Quote Originally Posted by Final-Fantasy View Post
We need harsh penalties for the Gil Buyers, not even a warning, a straight ban. Zero Tolerance is the only way forward.


If people aren't buying Gil because of the risk involved, then the Bots will not be making much Money! Currently there isn't any risk, obviously.
I don't think SE is in much of a hurry to lower their player count and lose customers for what basically amounts to a non-issue. Thousands of people across all regions have bought gil since the game launched and it hasn't affected me at all.

So far the only solution that actually works, proven by most MMOs out there, even the other top MMOs (WoW, GW2, kinda ESO, OSRS) is to establish a RMT market between players where the money goes to SE instead of going to fund more bots, but people who only play 14 or 11 usually shudder when this is suggested at all.