targeting new accounts seems like it'd more negatively affect new players more than it would prevent bots
#Further Limitations to help reduce bot presence
tired hull
It wouldn't be stopping any bots besides F2P suicide bots, which already get banned as fast as botters can make new accounts
some of the accounts are lvl 3s just bonded up but a lot of them are hacked accounts
I also think you are out of date on what bots are capable of these days if you think that your proposed botting fixes would stop bots. They're pretty much in the same vein as random events, which were changed over ten years ago now to be optional because they were doing nothing to stop bots, and were just annoying to real players
solar orchid
limiting chat for new players heavily is just going to chase away new players
tired hull
not considering that they will continue to use many stolen/hacked accounts, instantly bypassing the requirements
solar orchid
just use one of the 5 different very effective antispam plugins or go to a total level world
there are also already f2p ge restrictions
tired hull
jagex could crack down on spam bots without affecting new players if they really wanted to
solar orchid
capping xp and loot is also just going to make the new player experience awful for no reason
solar orchid
jagex could crack down on spam bots without affecting new players if they really...
the problem with it is that it takes a fair amount of effort to do but is trivial to circumvent. it'd be another endless game of cat and mouse with very little positive impact on the game, spambots already tend to get banned pretty quickly afaik
tired hull
indeed
solar orchid
and it risks impacting legit players
tired hull
they could try harder but it isnt worth it
solar orchid
only in f2p and who cares about f2p tbh
again there's half a dozen runelite plugins that solve the problem in various different ways
tired hull
new players would end up still seeing about the same number of bots in f2p, but they'd be further turned off in the game due to being unable to chat, being unable to use the GE, unable to train on a enemy or resource for more than an hour, etc
solar orchid
i'd say they're more likely to quit because they're not allowed to talk or gain xp than because they saw spam in chat
plugins are coming to official client eventually
no they wouldn't lol
tired hull
you said they'd be able to talk after 168 hours (a week) of playtime
solar orchid
yeah that wouldn't work and nobody would do it so it's basically the same as disabling chat