MMORPG Bot part 2 - Some thoughts on the data

LiveOverflow analyzes three months of collected bot data from Guild Wars 2 and discusses the economic impact of farming bots.

In this part I'm thinking about the effects of bots on MMORPGs and then look at the collected data. LEARN ON HEXTREE (ad) Learn hacking on Hextree: hextree.io/ Watch this video and more on Hextree: app.hextree.io/courses/yt-reverse-engineering-windows/dynami… Join the Hextree Discord: discord.gg/xgQpCQCpvy The Data: imgur.com/a/X8Syu Part 1: youtube.com/watch?v=irhcfHBkfe0 Play Guild Wars 2: guildwars2.com/register CHAPTERS 00:00 - From Leaked Bot API Keys to Three Months of Data 00:39 - Player Satisfaction, Inflation and a Healthy MMO 01:49 - Why Farming Bots Damage the Economy and Player Experience 02:46 - Replacing Client-Side Anti-Bot Tools With Game Design 04:46 - Why Trading Bots Have a Different Threat Model 05:02 - Trading-Post Taxes, Liquidity and the Economic Tradeoffs 07:08 - The Collected Dataset and 94 Observed API Keys 07:45 - Reading Activity Patterns Across 76 Bots 08:56 - Understanding Gold, Listings, Orders and Net Worth 09:54 - Analyzing the Most Active Bot's Performance 11:49 - Profitable Items and the Guild Wars 2 API Data Gap 12:28 - Comparing Less Successful Bots 13:03 - Is the Trading Bot Worth the Cost or a Threat to Players? SUPPORT Per video: patreon.com/join/liveoverflow Per month: youtube.com/channel/UClcE-kVhqyiHCcjYwcpfj9w/join Buy my handwriting font (ad): shop.liveoverflow.com/ WATCH, FOLLOW & READ Second channel: youtube.com/LiveUnderflow Twitch: twitch.tv/LiveOverflow/ Twitter: twitter.com/LiveOverflow/ Instagram: instagram.com/LiveOverflow/ TikTok: tiktok.com/@liveoverflow_ LiveOverflow blog: liveoverflow.com/ Hextree blog (ad): hextree.io/blog #ReverseEngineering #GuildWars2 #LiveOverflow (ad) LiveOverflow YouTube channel is supported by advertisement and product placement.