Fujito interview with 4gamer.net (LONG READ)

[Rinuko]

Yes and no. However in this case, there apparently seems to be very little policing on the matter.
They are literately everywhere and some are breaking rules in the highest degree and have been doing it for years on end. It's gotten to the point where they are so brazen about it due to the apparent lack of enforcement.

The Locus camps are almost entirely botted and I'm not just referring to RMT, I'm talking about average players too. West Ronfaure has also become a haven for bots, so much so that any new players may even struggle to find a monster to fight.

I've played FFXI for many years and I've never seen anything like it.

Yeah, I mean it's clear SE moved all their staff to 14 and just keep around a handful to deal with in-game related issues and all bot reports sent to that task force (if they even still around or we just send reports into the void)

[Sp1cyryan]

Yeah, I mean it's clear SE moved all their staff to 14 and just keep around a handful to deal with in-game related issues and all bot reports sent to that task force (if they even still around or we just send reports into the void)

Everyone talks about the staff going to 14. They still triage for 11 because of the relationship they share. If it weren't for that then there be even less/no staff. So everyone should consider themselves fortunate that trash game still benefits 11.