Has anyone noticed a decrease in botting activity in light of recent events?

[Thaeryden]

A reduction in botting? Nope, not here. In fact, I just got done reporting 11 bots in one fell swoop, which is about the normal amount for my reports, but it was only a fraction of those that I saw... it was just those I could actually click on to get their names.

I would report them more often, but it get's tiring that I can't just r-click on someone and select "report for cheating" and let SE sort it out. It's hard enough trying to click on this many idiots when they're stacked all on top of one another.

(I start Shadowplay recording, then one by one I try to click on them, snap a screenshot so I have their names, then I write it up and include all the names in one report.)

This teleport/blinking exploit I keep seeing the small armies of random-letter named bots doing... how has SE not fixed this yet?

[KisaiTenshi]

This teleport/blinking exploit I keep seeing the small armies of random-letter named bots doing... how has SE not fixed this yet?

If it's bots that are doing the quests, the fastest way to do it, is to go to the search players, search for only sprouts. The button mash bots will stick out like a sore thumb, but so will seeing a bunch of level 50 BLM's all in the same location.

[XenoCranel]

If it's bots that are doing the quests, the fastest way to do it, is to go to the search players, search for only sprouts. The button mash bots will stick out like a sore thumb, but so will seeing a bunch of level 50 BLM's all in the same location.

Yup I do that. It's the best way honestly, but since most of the botting activity I see are gathering bots for players controlling the MB, they are the only ones I report.