Quote Originally Posted by Komarimono View Post
Bots do exist, but the method you describe of them makes little sense. I've seen them, they literally teleport to the mob, each time in each Fate. They don't run, turn, nada. They teleport right atop the monster and attack away, doesn't matter if caster or melee.

As for why you're not seeing them gone right after reporting, SE bans in waves. The manpower needed to investigate every report is massive, this is coming from someone who used to do it in a game from long long ago called Anarchy Online. The game wasn't even super popular, and watching, chasing, and logging one person took a long, long time.

SE, and most MMO companies know it takes ages to check each person, hence they ban in waves, using detection software and reports.
As someone who did bot investigations for Lineage 2, I can tell you it doesn't take long to recognize a bot. You don't need to spend more than about 10 minutes watching the behavior to know if it's a bot or not.

As for ban waves, this is laziness on the part of the company. It lets the bot teams build up, distribute the resources, and make numerous sales or slip under the radar. It also lets the bot teams keep their next wave of bots on standby, ready to go as soon as the ban wave hits. It doesn't slow them down. Ban waves do nothing. Consistently banning, however, prevents build up resources by taking it out before it can be stockpiled. And it doesn't even take any more work on the part of the company.