tired of the bots

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11-25-2013, 01:55 PM
xanj

tired of the bots

tired of seeing farming bots and reporting them and nothing happening i have reported countless bots and i have not got a response from a single ticket sense october 10th. have they just simply given up on trying to combat the bots? today for example i reported two bots 8 hours ago and they are still there this is pitiful.
11-25-2013, 02:51 PM
Reiterpallasch

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Originally Posted by xanj

tired of seeing farming bots and reporting them and nothing happening i have reported countless bots and i have not got a response from a single ticket sense october 10th. have they just simply given up on trying to combat the bots? today for example i reported two bots 8 hours ago and they are still there this is pitiful.

We're they both on the pillar near DD, chocobos out, and busy status on? Guy/girl combo? We can't name and shame, but I have a feeling I know exactly who you're talking about.

And if you doi mean "them", they've been botting pretty much since the 2.0 servers went live. I wouldn't expect to see them vanish anytime soon. One even replied while in town once, saying they get reported all day but nothing ever happens, while tossing out the obligatory "u mad" and such.
11-25-2013, 03:17 PM
Enkidoh

SE needs to add something like the Goblin Bounty Hunters from FFXI which were added specifically to target fishing bots - although doing so would also negatively affect legitimate BTNs just trying to harvest materials like they're supposed to. Unfortunately there's no quick and easy fix to this.
11-25-2013, 03:24 PM
xanj

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Originally Posted by Enkidoh

SE needs to add something like the Goblin Bounty Hunters from FFXI which were added specifically to target fishing bots - although doing so would also negatively affect legitimate BTNs just trying to harvest materials like they're supposed to. Unfortunately there's no quick and easy fix to this.

those were pritty bad when they got put in and they came and killed you when your party was in a fight but its not the gathering bots im talking about those teleport anyways im talking about the kill farming bots
11-25-2013, 03:25 PM
xanj

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Originally Posted by Reiterpallasch

We're they both on the pillar near DD, chocobos out, and busy status on? Guy/girl combo? We can't name and shame, but I have a feeling I know exactly who you're talking about.

And if you doi mean "them", they've been botting pretty much since the 2.0 servers went live. I wouldn't expect to see them vanish anytime soon. One even replied while in town once, saying they get reported all day but nothing ever happens, while tossing out the obligatory "u mad" and such.

yeah you know which im talking about.
11-25-2013, 03:26 PM
xanj

i think they could fix this by making it where busy doesn't block trades
11-25-2013, 03:29 PM
Neri

I have got a friend that fit the description, but he didn't use the bot though, he used in-game macro to do that. I don't see anything wrong with what he did tho, basically he just set up the macro and he went back to his work and come back every 20 minutes or so to summon the chocobo.
11-25-2013, 03:32 PM
SarcasmMisser

If you have a maxed arcanist dump a shadow flare on the spawn location and let them finish the kill off for you. Good way to leech off their harvest and all you have to do is place a aoe every 30 seconds
11-25-2013, 03:44 PM
xanj

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Originally Posted by Neri

I have got a friend that fit the description, but he didn't use the bot though, he used in-game macro to do that. I don't see anything wrong with what he did tho, basically he just set up the macro and he went back to his work and come back every 20 minutes or so to summon the chocobo.

i doubt it theres no way you can make a macro to do that with only 15 lines. your friend is a liar. but lets pretend that perhaps he can.

Here is Square Enix's Botting policy in the EULA: "2.1 Cheating and Botting. You may not create or use any unauthorized cheats,bots, automation software, hacks, mods or any other unauthorized software or hardware designed to modify the Game and gameplay. In addition, you may not take advantage of game system bugs and exploits during gameplay."

so even if he is using the ingame macro system to do that its actually still not allowed.
11-25-2013, 03:46 PM
Kellauchia

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Originally Posted by Neri

I have got a friend that fit the description, but he didn't use the bot though, he used in-game macro to do that. I don't see anything wrong with what he did tho, basically he just set up the macro and he went back to his work and come back every 20 minutes or so to summon the chocobo.

if there is a way to do a macro like that with 15 lines, please tell us what he is doing...seems kinda impossible.
11-25-2013, 04:04 PM
Neri

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Originally Posted by xanj

i doubt it theres no way you can make a macro to do that with only 15 lines. your friend is a liar. but lets pretend that perhaps he can.

Here is Square Enix's Botting policy in the EULA: "2.1 Cheating and Botting. You may not create or use any unauthorized cheats,bots, automation software, hacks, mods or any other unauthorized software or hardware designed to modify the Game and gameplay. In addition, you may not take advantage of game system bugs and exploits during gameplay."

so even if he is using the ingame macro system to do that its actually still not allowed.

Um, I might have a reading comprehension about this but where is the not allowed part in that EULA?
11-25-2013, 04:09 PM
Kellauchia

You mean where he is not allowed to do this even though he is using macros?
if that is what you mean it is this little part...

" In addition, you may not take advantage of game system bugs and exploits during gameplay."

if that isn't what you mean then sorry for not understanding.

to be honestly i see this as kinda border line...maybe SE staff can look into this it would help clear stuff up?
11-25-2013, 04:17 PM
Neri

I'm not really sure about that either, lol. Guess need SE's clarification on this one since I don't think using macro for attacking mob is against EULA or anything. well, it's not external program that is.
11-25-2013, 04:24 PM
Reiterpallasch

Yeah sorry, there aren't any in game macros that will allow you to execute actions for 20 minutes straight.

There are legitimate ways to use in game macros to target enemies, turn your character etc while using a controller without the window even being active. For example, a BRD could use something simple like this:

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/targetenemy
/facetarget
/action "Misery's End" <t>
/action "Bloodletter" <t>
/action "Heavy Shot" <t>

and they don't even need to have their monitor on to put arrows through everything around them. It requires continuous input however.
11-25-2013, 04:30 PM
Neri

That's probably it I guess. He didn't afk to anywhere tho, just alt-tab to his work. I reckon he just have that controller lying around somewhere and pressed it every now and then without alt-tab into the game to activate the macro again.
11-25-2013, 04:40 PM
SimplyEe

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Originally Posted by Reiterpallasch

We're they both on the pillar near DD, chocobos out, and busy status on? Guy/girl combo? We can't name and shame, but I have a feeling I know exactly who you're talking about.

And if you doi mean "them", they've been botting pretty much since the 2.0 servers went live. I wouldn't expect to see them vanish anytime soon. One even replied while in town once, saying they get reported all day but nothing ever happens, while tossing out the obligatory "u mad" and such.

Lol they're leveling up their chocobos. They're lvl 50 and those mobs drop 2 gil

They might just have no life.. GMs actually investigate and talk to players; at least on my server.

But u never know
11-25-2013, 04:42 PM
Doo

Reported this banemite botter for like 4 days now and he's still going strong. He leveled from 25-30 from killing low level banemites. These ban waves are no good, the bots already do the damage already by the time S.E does the next ban wave. S.E needs to get it together these guys are teleporting around all day without a care in the world.