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Originally Posted by SYG
Some of my ideas may be a bit far fetched, but:
- Make gold drops become lower and lower as you grind for longer amounts of time. If someone has only done one hour of grinding that day, they should get much larger gold drops than someone who has been grinding for 20 hours straight (Of course, the 20 hours person would still have more gold, but at least the non-bot would not be so far behind the botter as they would have been).
-Make most solo grind-based gear of “useable” quality, but not the best. Make most of the “good” gear only achievable by quests, group endeavors/dungeons, PvP, or other activities that can not be botted.
-Make trade skills require some form of “quest” or some such that must be completed before each item is crafted.
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None of those will stop botting/farmers. It will not only make things worse for legitimate players, and as a result, will lead to higher demand for farmers. I dont think I need to explain why.
The solution is not modifying the game (for the worse), but policing it. And policing involves hiring and training a large staff in a category most companies dont want to invest in, especially when it's purpose is to reduce their customer base. Spending money to reduce profits is what it boils down to, and suddenly history makes sense.