Obvious bots in lobbys. Solutions?

[mccanham]

So me and my troupe have noticed that lately nowa days when we're in lobbies getting ready to roll. There are other "players" inside the lobby with names such as "net_unghu" completely random in general and they show up in droves and usually leave in them as well (starting a lobby with filled slots? what ive heard) My understanding is that these people are rigging map slots for their benefit. mainly factory and smaller maps. When you right click it just says report nickname. But what I want to know is, is there going to be any change as to making sure people cant just load up with a bunch of lvl 1s-2s-3s and fill a lobby, like they almost always are on factory. ??? 

 

its unfair to those of us who actually play the game for the benefits and risks and letting those others do it is allowing cheating imo.

[mccanham]

This is an obvious and real problem. It makes all rewards for the game nullified if people can just get packed lobbies to do all tasks and quests with ease. I would like a moderator's response as to what the current and real situation is with this, as it shows i and many people I play with. That it would be easier to pay for lobbies or buy cracked accounts to eliminate the threat. 

[traumacode]

I simply report the names if they are obviously suspicious such as fj345hjksg.

 

Other than that, you can wait for them to load into a game prior to joining yourself or try different servers.

[mccanham]

Thanks for the advice. I am currently doing that and advising my friends to do the same to anyone with a suspicious looking name. (apologies to those who do but are innocent lmfaoooo) but i'm hoping this doesn't come back on me or them in anyway being seen as report function abuse? Like I said, it would really be nice to have a moderator speak up on it and give the black and white instead of just hoping it works and possibly risking my account

[BESK]

Sitting passive in the lobby doesnt do anything until you press Ready?

And the people you see have pressed "Looking for group" as well. Why would they do that? Or is this some kind of "service" you can pay for.

Like a couple of friends filling up the slots with "bots"?

[mccanham]

29 minutes ago, BESK said:

Sitting passive in the lobby doesnt do anything until you press Ready?

And the people you see have pressed "Looking for group" as well. Why would they do that? Or is this some kind of "service" you can pay for.

Like a couple of friends filling up the slots with "bots"?

I believe they press the button and have the "service" or people who have control of the account invite them to a full party. I don't really know but it's very obvious that they're doing it. And another strange thing is I never really see the other players who I see in lobby unless its on factory. Then they're running a loot train with nightvisions  

[behi09ma]

13 hours ago, mccanham said:

So me and my troupe have noticed that lately nowa days ...

in lobbies the accounts that you can see are visible for you cause the want to, by clicking "looking for a group" or sth like that, which mine is always off, and noone can see me in lobbies. so your theory is not valid in this case. why they show the accounts that want to fill the raid in lobbies? to draw attention? i don't think so

[mccanham]

On 2/2/2021 at 11:05 PM, behi09ma said:

in lobbies the accounts that you can see are visible for you cause the want to, by clicking "looking for a group" or sth like that, which mine is always off, and noone can see me in lobbies. so your theory is not valid in this case. why they show the accounts that want to fill the raid in lobbies? to draw attention? i don't think so

right but I and my group have seen many names 1 or 2 characters off from each other levels ranging from 1-5 that leave in groups. I don't care if anyone on this forums believes me because this is happening right now and will continue untill BSG does something about them and their farming accounts