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I'm seeing so many Bot farms in my DD today. I checked out one that was in a whole nh of 29, all with the usual numbers as Farm names. And yes, they are getting a bit craftier, this one had about 5 trees planted and 2 Christmas decorations. Lol It was level 57 with 1 pen of each shivering animal and 2 machines. You can't fool us silly programs. :-)
Another name change. A mountain peak in the U.S. The last name didn't sell wheat good. About 240 wheat in an hour. Way down in sales. What I am wondering is the transfer of BEM and SEM is fast like the wheat. Or is it slow so someone can get it.
Another farm name change. This time it was initials (3 letters). I had been looking at this what I believe to be a bot farm for most of the day. These are some things I have seen.
- There is a very high demand for cheap wheat for 1 coin. What I believe to be a bot farm could not keep up with the sales. Several times the stalls were empty with the fields not ready for harvest. The farm was level 36 and had 57 pilots of ground to grow wheat on.
- The farm changed names 7 times during the 9 hours I watched it. In this case the names varied from letters and numbers to a foreign language (not English). I have to ask is there a lot of bot farms? Or a few that keeps changing its name.
- In this case, they might be recycled names. I took a picture of what I thought was a bot farm with the foreign language (not English) last night at 7:21 P.M. This farm changed its name to the same thing at 11:46 A.M. today. Or maybe using real names of farms.
- In the 9 hours I watch the farm; it sold 20 mallets, 30 screws, 33 axes, 24 saws, 3 tnt, 10 dynamite and 1 shovel. It would be hard to catch the BEM and SEM being transferred to another farm.
- In 9 hours the farm only raised wheat, nothing else was done on the farm.
- Most of the time the sold wheat came back quickly. But sometimes it took a few seconds. But all 6 stalls would appear at the same time.
I found this farm very interesting. With my curiosity quench, I am leaving this farm. I am headed back to my farm and the bees. They missed me today.:)
Thanks for taking all those hours to investigate BenjiBee, its very interesting. We will have to see if and when SC can do anything with these farms. People, please don't buy from these farms. If SC could somehow give all the gamers a message about these Bot farms, we could effectively stop them ourselves by not buying anything from them. Power to the People. :-)
Could be, but IME, slave farms being used by real players do more than wheat. In particular, they will have sugar mills and dairies to supply the main farm, not just wheat.Quote:
Originally Posted by haydayforum
I have inadvertently bought from a bot farm and now I'm worried my farm will be banned. I have reported 2 bot farms at about the time that the op noticed the increase, they were always just selling wheat and met the usual remit. Today whilst hunting for red boxes (I dont read the adverts and just click willy nilly) I came across 5 axes and 2 dynamite for sale which I bought. As all the other boxes had wheat for 1 coin for sale I bought some as a thank you and went to look for the box which was when I realised it was a bot farm. I'm really worried that Supercell will think I'm involved in some way and ban me.
You’re welcome. I found the experience fascinating. IMO this was a straight basic farm, no NH, town, and boat. I would watch people buy wheat. How can I explain it? You ever have been to a RSS with all premium items. How fast it goes. Well it is the same way. But when the wheat was bought it just reappeared. Thousands of wheat was bought while I was there. The only time sales dropped is when the farm name changed to the foreign language (not English) name. But when it changed back to an English type name sales sky rocketed. The demand for cheap wheat is overwhelming. IMO this is one of the reasons bot farming is successful. I don’t see how that could change. This farm raised nothing but wheat nonstop for 9 straight hours. It being what I think is a bot farm, could make full use of time from seed to wheat to RSS. The farm just could not keep up. The farm was still raising wheat when I left.Quote:
Originally Posted by SmudgedScreen
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Originally Posted by BenjiBee
Yes, the demand for wheat is overwhelming. I'm a wheater/ corner myself. I sell 10 for $10 wheat and 10 for $20 corn constantly and it flies off the shelves. Since my last post 2 hrs ago, I've found another 2 NHs filled with Bot farms. Its getting to be such a big problem again, SC will have to deal with it.
* edited for spelling.
@ Billybug, I don't think you have to worry about getting banned for buying. Imagine all the people knowingly or not buying their wheat now. If they were all banned there'd be only a few of us left playing. :-)
Thank you smudged screen. It wasn't the wheat buying that worried me so much as the axes and the idea being given that I was trading with the farm. Your reply has reassured me however, if I didnt read this forum I would have been in happy ignorance about the whole bot farm issue :)
Really interesting thread Benjibee, thanks for your insights.
I saw a lot of these farms just before Christmas and reported to SC. I was suspicious when I bought 4 lots of 10 wheat and they all replenished at once - no human can be that quick! I had ran out of wheat so when I saw it for 1 coin in the DD of course I bought it. I now avoid 1 coin wheat in the DD, so apologies if I am avoiding legit farmers as well, although I don't often run out!
I do a lot of wheating, and it sells really quickly for 7 coin per 10. Although I have a lot of followers who are low level and they buy the wheat to resell as I assume they haven't yet worked out that the real purpose of wheating is to get tools and expansion items!
Cheap wheat and corn is always going to be popular especially if farmers focus on growing and selling potatoes, tomatoes or other crops that take time to grow. The majority of players are probably blissfully unaware of bot farms, but are attracted to them by the cheap price for wheat.
@billybug, I'm sure you're fine, SC aren't going to penalise a legit player for inadvertently buying from one of these bot farms.
A game of cat and mouse for Supercell, and sadly as they close off one loophole the people controlling the bot farms seem to find other ways in.