Changing IP with my router does, I'm changing my mac address on my router everytime, Trust me I know what I'm doing lol.
And yes Sandboxie does "Spoof" it in a way, It literally creates a whole new PC everytime I create a diff sandboxie profile.
I have many profiles and create diff ones for each diff account, If I bot 8 accounts, all 8 accounts are being run on "Virtual PCS" That show up for Jagex as its separate own PC.
And I also used old accs I had from YEARS ago, I'm a heavy RS nerd (literally top 100 ironman), I have like 20+ accounts all with diff stats / acc builds etc. Most all of them were made well passed even 2015 dude.
Even accounts I created well over a year ago and bot for 4hours get instant banned.
Literally one of my accounts with over 1500 total, Made in 2016 got permd after 1 offence within 4 hours of GOTR botting.
I've played this game since 2003, I have a massive understanding of this game in general.
I will definitely put blame onto the client as it runs off of the client where over 90% of users if not 99% of users are bots. It's pretty easy to catch bots that way for jagex lol, Especially if they truly do have an AI profiling bots and banning them.
Thus the client needs to be updated. Java no longer cuts it and its clear. HTML5 has to come in my eyes or it may be too late for osbot.
The point you bring up of botting 10 years ago for weeks on end doesn't make much since, As its a point proven that things to be changed, You can't just run off the same java client for years and years when jagex has pretty much dropped nearly all support for said client, And even know that most all of their userbase plays on the HTML5 client, That makes it very easy to determine bots for jagex. They are a multi million $ company owned by a company with hundreds of billions in assets. Sitting on an old client and thinking its good enough does not cut it for osbot. They have to do much more work than sitting on the java client and hoping that jagex keeps support for said client to keep this platform alive and worth it for USERS to put $ into.
I botted well over 13 years ago on original RS well back before EOC for 3 months straight nonstop no breaks on blue dragons. Never got banned. Do I bring that up? No its irrelevant. THINGS Change. Jagex has changed immensely and has put so many resources to fighting bots yet, Nothing here is being done in my eyes to counteract their efforts. Java client in my eyes is beyond dead for botting now. It's so blatant to me that java client botting = instant bans nowadays which means 0 profit for bot farmers which means people will stop putting their money into scripts and VIP on this platform.
I myself have been on osbot for almost a decade now. I don't want it to die out and disappear, I want it to thrive and be worth using. That's why I created this thread to get my point out to people, Users, Devs, Mods, Admins, Whatever. To HOPE. That ALL people on this platform see these issues and TALK and work together to get these very much needed fixes in place. And to work forward towards a better client and overall better platform for everybody.