RMT Enforcement - Something Interesting is happeneing

[Theodric]

They're not really an issue on Balmung but it's good to hear that they're being dealt with. Does this include other bots, though? I see them on Balmung - either out gathering stuff or teleporting around doing quests in groups and vanishing before I can target them.

[TaranTatsuuchi]

They're not really an issue on Balmung but it's good to hear that they're being dealt with. Does this include other bots, though? I see them on Balmung - either out gathering stuff or teleporting around doing quests in groups and vanishing before I can target them.

I believe so, with character creation restrictions always on, you can do a search right after a ban wave and there not be any obvious rmt bots.

But, they make loads of them after a maintenance or downtime when their automated processes can manage to create the characters.

[MilesSaintboroguh]

They're not really an issue on Balmung but it's good to hear that they're being dealt with. Does this include other bots, though? I see them on Balmung - either out gathering stuff or teleporting around doing quests in groups and vanishing before I can target them.

Bots are handled in a slower process so the task force can track where the gil is going to and then ban the master account and its puppets in one fell swoop.

[Kosmos992k]

Bots are handled in a slower process so the task force can track where the gil is going to and then ban the master account and its puppets in one fell swoop.

Indeed. I think that's part of the reason for the spike in bans, the much better intelligence from the enhanced reporting options may have helped them uncover masters and puppets in greater numbers.