Does SE really not care about bots?

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And yet people are still getting banned on a regular basis according to the Lodestone posts. People do still get banned, or at the very least suspended - like a certain someone on Behemoth related to hunts (anyone on my server should know who I'm talking about).

yet, we can still see the same toons botting... Lets face it, the special task force bans a few hundred accounts every now and then while most of the cheaters go unpunished.

Just take time to notice some bots the next time you're out in the open world. Write those names down and go check back in a few months to see if they are still there. It might surprise you.

Dang that's exactly what i just did tonight >.< that's reassuring.

For any botter worth it's 2 Gils, I'm sure they read Forums and then remove them before SE will do anything so..

Here is the real interesting part about some bots. A novice programmer can write a script that will bot, chat, teleport, and even log off after being whispered. The game client is unable to tell if you are running a script or not. Thus, you can freely bot and SE has no way to really catch you. It's very unfortunate that is is so easy to cheat and so many players get away with it.