jotd's Guide to not getting banned

[jotd 5]

Hi!

This question comes up a lot. In my opinion, a lot of the information out there is just plain wrong. So let's discuss a few topics.

Preamble: This is my personal opinion. I'm not associated with EB.

 

1. The rule of the unknown

Only the developers themselves know the exact reason why they are banning specific accounts. This leads us to three conclusions:

- There is no way to ensure your account is 100% safe.

- Anyone saying otherwise is either lying or a GGG employee.

- Don't use a bot on an account that you are not willing to lose.

 

2. Safe assumptions:

Having said that, there is one assumption that is generally accepted to be true:

Avoid doing things that make you look inhuman. While there are plenty of human players who play for crazy hours every day (looking at you, streamers), no human player plays for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Many players run a few blood aqueducts before maps, but nobody farms that thing until level 90. Avoid anything that forces player interaction. Don't use the bot from cities; use it from your hideout instead. Don't even think about using your bot to help other players complete maps.

I think you get what I'm saying.

 

3. Those damn IP addresses!

I will fight anyone who disagrees with me on this. No serious game studio or service will ever ban someone based on their IP address. The reasons lie in IPv4 itself and how widely it is used nowadays. IPv4 addresses are becoming scarce, and many providers are switching to assigning IPv6 addresses to end users while using the same IPv4 address for multiple connections. Also, for a long time, schools, airports, dormitories and, in some regions, apartment blocks have all used the same IP addresses. Therefore, banning based on these addresses would result in many innocent people being banned.

So don't waste your time on VPNs.

 

4. Privileged accounts

I'll keep it brief. I don't think it's a bad idea. However, it will break EB. EB has a built-in feature to hide its processes; use that instead.

 

5. What can I do?

- Don't use your main account, which you've invested thousands of dollars in over the years. On the other hand, don't create a new account and blast 20 hours a day on it. I can't tell you exactly what to do; I can only say that it's better to use an older account for botting.

- Don't use the same PC for botting as you do for your main account. Use a second PC or Hyper-V (Google 'Easy GPU PV').

- From my experience, you can trade with your main account without any issues.

- From my experience, don't use trading tools. That's the fastest way to get banned.

- If you get banned, don't use the same PC again. Perform a fresh installation and use the SecHex tool to scramble your hardware ID.