The New World development team permanently banned “over 1,200 players” for duping as of Nov. This newest wave of bans from Amazon comes a little over two weeks after the discovery of a “duping” exploit, which allowed players to freely duplicate items in their inventory, including coins, which was effectively an infinite-money cheat. Since bots’ scripting typically isn’t particularly elaborate, players have been able to break their patterns by putting obstacles in their path or getting them into fights.

Our goal is to ensure New World is fun and fair for all players.”īefore Amazon itself took action, players of New World had amused themselves by finding their own ways to deal with the bot problem. We are committed to continuous improvement in our fight against bots, and yesterday alone, we banned over 7,700 accounts for using bots. Bots pose a persistent challenge for MMOs, and our team has deployed dedicated resources and tooling to identify and combat them. “We’re aware of player reports about increased bot activity in New World. Its representatives offered the following statement to GeekWire: Now, on top of that, its players have reported a big influx of botting on many servers, which has further cratered the value of in-game goods.Īfter a report on the epidemic ran on PC Gamer on Monday, Amazon Games has taken action. Unlike many other MMOs, New World allows players to pursue every type of resource gathering at once, which has already created unique deflationary issues.

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