November 13, 2024

Player Support Reminder

Botting Can Break Your Account... or Get it Banned

Earlier this week, we began getting bug reports about players not able to load when they tried to join a server. Captain Rhubarb found the cause after some digging -- while botting, each of the accounts attempted to save data that the game is not currently set up to accommodate. This broke their characters so completely, they could not join any server. Only about 40 players were affected -- this time -- but this is a good example of why you should not use bots or third party programs.

What is a "Bot"?

Players get banned for botting every week; this tells us a couple of things.

Many players don't know what a bot IS.

• A bot or "third party program" is a program built by someone else that plays the game for you. 
• ALL massively multiplayer games have a problem with them, and they are, and always have been against the rules. 

Many players don't know that botting is not allowed.

Our goal is to keep the game fair, safe and fun. NOT to ban players. We are all human, we all make mistakes. If you did not know before... that's why I'm posting! If you're not sure why we don't allow them, read on.

1. It is unfair to other players who put the time and effort into playing the game / achieving goals
2. It takes time away from building the game to deal with botting/cheating/hacking issues
3. It can seriously hurt your account -- either because it gets banned... or breaks, like in the example above.

We want you guys to enjoy playing AdventureQuest Worlds. Play right. Play fair. Play the game the way it was intended. Using third party programs is a good way to get your account banned or broken.