i am a miner as well and i despise botters as much as the next guy. But glenn gas fields are huge and i have mined there while botters were pecking away at the clouds as well, and they never bothered me, except on occasion we warp to the same cloud and both try to mine it at same time, which i have actually done to a non botter as well and we just warp away to the next roid or cloud thinking the other guy is gonna mine it. I mine faster than the botter anyways, and so do other non botters, and the one quote about scanning for repeated keystrokes isnt too smart, no offense there but my mining is thus follows,,,,, D,Q,Mine,,,,,D,Q,Mine. i do that for hours. Glenn gas clouds area is well stocked with gasses and respawn fairly quickly, so there seriously is enough clouds for everyone. allowing macro use in the first place is always going to cause drama in any game. just get rid of all macroing usage all together. whether its AFK or Attended, But no, that will upset others as well especially the ones who, sad to say macro while at work but is not AFK doing so because has limited play time to level, or have to attend to the kids or whatever.
so i guess what im saying is complaining about botters really necessary? i mean honestly unless they are doing something like Rs'ing (roid stealing) if they are you just warp to next target. it really is one small simple extra step that makes sense, i see botters as non aggro mobs, you adapt and work around them, i am more concerned about other more important stuff like drop rates and overusage of mob skills that are still being tweeked and server stability, the list can go on forever, so really it is just like a double edged sword, yer damned if you do, yer damned if ya don't. remember this is just a game folks its not real life, no animals were harmed in making this kind of mindset, please just relax, life is stressfull enough do we need stress in a game that is easy enough to adapt to and work around? hopefully yall get what im saying, its really just not that important enough to get bent out of shape over. i mean honestly "Teacher/Dev he stole my roid/cloud without actually being there" im sorry but thats like Kindergarden mentality like kids throwing sand at each other in the sandbox or taking the other kids toy, complaining sometimes works, but then it eventually bites you in the ass later on, and now everyone suffers in the end.
thanks for reading this
let the flaming begin
Gally.