Lack of action against gathering bots, it needs to be changed, and soon

[DrWho2010]

you're never going to see the results. they do the ban waves every so often. that's all the action you're going to get on it. the problem is never going to go away. you will never see instant results.

[Oxidized]

the problem is never going to go away. you will never see instant results.

And this may be the only MMO in which this holds true currently, and it does not have to be this way; if they put a fraction of the resources aimed to crack down on "harassment" towards this, it would no longer be a problem. Perhaps they would pay attention if they knew that many people have stopped paying their subs as a result of being tired of competing with not only bots, but bot owners who literally flaunt how much they get away with to people who play legitimately. Not to mention crafter subs tend to have a lot of additional "service" charges that should be a priority for them to retain.

they do the ban waves every so often. that's all the action you're going to get on it.

No, they do RMT gibberish bot banwaves every so often. They literally do not care about player-owned gathering bots, which are far more disruptive to endgame content, to the extent that an occasional banwave would be a SIGNIFICANT upgrade at this point.

[Nedkel]

if they put a fraction of the resources aimed to crack down on "harassment" towards this, it would no longer be a problem.

But if they do so, how would they sustain another useless "FFXV" failure project?

Why should they reasonably upgrade their living and most popular game, when they could just burn the cash away in the camp fire for employees who work on another "genius unpotimised, 1 button gameplay triple A no scam" game?

[Krojack]

you're never going to see the results. they do the ban waves every so often. that's all the action you're going to get on it. the problem is never going to go away. you will never see instant results.

I've been reporting the same 2 bots for 7-9 months and they are still gathering this morning. SE won't ban max level gather bots. I'm not telling people to run gather bots but if you were to then you most likely won't get banned.

Don't run a damage meter for personal use only so you can max your dps though, you will get the ban hammer on you in less than 24 hours.