Elite: Game talk

MMMMMalcolm
29 Mar 2018, 5:43pm
Phisto SobaniiHaven’t heard a thing. Suspect that monster thread on FF is still rockin? Might find info in there.


Duh! I keep forgetting to look at FF. I'm always on here. Thanks,

(Wettoast) Wanda FersegiHopefully it doesn't end up becoming EvE online mining bot levels of awful, that wouldn't be much fun......( Anyway props to the alliance office of statistics for doing some good old fashioned investigative reporting )


It's not much fun as it is, especially if they keep getting away with affecting BGS. Yeah much props to AOS and their eagle eyes.
LordPsymon
29 Mar 2018, 10:27pm
Elite needs its own Hulkageddon if this is true, or a Dockageddon.

Last edit: 30 Mar 2018, 2:24am
User23543
30 Mar 2018, 2:20am
LordPsymonElite needs its own Hulkageddon if this is true.


Rome didn't burn in a day, baby!
LordPsymon
30 Mar 2018, 2:23am
You're suggesting a whole week of shooting people with docking computers?
User23543
30 Mar 2018, 2:23am
I mean, if you want to get picky?
User91901
30 Mar 2018, 8:57pm
MMMMMalcolmSo I guess cheater bots are a thing now in Elite. Anyone hear anymore whether Frontier are going to ban such exploits?


...what the hell did I miss even? Cheat bots?
User1355
30 Mar 2018, 9:12pm
MMMMMalcolmSo I guess cheater bots are a thing now in Elite. Anyone hear anymore whether Frontier are going to ban such exploits?


I heard about some mountains being made of molehills, as per the usual of the ED community.
User4296
30 Mar 2018, 10:00pm
Define "cheater bot." What exactly is it doing?
User78245
30 Mar 2018, 10:12pm
There's an extensive thread on the forums that details everything found out so far.
User23543
30 Mar 2018, 10:45pm
Here's a link.

Here's the original poster's own tl:dr:

-For several months, The Alliance Office of Statistics have been tracking and monitoring up to 20 seperate accounts that have been using automated scripts for station services, flight and travel from system to system.  
-Collectively this has been used to undermine Powerplay powers and player faction BGS operations.
-The Alliance Office of Statistics and Mahon’s Powerplay has been under attack from bots since June 2017.
-These automated accounts are sophisticated, are now aware of current detection methods and are near impossible to counter without robust action from Frontier.
-This is an epidemic that is likely more widespread than people are aware. In the following, we will outline how the bots were detected in the section “Suspicions raised from behavior” and how BGS and power players can detect them.
Michael Wolfe
30 Mar 2018, 11:01pm
My question is: why have these bots fly in open?
User78245
30 Mar 2018, 11:11pm
I've spent the last few hours re-engineering my ships to the new standards and was pleased to see all of them improved significantly. Now they've been put to bed till I can again access them, perhaps only a week, probably more than six months from now.

And now I'll spend the last few hours of freedom I have left de-stressing my dog and wondering when, now that I'm 38 years old, I can once again have a normal life.
LordPsymon
30 Mar 2018, 11:21pm
M. LehmanMy question is: why have these bots fly in open?


I suspect a consequence of the board flipping meta. Bots are efficient, but they are seldom perfect and will do things like this from time to time. Remember that they were programmed by flawed flesh people beforehand.

Last edit: 30 Mar 2018, 11:28pm
User23543
30 Mar 2018, 11:25pm
I think that was their conclusion too.
Luke3107
30 Mar 2018, 11:49pm
My question is how did they know these were bots and not just members of the Cr/hr brigade?

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