Bots Auto Clusterfarming in Bozja

Found a group of them right as soon as you leave the spawn, killing mobs 1 at a time lol. You can tell they're bots too since if you drag the mobs they'll follow it then attack the nearest mob after the target mob is dead....even if it's a Star Rank Mob lol.

Looks like that Mount/Emote/Hairstyle is the botters next target.

Report their activity ingame. A GM can investigate.

Kinda crazy that it's so profitable tbh.

200 clusters is 3 hours of farming? Hell, with a divided party going top and bottom, you could bang out enough for a mount in less than 2 for sure.

a GM cant investigate.

seriously, they just kick it to the STF which is based in Japan.

despite what some people think, the botting is definitely getting out of control and SE is doing nothing.

It seems like the only thing that will get a "normal" botter that isn't using hacks banned is them getting positively swamped with reports from several people, as happened to some cheaters in the Firmament rankings. Botting in the Diadem was kind of asking for it as they were exposing themselves to the entire data center's population of dedicated gatherers, not just the locals.

That said, the only chance these guys will get banned is if something similar happens in Bozja, though with no rankings on the line, I doubt people will feel as inclined to bother reporting them.

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Originally Posted by Kes13a

a GM cant investigate.

seriously, they just kick it to the STF which is based in Japan.

despite what some people think, the botting is definitely getting out of control and SE is doing nothing.

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I mean...it does feel discouraging to see the bots you blacklisted and reported to still remain after several weeks of said report.

Reports feel completely worthless; the option might as well not exist (hyperbolic I know, it's just frustrating). Each report I use to make felt empty with not even a confirmation of receiving report. Its not even like they're hiding it. The bots are so BLANTANLY obvious it's almost comical.

Saw several just yesterday just chilling: popping in and out of existence outside of Gridania. Saw more outside the gate just killing mobs while they were completely underground.

I used to report RMT spammers through the context menu and also wrote a report about teleporting bots once. There's zero feedback and zero effect on botters' activities, so I don't bother anymore. The bots don't affect my gameplay so I just let them be.

It's crazy gil right now. So of course botter will do it.