Please hire GMs

[Shneibel]

He is and i like his idea. Seriously. GMs in ffxi were really nice.

I concur. Please SE. The bot spam is hurting this game more than anything else. AH is getting hammered.

but but....there are GM ingame already....

[Zaels]

but but....there are GM ingame already....

if thats true their presence is nearly non-existant. there's no excuse for a teleport farming bot to still be around 2 weeks after i report them. its not even something that takes a lengthy conversation. just a few seconds of looking at one is enough reason to instantly ban them.

[Shneibel]

if thats true their presence is nearly non-existant. there's no excuse for a teleport farming bot to still be around 2 weeks after i report them. its not even something that takes a lengthy conversation. just a few seconds of looking at one is enough reason to instantly ban them.

it is not that easy to press the ban button, there are some rules and some stuff need to be done before you can ban (and you ban the root). And Gm are ingame, they dont have to : HEY WORLD, gm <name> will now show himself to the world to know that we are here and doing our job

[Shirai]

it is not that easy to press the ban button, there are some rules and some stuff need to be done before you can ban (and you ban the root). And Gm are ingame, they dont have to : HEY WORLD, gm <name> will now show himself to the world to know that we are here and doing our job

Sorry, but yes. It is that easy.
It doesn't need a board decission to ban a character which is obviously breaking the ToS.
I can imagine it taking an hour or so to collect enough evidence on a character, I can imagine that the current staff is being swamped by reports and need to shift through them, but there is no reason for a blatant gathering bot or a shout spammer to be running rampant until the taskforce decides it's time for another purge.

[Delsus]

Sorry, but yes. It is that easy.
It doesn't need a board decission to ban a character which is obviously breaking the ToS.
I can imagine it taking an hour or so to collect enough evidence on a character, I can imagine that the current staff is being swamped by reports and need to shift through them, but there is no reason for a blatant gathering bot or a shout spammer to be running rampant until the taskforce decides it's time for another purge.

Ahh yes and with the insta ban you see many legitimate players getting banned for saying "Guys did you see that Gil Seller?" or "Hmm I hate Cloud Strife for having such an unoriginal name, I'll say he's a Gil Seller, or bot" Have you ever had to look through thousands of reports every day, and follow everyone of them up?

[Seraphe]

if thats true their presence is nearly non-existant. there's no excuse for a teleport farming bot to still be around 2 weeks after i report them. its not even something that takes a lengthy conversation. just a few seconds of looking at one is enough reason to instantly ban them.

This. A thousand times. There. You cannot argue with that. You just can't.

[MithrasInvictus]

but but....there are GM ingame already....

I believe that it is the QUANTITY of GMs which needs to be addressed. They're there, but their manpower must be completely overwhelmed with all of the calls that they receive.