots, so I doubt it will be an exclusive resource.
How many worlds will there be? And how efficient will this be working on resource bots

It's hard to say how efficient this will become before the system is fully launched. However, our initial tests on just a couple of areas reduced bot activity by 50%. Once everything is turned on we expect it to be significantly more. We will start off with two worlds and add more if necessary.

25-Feb-2014 13:52:58

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The one thing I don't quite get, I'm teleported to Scaperune, I'm not a bot. So now I have access to an exclusive resource area that not many people are at? Do I get sent back to the main game?

You'll be competing with other bots, so I doubt it will be an exclusive resource.
How many worlds will there be? And how efficient will this be working on resource bots

It's hard to say how efficient this will become before the system is fully launched. However, our initial tests on just a couple of areas reduced bot activity by 50%. Once everything is turned on we expect it to be significantly more. We will start off with two worlds and add more if necessary.
Will these worlds be on the list of worlds we can log into or will they be hidden?

25-Feb-2014 13:55:29

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You hop players to these worlds because you believe them to be botting correct?

However, you state if they hop back to a normal world and notice they were switched, it will then keep them in a perpetual state of hopping between worlds.

You go on to say, this shouldn't happen to efficient players. If that efficient player was flagged as a possible botter, isn't the way he would prove he is human to hop back?

However, you state those flagged as potential botters will just keep being hopped back to that world...

I'm sorry but this update is horrible, and makes no sense. If this is how you've chosen to tackle bots and what the big fuss was about and what has taken so long to implement thdn i'm disappointed. This will only effect legitimate players negatively.

I think you have to look at how a player and a bot's behaviour will change when they find out they have hopped worlds. There are many things that we look at and I can't go in to too much detail. However, in the worst case scenario which you have mentioned, if a player is stuck on one of these worlds he can continue to skill with no ill effects - he won't be banned if he isn't a bot. We can then look at what caused him to be sent there and update our systems to correct it.

25-Feb-2014 13:55:52

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The one thing I don't quite get, I'm teleported to Scaperune, I'm not a bot. So now I have access to an exclusive resource area that not many people are at? Do I get sent back to the main game?

You'll be competing with other bots, so I doubt it will be an exclusive resource.
How many worlds will there be? And how efficient will this be working on resource bots

It's hard to say how efficient this will become before the system is fully launched. However, our initial tests on just a couple of areas reduced bot activity by 50%. Once everything is turned on we expect it to be significantly more. We will start off with two worlds and add more if necessary.
Will these worlds be on the list of worlds we can log into or will they be hidden?

They'll be hidden.

25-Feb-2014 13:56:15

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sounds promising, hope this goes some way to resolving the bot issue.
Off topic, is there an ETA on the wildy updates? im itching to get pking again!

Should have some news to you next week about the Wildy.

25-Feb-2014 13:57:08

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Here's a potential abuse case I thought of in like thirty seconds:

Step 1. Wait for the wilderness rejuvination update.

Step 2. Play like you're botting so you get sent to one of these worlds.

Step 3. Enjoy tons of wilderness resources that bots won't be at, as well as having no risk of PKers logging in to kill you (how often will a PKer be flagged for botting? Never.).



Of course you could replace step three with any other similar not-botted but player-heavy resource.

25-Feb-2014 13:59:59

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Thanks for answering all my questions. I was also intersted if this will work on combat bots as well?

Yes it will do.

25-Feb-2014 14:03:24

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