Is anyone annoyed by the HUGE number of people using bots on this game?

[Azurymber]

I've played a lot of MMOs and I don't think I have ever seen any with the obvious number of bots that this game has. I mean there are a -huge- number of fishing bots making fishing essentially useless to rank up legitimately, a huge number of crafting bots, and a huge number of exp bots. And for those who say "how do you know they are botting", a bit of youtube searching allows you to watch videos of the bots and see the obvious tells (which i wont discuss on here).

So i'm just wondering. Is anyone really annoyed by the very large number of bots being used? And do you think its going to make crafting and gathering in this game kind of useless for normal players (since i'm assuming those people botting and getting 6 or 7 crafts up by leaving the game running all night are going to end up -way- ahead of the average player who can only get 1 or 2 to 50 legitimately)

Further, a lot of these crafters are using bots to basically get rich or to flood the markets with certain fish and then craft those fish into certain crystals... I'm sure a lot of people on here know what im talking about.

And what was the point of surplus? Since it obviously has not stopped the botting or RMTs from leveling up. It seems like something that just annoys people but has no effect.

Thoughts?

[Frebaut]

With so many people quitting the game all you really have left are the hardcore players and a handfull of casuals. Oh ya and the bots. I would think that about 25% of the people playing everyday are bots. Now i could be off on my numbers but thats what i think. I have seen a couple people at 50 on all jobs. Which is impossible to do without botting.

[TonyMontana]

I hate that several people are using bots Ive reported them and even came to the forums and named names. Guess what those same bots are still in game over a month later, still making shards by the vendor in limsa still R21 alchemy still wearing R1 cloths still logged in 24/7 crafting.

[gifthorse]

Yeah, there is this bot on Lindblum called Emily Greed that fishes non-stop just north of Horizon and then breaks crystals all day in Uldah. It's been doing it for months and months. And that's just off the top of my head. There are lots more.

[Azurymber]

And the thing is these are the people who will end up with epic gear when its released because they are hoarding millions of gil. I know some people with 100mil+ already.

[TonyMontana]

Yeah, there is this bot on Lindblum called Emily Greed that fishes non-stop just north of Horizon and then breaks crystals all day in Uldah. It's been doing it for months and months. And that's just off the top of my head. There are lots more.

She used to craft in limsa too, but i know the Emily bot you are talking about. The one I am refering to is Balin Jerry in limsa, there are a few more there too but he has been there as long as the ability to break fish nto shards has been in the game.

[TheVedis]

With so many people quitting the game all you really have left are the hardcore players and a handfull of casuals. Oh ya and the bots. I would think that about 25% of the people playing everyday are bots. Now i could be off on my numbers but thats what i think. I have seen a couple people at 50 on all jobs. Which is impossible to do without botting.

i dont think its anywhere near 25%
but i wouldnt be surprised if it was a high number such as 5% or so
(which is still alot)

also just cuz people have alot of 05s dont make them bots, if i didnt work id be 50 in everything already myself, and i dont bot

[Kilta_Firelotus]

Proof? And STF is down. But i'm on every day and never see the same ppl crafting in the same places. Also what are they Flooding the market with? i barly can get armor in this game.

[gifthorse]

With so many people quitting the game all you really have left are the hardcore players and a handfull of casuals. Oh ya and the bots. I would think that about 25% of the people playing everyday are bots. Now i could be off on my numbers but thats what i think. I have seen a couple people at 50 on all jobs. Which is impossible to do without botting.

Dont underestimate the number of people willing to press enter-enter-enter all day or 1-1-1-1-1-1. The Japanese are really proficient at it.

[Corrderio]

I'm annoyed by it to, but since this game doesn't have a full time STF staff yet I'm not surprised by this.

Hopefully they got logs on them so when it happens, massive bans all over.