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

[Peregrine]

Me? I am talking about the players who are botting crafting because its boring.

You're more to blame why they bot than the game is. Blame the botters, then blame those tolerating them. Kill the terrorists, imprison those aiding and abetting terror.

[Adol]

Oh, dude. Not only fruitless. Stupid.

Mind what side of the conversation you're actually on.
Lol we have a half a dozen people in here trying to blame their ethical sewers on the media that they **** in.

So you actually agree that you do not tolerate the opinions of others?
Well there you have it people, there's no point trying to discuss anything with Peregrine.

[Peregrine]

One more reason why there is so many bots is that with the population of players constantly declining i don't see SE banning/suspending or doing anything to push those remaining players away.

Once the game is in a good shape and we get over 1 mil or 2 population going on then i'm sure SE will bring down the ban hammer.

Faulty logic. Now the game has a reputation for being a botter haven that no one cares about. Who'se going to want to play this piece of trash now?

No one. They should have never given the botters a foothold. Now their product just looks like all the more **** because of it.

[Peregrine]

So you actually agree that you do not tolerate the opinions of others?
Well there you have it people, there's no point trying to discuss anything with Peregrine.

Since when were cheaters to be negotiated with? They don't have a voice. They don't get a say. They're not equals. They're blight.

There comes a point where your opinion no longer matters. That point, for you all, came about the time you went ethically belly-up in the genre and started sympathizing with botters.

The game made me do it! I'm repressed! I'm a aproduct of my environment!

Oh cry me a river. You had a choice. You chose poorly.

[Kurokikaze]

Stop botting replies bro. It's obvious.

[Adol]

Since when were cheaters to be negotiated with? They don't have a voice. They don't get a say. They're not equals. They're blight.

There comes a point where your opinion no longer matters. That point, for you all, came about the time you went ethically belly-up in the genre and started sympathizing with botters.

The game made me do it! I'm repressed! I'm a aproduct of my environment!

Oh cry me a river. You had a choice. You chose poorly.

You need help.
Just going to leave it at that.

[Peregrine]

You need help.

What, do you mean like a bot?
Uhno. Maybe YOU do.

You need to make better decisions on who and what you support.
Look at all these botter sympathizers up in here. Geeminy christmas it's worse than I thought.

Ethically dereclict. It's XIV's fault so many people botttttt.
Christ I've never wanted to be a republican more than right now, and that is disgusting.

[Nuru]

There are so many ways to look at this.. I mean, for one, both sides of the argument have to realize that anything a bot can do, you can do.

The argument lies on who actually plays legit? Why does it matter so much? You play your own character, the bots shouldn't effect you. The fact is that you are simply jealous that the player behind that bot does not have to sit through tedious crafting. Well, what is it that is stopping you from getting a bot of your own?

How you would feel about using a bot should bring up an important question. "Is this cheating?" Why, yes. Yes it is.

Now, think of the bigger picture. You can work on that same craft, and someday, you will have all of your classes ranked to cap, just like that bot. However, you can at least say that you got to where you were without having to cheat.

Pretty much what all of this dumbs down to is, who gives? Just play your own character and hope that someday, these bots will be discovered and banned, all of their efforts(lol effort, i know right?) will be in vain.

[Dega]

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.

Oh there are a lot more in Limsa besides the 4-5 that camp at the Hyaline. If you go to the northern islands area in limsa you will find 4-6 more making shards. There are many others scattered throughout each city and zone too 95% of the time in the same spots doing the same things, wearing the same things, not answering, not responding to you sitting on their orb, etc. If there is a special task force in this game they are not doing anything at the moment or are just really bad at what they do. =\

[Radaghast]

What, do you mean like a bot?
Uhno. Maybe YOU do.

You need to make better decisions on who and what you support.
Look at all these botter sympathizers up in here. Geeminy christmas it's worse than I thought.

Ethically dereclict. It's XIV's fault so many people botttttt.
Christ I've never wanted to be a republican more than right now, and that is disgusting.

Calm down son, deep breaths.