gww>Dmitri Fatkin at 02:46, 26 March 2024

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{{otheruses|in-game bots|editing bots on the wiki|Guild Wars Wiki:Projects/Editing bots}}

Within the context of playing [[Guild Wars]], [[bot]] could refer to two things:

* As a term for a third-party program that is designed to play the game in lieu of the player.
* [[AI]]-controlled [[NPC]]s, such as [[hero]]es and [[henchman|henchmen]].

''Bot'' is also used to humorously refer to some simple, repetitive [[build]]s. For example, an elementalist whose main task is to blind melee characters is known as a "blindbot".

Within the context of a wiki, ''bot'' can also be refer to an automated editing program which perform repetitive tasks such as applying a formatting change or changing a large number of links after a target article is moved. See [[Guild Wars Wiki:Projects/Editing bots]] for details.

==Third-party bots==

The idea of a third-party bot is simple: a player can activate a program which will [[farm]] or [[leech]] in-game rewards for the person while they sleep, work, or otherwise go about their life outside of Guild Wars. In this manner, a player can accumulate large amounts of [[gold]] or [[faction]] with little to no effort.

These third-party bots are strictly prohibited by the Guild Wars [[EULA]] (see section 3.1, Prohibited Conduct) and are generally viewed as cheating or distasteful by the community, mainly because it puts players who spend no time or effort at an unfair advantage. Additionally, botting in [[PvP]] can cause unfair team handicaps in [[Random Arenas]], [[Guild versus Guild]], [[Alliance Battle]]s and [[Fort Aspenwood]]. Typically bots fit into one of two categories [[PvP]]. Some bots use a generic scripting language (such as Java or AHK) in order to repeat tasks — such as entering [[The Jade Quarry]] or Random Arenas — in order to leech [[Faction]] or [[Gladiator|Gladiator Points]]. The other main type of bots found in [[PvP]] are referred to as [[interrupt]] bots. These bots use a third-party program to scan outgoing packet logs and automatically trigger an interrupt skill in order to guarantee interrupts on a designated target.

To report such a bot, use the in-game /[[report]] system if you are in the same [[instance]] as the bot or contact {{support}}. They can also be informed about large number of bots in certain outposts.

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gww>Dmitri Fatkin at 02:46, 26 March 2024