Pale Chest Macro AFK Farming

[Zeed]

Has Bungie giving an official statement on whether they're gonna allow us to keep doing this or if its gonna get patched/be bannable?

[Dr. Duck_]

"Advanced Macros" is technically listed as a punishable offense. I haven't seen the macro you're talking about in action, but if it does stuff like actively moving to where a chest would spawn, loots it, and resets the map, I would think that falls under "Advanced Macros."

https://help.bungie.net/hc/en-us/articles/360049517431-Destiny-Account-Restrictions-and-Banning-Policies

I just hope all these losers using macros to AFK farm doesn't force Bungie to lower the drop rates of exotic class items. :/

[Kylito]

Originally posted by Dr. Duck_:

"Advanced Macros" is technically listed as a punishable offense. I haven't seen the macro you're talking about in action, but if it does stuff like actively moving to where a chest would spawn, loots it, and resets the map, I would think that falls under "Advanced Macros."

https://help.bungie.net/hc/en-us/articles/360049517431-Destiny-Account-Restrictions-and-Banning-Policies

I just hope all these losers using macros to AFK farm doesn't force Bungie to lower the drop rates of exotic class items. :/

Bannable macros are usually just tied to PvP, like ones that quickswap or control recoil. If the macro is just walking and interacting in a single-player instance I seriously doubt you'll get banned.

[Jagdtiger]

Originally posted by Kylito:

Originally posted by Dr. Duck_:

"Advanced Macros" is technically listed as a punishable offense. I haven't seen the macro you're talking about in action, but if it does stuff like actively moving to where a chest would spawn, loots it, and resets the map, I would think that falls under "Advanced Macros."

https://help.bungie.net/hc/en-us/articles/360049517431-Destiny-Account-Restrictions-and-Banning-Policies

I just hope all these losers using macros to AFK farm doesn't force Bungie to lower the drop rates of exotic class items. :/

Bannable macros are usually just tied to PvP, like ones that quickswap or control recoil. If the macro is just walking and interacting in a single-player instance I seriously doubt you'll get banned.

No, bannable macros almost exclusively apply to PvE. Macros for tricks like snap cancelling or any other movement tech are common and safe, macros for recoil aren't even applicable to destiny since recoil is random and almost non-existent, while bannable macros include any kind of AFK farm or activity auto complete

[Eriana]

Originally posted by Dr. Duck_:

"Advanced Macros" is technically listed as a punishable offense. I haven't seen the macro you're talking about in action, but if it does stuff like actively moving to where a chest would spawn, loots it, and resets the map, I would think that falls under "Advanced Macros."

https://help.bungie.net/hc/en-us/articles/360049517431-Destiny-Account-Restrictions-and-Banning-Policies

I just hope all these losers using macros to AFK farm doesn't force Bungie to lower the drop rates of exotic class items. :/

Ah yes, lower the drop rate on the already low drop rate item

[trukr]

I don't think I would want to be the one confessing in public to cheating.

Edit: Thanks for the Steam points.

[Mez Koo]

Just watched a video on the macro you're talking about and it is 100% bannable if you use it. Automated and repeating tasks are the easiest to detect and you're using a third party bot to play the game for you and get loot without you actually playing which is no question bannable.

[Mez Koo]

"Botting" is literally an option to choose when reporting a player in game and is not accepted in any manner in most mmos.

[Mez Koo]

Actual afk farms where you're not actively doing anything are a grey area subject to the developers due to you not botting and the character is just sitting there as the game allows for example when we could afk farm the black armory forges but even with that example you should have dropped your power level to match with other people going afk and not actively ruining the game for other players actually trying to do the forges.

[UncleSam]

I did get a 3 weeks ban doing AFK macro during black armory.

[redk]

Originally posted by Mez Koo:

Actual afk farms where you're not actively doing anything are a grey area subject to the developers due to you not botting and the character is just sitting there as the game allows for example when we could afk farm the black armory forges but even with that example you should have dropped your power level to match with other people going afk and not actively ruining the game for other players actually trying to do the forges.

How is AFKing and botting a grey area ?

I don't know any live service game that tolerates it as it ruins the game experience for actual players.

[Mez Koo]

Originally posted by redk:

Originally posted by Mez Koo:

Actual afk farms where you're not actively doing anything are a grey area subject to the developers due to you not botting and the character is just sitting there as the game allows for example when we could afk farm the black armory forges but even with that example you should have dropped your power level to match with other people going afk and not actively ruining the game for other players actually trying to do the forges.

How is AFKing and botting a grey area ?

I don't know any live service game that tolerates it as it ruins the game experience for actual players.

Did you not read everything? I didn't say botting was okay, I was very clear that it isn't.

[Mez Koo]

Originally posted by 100 BABIES:

I did get a 3 weeks ban doing AFK macro during black armory.

Why did you use a macro? The whole point of it was that the activity "completion" time was shorter than the afk kick time and then it auto re-queued so you didn't have to do anything.

[Mez Koo]

Originally posted by redk:

I don't know any live service game that tolerates it as it ruins the game experience for actual players.

Well since you're asking, Anet tolerates afk farming in Guild Wars 2. https://youtu.be/N-hbuD_Nr_M?si=lvjFM9HhjUVXa1AC

[Dr. Duck_]

Originally posted by Mez Koo:

Originally posted by redk:

I don't know any live service game that tolerates it as it ruins the game experience for actual players.

Well since you're asking, Anet tolerates afk farming in Guild Wars 2. https://youtu.be/N-hbuD_Nr_M?si=lvjFM9HhjUVXa1AC

This video literally shows that botting is both against their policies and has resulted in accounts observed botting getting suspended? In what way does this show anet "tolerates" botting. Only conclusion you can draw from this is that botting doesn't always get accounts suspended/banned, but it certainly does sometimes.

[Mez Koo]

Originally posted by Dr. Duck_:

In what way does this show anet "tolerates" botting.

I'll spoil the ending for you since you clearly didn't see it, while the guy was making the video a GM actually did pop up to investigate up the 29 accounts that were afk farming and did nothing about them and the graph at the end shows that while making the video and observing afk spots they spotted the same accounts in the same spots for over a month.

They can say "we don't tolerate it" as much as they want but the lack of any actual action is louder.