As the game evolved to a Flash-based (and later Unity/HTML5 hybrid) platform, bots became more sophisticated.
: More sophisticated tools that interacted directly with the game's server data, allowing for nearly instant reactions. seafight bots
They are the drowned crew of automation. Their masts never sway with wind; their hulls never flinch at broadsides. A thousand bot captains, all with the same dead eyes, chasing the same phantom kraken for the hundredth silent hour. As the game evolved to a Flash-based (and
: Periodic "ban waves" where accounts identified by anti-cheat software are permanently suspended. all with the same dead eyes