egernorsk Posted November 11, 2015 Posted November 11, 2015 So yeah, I just started playing again, after having quit right around release of OSRS. Had been botting on and off for some time before that, with what I would classify as (mostly) low banrates, both before and after bot nuke(no accounts touched by bot nuke btw). Even still got my main which I suicide botted to 99 fishing, firemaking, runecrafting and cooking. So I checked the forums, and read that they are strict at the time, but thought that it couldn't be all that bad, so I gave it a shot. This was saturday or maybe sunday.Found an old account I had used back in actual 2007, botted some combat, did a couple of the easy quests, and botted my way to 40+ mining so I could mine either iron or clay, which used to be pretty reliable and safe(suicide botted a clay-miner on RS2 for a santa back when they were around 10m, no problem). Played in pretty natural patterns, took breaks, checked chat to see if I missed anything, and after around 6-7 hours of mining over 2 and a half day, I recieved a ban. Macroing major, permanent, no appeal. The account wasn't too much, 450k 07, some decent stats in RS3, but nothing more than nostalgic value, really.The scripts I had been running was the Darkminer and one of the basic combat scripts. So yeah, was I dumb? Should I have used better/paid scripts? Should I not have botted the places/skills I did? Is there anything I am missing? Was I just unlucky, or are the bot rates much higher atm?On a side-note, I have been botting on my aspiring main a lot more extensively, but on that one I to some degree avoided the regular botting spots, have done all the F2P quests and actually played a decent amount legit.So yeah, just thought I could share a noobs story, and maybe get some tips as of how the botting life is nowadays.Cheers.
Genii Posted November 11, 2015 Posted November 11, 2015 (edited) Sorry for your loss, only tips for botting; bot it like you would skill normally with the breaks and the amount of time spent. Maybe use the mirror mode client as I believe ban rates are lower and try and choose the best scripts, they're expensive for a reason . Edited November 11, 2015 by Genii
Rocket Posted November 11, 2015 Posted November 11, 2015 Tips: Use mirror mode client with private/premium scripts Use a VPN
Dark Magician Posted November 12, 2015 Posted November 12, 2015 The ultimate combo I have been using for 4 months now. Virmach proxy + strict botting hours.
