Regarding Bot-driven Gil Farmers

[Dustytome]

So, where does that leave us? We've done what SE asked: supply reports with sufficient information to conduct an investigation. Despite us having done so, month in and month out these operations not only continue, but also expand in scope and affect a growing number of markets. On the day I login and see level 60 crafted items bearing that character's signature and competing items being auto undercut, I'm out. I'm not going to get angry, flip tables, or hijack donkeys and goats like a straight-up OG (#DonkeyGate), I'm just out since that will be my only remaining recourse of action.

I hope they take action soon. We removed a botter from our FC this morning after reporting them. Fate grinding some classes up, I've found central highlands was more bots than actual players today, including a multi-box bot. I'm getting extremely tired of reporting them and I'm not even sure the in-game reports are going anywhere when I'm told to also submit a separate form to get the report to this special team. If the special team is the only one allowed to do anything about this then shouldn't the in-game reports be going directly to them?

[Welsper59]

I hope they take action soon. We removed a botter from our FC this morning after reporting them. Fate grinding some classes up, I've found central highlands was more bots than actual players today, including a multi-box bot. I'm getting extremely tired of reporting them and I'm not even sure the in-game reports are going anywhere when I'm told to also submit a separate form to get the report to this special team. If the special team is the only one allowed to do anything about this then shouldn't the in-game reports be going directly to them?

We still have players on Leviathan that were rather infamous for their botting in Northern Thanalan during the beginning of HW, to get all jobs to 60. There's even evidence on YouTube to showcase bot behavior, and at least one speed hacked (ran faster than mounts and only mounted to make it look like they were going at a normal speed... even though they moved a lot faster than every single other player there). Non-stop reporting during that period. They do not care about people cheating in the game, so long as it does not constitute serious issues (harassment, real time server hacking, etc).

Speaking as someone that has played XI since it launched, thus being familiar with how SE tends to handle RMT and cheaters, not much has changed. I think they gave up their efforts when much of the unique XI attempts to curb 3rd party program use were just temporary. Not surprising it continues today. I could announce on the forums here that I cheat, exactly what it is I would use, and the likelihood of action taken is next to none... if not extremely late. Even Blizzard is like that, apparently. People have been reporting that they're getting banned at the start of Legion (end of last month) for suspected cheating from 2+ years ago lol.