Came back to runescape after not playing since about 2010. Proceeded to make a new account. I tried farming cows in free to play but it was a freaking mosh pit. Wayyyyyy too freaking crowded. So I purchased a subscription. Continued to farm cows. Then once I was done with cows I realized that I did not have near enough patience to legit level all the way up again. I went and did research as to which bots are safe and how to prevent bans. So I did the waterfall quest, then I botted for a few hours on hill giants. Then I did shield of arrav, then went and leveled range legit on chickens. Then I botted hill giants again except attack instead of strength. Then I did imp catcher, then I logged off. Then I wake up this morning, log on, and wala! I am perma banned for macroing-major with no chance of appeal. What gives? I only botted for a few hours at a time, I babysat and talked to people, I stopped and did quests, I leveled legitly, I took breaks very very often. And I freaking PAID for membership. I only botted for maybe 6 hours. And no I do not have a flagged IP this is the first time I have ever botted. What the hell happened? What did I do wrong? 

Unlucky brother, it happens. Sometimes you can go months without being banned and sometimes a few hours.

Some badluck , and giants are a high ban rate

happens...rip

The main reason I would say for your ban is the fact you botted on a fresh account. Jagex watches new accounts for bot activity more than old accounts so its smarter to create the new account, play legit for a few hours and wait a day or two before botting on it.

 

On the other hand, sorry for your loss.

So that's the answer? Just bad luck? If thats the case then some people just get lucky beyond recognition. Ive seen posts of people going months 24/7 with no bans. And now I am down 250k(My friend gave me lobsters and full rune), 8 dollars, and 2 days playing a lot down the tubes. And my ip is probably flagged now. Just for a few hill giants? I am worried about what would happen if I were to bot and make a bunch of money. Jagex would probably eat my first born baby. And it seems like anything worth botting is "high ban rate". So freaking lame. Any suggestions? On how to not get banned in the future or things with low ban rate. Should I even invest in members again

rest in pepperonis ;-;

a lot of people i know got banned today bro so it's not just you!

Don't see why you're upset.

You took the risk buddy. 

Unfortunately that's the way the bot game is.

So does anyone have any suggestions? what has lower ban rates? anything i could do differently? And should i even invest in members again

The risk to get banned is ALWAYS there. 

There is no way to stay 100% safe.

 

Some places/methods have a high banrate, some a low.

Luck plays also a role.

 

Ways to lower the chance of a ban?

- Use old accounts or at least not a complete fresh and train some combat legit

- Take long human like breaks (play 2h break 1h is not human like if you repeat this all the time)

- Play legit too

- Don't bot where you can make a lot of cash (e.g green dragons, druids etc.)

- Change tasks (fight monster X, take a break, and train another skill like a human would do it)

 

*note even by doing all this the chance to get banned after a few hours is still there!

 

 

If there is risk in botting after 2 hours everytime what is the point?

If there is risk in botting after 2 hours everytime what is the point?

and is there a list of low risk areas

and is there a list of low risk areas

There are low-risk areas, I botted F2P 1-85  strength then finally i was reported and banned. However there is no list for such area's as this would defeat the purpose.

 

edit: I would say your best chance at not being banned is doing exactly what I did if you want to train combat, walk around runescape and find the most random place to train where you will see minimal amounts of players. Find an unpopular monster that can grant you decent experience and stick with it. Tell no one about the area at all.

Edited February 26, 201510 yr by totalown2210