Ridiculous amount of Bots...

[Franchesca]

What do you think they should have implemented to handle the botting problem?

They could have limited the number characters created after ban or have blacklist effect on ban person's account and not just character. I mean seriously, there are countless ways said in the forums.

[Adrasteia]

They could have limited the number characters created after ban or have blacklist effect on ban person's account and not just character. I mean seriously, there are countless ways said in the forums.

Is it confirmed that they simply delete the character instead of banning the account outright?

[Natsuno]

<snip> or have blacklist effect on ban person's account and not just character. I mean seriously, there are countless ways said in the forums.

Report RMT spam bots under 'report harassment', giving details (including the /say or /tell). The account will be banned (or frozen... w/ever, same result) within minutes. The account is then no longer usable, so I do not see how an 'account wide' ban would affect this issue.

Don't use the 'report cheating' option for spam bots. It's next to useless, but then the account wide blist may prove some use to you. But why bother when the account can be stopped within minutes using 'report harassment'.