Diablo 3 Announces Bot Apocalypse

[Atmos Duality]

I wonder, wouldn't it be more efficient (not to mention more satisfying) to just flag the "botters" as such, and change the game around them so that they never get good loot, or are punished in some other, more subtle, way? They can do that, since most of the game logic is server-side, remember?

Bans take far less effort, and force the player to re-purchase the game if they want to continue botting.

 

[Emiscary]

I'm amazed anyone gives much of a shit about D3 anymore. There was alot of fuss early on, but my understanding was that there's basically nothing for a gamer to really sink their teeth into. You could burn through the whole formulaic nonsensical disney-esque experience in what- a week? And considering all classes play exactly the same and there's 0 variation in the way the story unfolds- where's the motivation to keep playing?