Congratulations to all you botters....

[Deltara]

Not sure if anyone has said this at some point, but if you are really dedicated to getting your tool quickly, you don't even have to stop for gathering fatigue. A break still counts as 1 mining job.

[Zenaku]

Good job on getting all your gold gathering and crafting tools. I'm sure you all feel proud...

SE would you please do something about these guys!!!

Thanks

You going to ban people for pressing X on there controller while watching Netflix and getting 1-50 craft? come on Bots,pressing enter 50000 times or getting a program would get you 1-50 and you still be watching netflix and be AFK. You still get 1-50 around the same time you still have to farm the mats yourself you still waste gil on shards so it's not game break that people press 5.000 times while watching netflix or if they go and use a program.

Sadly i wish SE would make crafting more fun so we have to press wait and other stuff then just one thing for hours at end.

[AngryNixon]

The real problem here is Netflix. Square Enix should ban Netflix~

If someone comes up with an alternative to spamming enter while watching tv all the more power to them although don't go around labeling people who do sit there spamming enter all day as bots because you can't fathom doing that yourself without botting. It belittles the achievement of those who've very patiently done it. All the more power to them I know I personally find crafting to be less interesting than arranging all the grains of rice in a bag into a single file line down a hall for no apparent reason.

[NoctisUmbra]

Laughs at Noc for thinking that spamming enter is the primary cause...

Actually it is. Don't embarrass yourself Sartori. Being able to craft essentially like a bot, or perhaps even faster, by simply spamming a button on the gamepad while alt-tabbed watching a show is a much bigger problem than botting. Why? because it's not an exploit of any kind and thus even the most ethical players can be expected to be doing this.

The issue is the repetitive and boring nature of the crafting process that leads to a grind in the form of spamming. If they change the process to be more complex and engaging, yet less tedious at the same time then not only will this naturally defer bots but also attract players to pay more attention.

[Messenjari]

Actually it is. Don't embarrass yourself Sartori. Being able to craft essentially like a bot, or perhaps even faster, by simply spamming a button on the gamepad while alt-tabbed watching a show is a much bigger problem than botting. Why? because it's not an exploit of any kind and thus even the players with the most ethical players can be expected to be doing this.

The issue is the repetitive and boring nature of the crafting process that leads to a grind in the form of spamming. If they change the process to be more complex and engaging, yet less tedious at the same time then not only will this naturally defer bots but also attract players to pay more attention.

This is 100% true. I <3 your post, especially the last bit!

[Jinko]

As mentioned above this problem is SE's fault, they should make a mini game where you can't spam a button.

[syntaxlies]

Iron Lake is pretty close to this.

iron lake is the only one close to this on a good day. id say average overall in game is closer to 150-175

[SeraviEdalborez]

Now the question is, where do you draw the line between spamming your turbo controller and using a botting program?

Most people don't. Apparently using a turbo controller -is- botting.

[NoctisUmbra]

Ah, the bliss of self-righteous arguments.

[HiPotion]

i know how you feel, you dont have the time to do it, but some other people REALLY have the time to do it
i saw a guy who finished BOTANIST achievements and this is no easy task as the nodes disappear after few tries (unlike fishing)
but im SURE he didnt bot his way for it, because it just cant be done

it's not botting, if you want something, you just can do it... if you dont have the time or electricity for it, dont call them botters

but they do exist anyway, mostly in lalafel parties :P :P