(02-15-2015, 12:51 PM)blackoni373 Wrote: well to each its own. i enjoy the game and thousands others do as well. our argument has went way off the topic of what i originally started this thread for. i am not asking if the game is good or bad, i am simply asking if we will have minion bot for the game and lets just keep it at that.
Just my 2 cents, here are the reasons whether the DEVs want to make a bot for a game:
1) DEVs' personal interests (it might be monetary or simply just for the fun and "kick of it".
2) Is there a significant large customer population for it? (GW2 and FFXIV have EU/US and China customers while ESO has EU/US customers. There's only 2 of us posting in this TERA thread for the past 2 days, as compared to the 50+ people posting in the Wildstar Online thread 1+ year ago, and Wildstar Online didn't get a bot.)
3) Is the game easy to disassemble/reengineer? (TERA claims that all code is Server-based, even viewing inventory is also server-based code, which causes massive client UI lag.)
4) Do the different regional game clients share nearly the same code base? (Tera China and Tera US game clients are vastly different. Tera China has combat pets while Tera US has none)
5) Does the game have draconic hack detection and crazy hourly patches? (1 reason why RIFTMinion was withdrawn from market)
6) Will making a bot for a game create a huge legal backlash (lawsuits and injunctions)? Best example is Blizzard's WoW.