# Eve Bots - are they a bad thing, is CCP complicit in their use? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [October 27, 2017, 10:09am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-bots-are-they-a-bad-thing-is-ccp-complicit-in-their-use/34538 "2017-10-27T10:09:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 18
**Author:** ![dronesdronesdrones](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/dronesdronesdrones/32/44013_2.png) [@dronesdronesdrones](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/dronesdronesdrones)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 4:24pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-bots-are-they-a-bad-thing-is-ccp-complicit-in-their-use/34538/349 "2017-12-16T16:24:31Z")
How do you identify hauler bots? ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_SmashAlot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/sir_smashalot/32/381178_2.png) [@Sir\_SmashAlot](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Sir_SmashAlot)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 11:29pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-bots-are-they-a-bad-thing-is-ccp-complicit-in-their-use/34538/350 "2017-12-16T23:29:22Z")
T1 Hauler, character in NPC corp, will not response to chat requests, local call outs, duel requests, trade requests, bumping, etc. Usually found with 10-50+ others coming and going from the same station. Warps gate to gate with no delay suggesting super human multi-boxing skills, 20 people running a 24/7 lan party, or an automated script. Will run courier missions well beyond any normal human stamina or attention span, considering courier mission mechanics are by far the most dull feature in the game. ---
**Author:** ![Eternus8lux8lucis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/eternus8lux8lucis/32/385152_2.png) [@Eternus8lux8lucis](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Eternus8lux8lucis)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 11:35pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-bots-are-they-a-bad-thing-is-ccp-complicit-in-their-use/34538/351 "2017-12-16T23:35:58Z")
Youll also know the naming conventions are all alike. A lot of the umokka bots have lower case first names but upper case second names. ---
**Author:** ![dronesdronesdrones](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/dronesdronesdrones/32/44013_2.png) [@dronesdronesdrones](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/dronesdronesdrones)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 11:55pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-bots-are-they-a-bad-thing-is-ccp-complicit-in-their-use/34538/352 "2017-12-16T23:55:07Z")
> [@Sir\_SmashAlot](#): > > T1 Hauler, character in NPC corp, will not response to chat requests, local call outs, duel requests, trade requests that should be every hauler’s standard behaviour ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_SmashAlot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/sir_smashalot/32/381178_2.png) [@Sir\_SmashAlot](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Sir_SmashAlot)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 11:56pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-bots-are-they-a-bad-thing-is-ccp-complicit-in-their-use/34538/353 "2017-12-16T23:56:09Z")
Say hi to a human, they will say hi back. Bump a human, they will tell you to ■■■■ off ---
**Author:** ![Arnulf\_Ogunkoya](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/arnulf_ogunkoya/32/380841_2.png) [@Arnulf\_Ogunkoya](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Arnulf_Ogunkoya)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2017, 11:27am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-bots-are-they-a-bad-thing-is-ccp-complicit-in-their-use/34538/354 "2017-12-17T11:27:00Z")
> Say hi to a human, they will say hi back. Bump a human, they will tell you to ■■■■ off Usually, yes. However I doubt it would be a major challenge to give bots a limited ability to respond to hails. Unfortunately. Chat bots are a thing after all, just not in EVE as yet. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_SmashAlot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/sir_smashalot/32/381178_2.png) [@Sir\_SmashAlot](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Sir_SmashAlot)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2017, 3:42pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-bots-are-they-a-bad-thing-is-ccp-complicit-in-their-use/34538/355 "2017-12-17T15:42:42Z")
Integrating a chat bot would take some serious dedication, all for some low return LP from courier bot farming. Though we had a bot farmer defend their farm from ganks for a day before moving to a new system. ---
**Author:** ![Wanda\_Fayne](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/wanda_fayne/32/377654_2.png) [@Wanda\_Fayne](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Wanda_Fayne)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2017, 6:29pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-bots-are-they-a-bad-thing-is-ccp-complicit-in-their-use/34538/356 "2017-12-17T18:29:13Z")
Hauling 24-7. No human does that. Period. At best it is account sharing, at worst a script. ---
**Author:** ![Wanda\_Fayne](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/wanda_fayne/32/377654_2.png) [@Wanda\_Fayne](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Wanda_Fayne)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 6:17am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-bots-are-they-a-bad-thing-is-ccp-complicit-in-their-use/34538/357 "2017-12-18T06:17:38Z")
Sunday night update. We have 4 confirmed botting stations, two of which we have engaged at and documented pods running missions. Hurtoken IV - 7 Perkone Warehouse Poinen II - 3 Expert Distribution Retail Center Airkio II- Sukuuvestaa Corporation Factory Umokka X - 6 Top Down Factory With support from readers of this thread and locals in those systems, we have amassed enough ships to do a full round of purging these systems of courier bots. Now I have been told we are to STOP, and WAIT… pending _REASONS_… 😡 Mark my words, if nothing is done about the botting menace we have under our noses, I vow to create such a spectacle that no-one will be able to sweep this under a rug. For those following this thread, we thank you for your support and encouragement. ---
