Crafting Hack & Bots

[Catmato]

A new PC named Odoro, a scammer in Port Jeuno is sitting right on top of the NPC Oboro and taking players items by initiating 'trade' to other players.

What an absolute legend.

[Miragem]

What an absolute legend.

Make your own thread praising it. Who knows, maybe it came from a dead server like Leviathan that peaks at 300 at most. Why stay on a dead server when Asura has 3k+ pop. A lot of the harm being done to Asura is coming from server transfers.

[Stompa]

... a dead server like Leviathan ...

I don't feel like I'm in a dead server.

I feel like I'm in beautiful Vana'diel, having fun and exciting adventures with my friends.

On topic, though, I agree that the best way to diminish the presence of the RMT/Mercs/Botters is to never use any of their services, zero tolerance mode.

And to encourage new players to actually play the game by the game's rules, to make friends, to team up, to overcome difficult challenges by working hard, etc.

And to understand that NPCs don't initiate trades.

^^

[Sirmarki]

On topic, though, I agree that the best way to diminish the presence of the RMT/Mercs/Botters is to never use any of their services

That's the problem, hoards of players on Asura do use their 'services'. Hence why they are there and are dominating the area, and why people have difficulty making legit CP parties. In todays society, people will take the easy option if it is offered to them. Legit or not.

I have /blisted as many as I can, however when you zone, it takes a couple of seconds for the /blist to 'load'. In the brief 1 second I zoned, there were 8 JP/EXP selling yells that I had blocked. That's how rapid it is on /yell.

[Alhanelem]

Make your own thread praising it. Who knows, maybe it came from a dead server like Leviathan that peaks at 300 at most. Why stay on a dead server when Asura has 3k+ pop. A lot of the harm being done to Asura is coming from server transfers.

Because those dead servers don't have RMT, an overabundance of mercs and scammers, and have plenty of available camp spots for CP etc. and yada yada yada all the many reasons not to choose an overcrowded server.

[Catmato]

There's a clear difference between trades with an NPC (which only show one item window) and those with players, so I really hope nobody is falling for this.

He's wearing the same gear, is /anon so his name is blue (closer to NPC green) and he stands directly on top of Oboro, making it hard to target the NPC. If he's auto-accepting trades, I could see how someone who wasn't paying attention could make a mistake.

Make your own thread praising it. Who knows, maybe it came from a dead server like Leviathan that peaks at 300 at most. Why stay on a dead server when Asura has 3k+ pop. A lot of the harm being done to Asura is coming from server transfers.

LOL

[Pixela]

Make your own thread praising it. Who knows, maybe it came from a dead server like Leviathan that peaks at 300 at most. Why stay on a dead server when Asura has 3k+ pop. A lot of the harm being done to Asura is coming from server transfers.

The smaller servers are not dead, they have people on them that like a small community. You just don't understand that because you have a different mindset.

I prefer Asura, I like lots of people. However i understand how others think too.

[Sirmarki]

The smaller servers are not dead, they have people on them that like a small community. You just don't understand that because you have a different mindset.

True. A Linkshell with 6 active people in it doing regular content is better than a Linkshell with 50 people in it who don't even talk let alone do content (I've seen a fair few of them).

[Alhanelem]

What an absolute legend.

There's a clear difference between trades with an NPC (which only show one item window) and those with players, so I really hope nobody is falling for this.

[Sirmarki]

There's a clear difference between trades with an NPC (which only show one item window) and those with players, so I really hope nobody is falling for this.

Well, they are. They have taken some expensive items from people. Regardless of players being more vigilant or not, they are clearly trying to defraud players. Firstly by using automation to initiate trade, and secondly they
literally bury themselves into the NPC, so other than the name at the top, you can't really see them.