Bots are an issue in every flavor ofWorld of Warcraftand Season of Discovery is no exception. Now, it seems they have found another very lucrative method of farming gold in the game.
There are many reasons why people employ bots in WoW, but most of them relate to real-world money. Essentially,bots are used to farm valuable materialsor raw gold from particularly lucrative spots in Azeroth.
From there, this gold is sold on third-party websites for real-world currency. Though buying it is against terms of service, many players still choose to take the risk. Though the WoW token did a lot to mitigate this, it is not available in Season of Discovery.
Now, bots may have startedemploying ever more ingenious methodsto avoid bans from Blizzard.
Bots may be using summons to farm gold in Season of Discovery
In a post onReddit, one player shared a scarcely believable screenshot. In it, three supposed bots are posted up to summon players to Tirisfal. As is the custom in WoW, players then pay them for this service, with many unaware that they may be bots.
The responses to this post were mixed, with many contending that they were, in fact, real players. One said: “Bruh. I don’t know why people use these services and then complain about them. It’s literally just a dude trying to make some gold and offer a nice time-saver.”
Another agreed, adding: “I do this with my account and two other accounts I play. I just have the two clickers on monitor #2, the main on #1. On Crusader Strike, sometimes I’ll do IF, and sometimes I’ll do SM. SM can be a bit of a pain because of PvPers, but I’ll PvP back for an hour+ sometimes.”
Whether they are bots in this case or not, it’s clear that Season of Discovery hasa large number of automated characters. With Blizzard banning thousands of accounts each day, it’s difficult to see how this is a problem they can get on top of.
James Lynch is a Games Writer on Dexerto’s UK team, specializing in Destiny, World of Warcraft, Baldur’s Gate, Elden Ring, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Assassin’s Creed, strategy and RPG games. He also has bylines at CBR and GG Recon. You can contact him at: james.lynch@dexerto.com