**Author:** ![Wanda\_Fayne](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/wanda_fayne/32/377654_2.png) [@Wanda\_Fayne](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Wanda_Fayne)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 6:27am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-bots-are-they-a-bad-thing-is-ccp-complicit-in-their-use/34538/358 "2017-12-18T06:27:55Z")
![i know](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/9/8/98088ec2394e644426a24703de73880ebc3d1317.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Ramona\_McCandless](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/ramona_mccandless/32/468438_2.png) [@Ramona\_McCandless](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Ramona_McCandless)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 10:06am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-bots-are-they-a-bad-thing-is-ccp-complicit-in-their-use/34538/359 "2017-12-18T10:06:39Z")
![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/0/6/060c222af78b2944bd8120eb585fb27a5136cafc.png) ---
**Author:** ![March\_rabbit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/march_rabbit/32/453160_2.png) [@March\_rabbit](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/March_rabbit)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 10:50am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-bots-are-they-a-bad-thing-is-ccp-complicit-in-their-use/34538/360 "2017-12-18T10:50:29Z")
> [@Wanda\_Fayne](#): > > Now I have been told we are to STOP, and WAIT… pending REASONS… 😡 ??? ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Dieu-le-veut](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/anne_dieu-le-veut/32/148292_2.png) [@Anne\_Dieu-le-veut](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Anne_Dieu-le-veut)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 1:46pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-bots-are-they-a-bad-thing-is-ccp-complicit-in-their-use/34538/361 "2017-12-18T13:46:20Z")
Wait…CCP told you to stop ganking some particular haulers? 🤨 ---
**Author:** ![dronesdronesdrones](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/dronesdronesdrones/32/44013_2.png) [@dronesdronesdrones](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/dronesdronesdrones)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 3:07pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-bots-are-they-a-bad-thing-is-ccp-complicit-in-their-use/34538/362 "2017-12-18T15:07:39Z")
Please confirm if it was CCP or someone else. I call dibs on reddit drama. ---
**Author:** ![Wanda\_Fayne](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/wanda_fayne/32/377654_2.png) [@Wanda\_Fayne](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Wanda_Fayne)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 3:09pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-bots-are-they-a-bad-thing-is-ccp-complicit-in-their-use/34538/363 "2017-12-18T15:09:09Z")
We obviously made someone mad enough to re\*\*\*\* our actions. All I’m saying for now. ---
**Author:** ![Ramona\_McCandless](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/ramona_mccandless/32/468438_2.png) [@Ramona\_McCandless](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Ramona_McCandless)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 4:18pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-bots-are-they-a-bad-thing-is-ccp-complicit-in-their-use/34538/364 "2017-12-18T16:18:14Z")
Now that the Trade Window Block has been worked around, anyone got any other methods? ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_SmashAlot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/sir_smashalot/32/381178_2.png) [@Sir\_SmashAlot](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Sir_SmashAlot)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 4:23pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-bots-are-they-a-bad-thing-is-ccp-complicit-in-their-use/34538/365 "2017-12-18T16:23:19Z")
Reddit ---
**Author:** ![Buoytender\_Bob](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/buoytender_bob/32/374377_2.png) [@Buoytender\_Bob](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Buoytender_Bob)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 5:08pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-bots-are-they-a-bad-thing-is-ccp-complicit-in-their-use/34538/366 "2017-12-19T17:08:42Z")
What!!! The story can’t end here; what happened next? …You get us all excited about players taking action to combat bots, then #nevermind? Now I am even more intrigued! 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![Mathra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/mathra/32/416373_2.png) [@Mathra](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Mathra)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 5:13pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-bots-are-they-a-bad-thing-is-ccp-complicit-in-their-use/34538/367 "2017-12-19T17:13:58Z")
Well, I just un-subbed my 3 accounts for the first time in 10 years because the bot numbers increase daily and CCP does nothing - 6 months of submitting tickets and using the report bot function, six months of frustration and zero action from CCP. I can think of better ways to spend my money ---
**Author:** ![Tipa\_Riot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/tipa_riot/32/443513_2.png) [@Tipa\_Riot](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Tipa_Riot)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 5:57pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-bots-are-they-a-bad-thing-is-ccp-complicit-in-their-use/34538/368 "2017-12-19T17:57:04Z")
Who the hell told you to stop, and why are you complying anyway? The trade window thing is grey zone I think, but ganking is certainly not. [Previous page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-bots-are-they-a-bad-thing-is-ccp-complicit-in-their-use/34538.md?page=17) [Next page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-bots-are-they-a-bad-thing-is-ccp-complicit-in-their-use/34538.md?page=19)