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[Gula]

maybe cuz there are more bots than actual players..... SE pls put a stop to this madness

Do tell, how. No really, do you honestly think there's a magic fix to remove all bots from any online game, ever?

[Krojack]

Do tell, how. No really, do you honestly think there's a magic fix to remove all bots from any online game, ever?

When I first started playing WoW in 2007 bots were EVERYWHERE. They were spamming chat advertising their sites. They were running into the main cities and dying to spell out their website in dead bodies. They were gathering as well. When I think back to when I last played the game (several years ago) I can't think of of the last time I saw a spam message in chat or a bot. They fixed their server and client code to not only patch out and prevent many bots but their greatly improved their client side bot software detection software.

Sure there still are bots but you almost rarely see them. There are 2 now level 80 gathering bots, one of them that I've been reporting since last December and the other since March that SE just won't ban. I just checked while posting this message and they are there, gathering those Aetherial Reduction nodes. They run the loops 24/7 non-stop. SE WILL NOT BAN THEM. There also appears to be a 3rd one now too.

The fact that SE won't even ban reported bots makes me want to quit this game.

[Gula]

When I first started playing WoW in 2007 bots were EVERYWHERE. They were spamming chat advertising their sites. They were running into the main cities and dying to spell out their website in dead bodies. They were gathering as well. When I think back to when I last played the game (several years ago) I can't think of of the last time I saw a spam message in chat or a bot. They fixed their server and client code to not only patch out and prevent many bots but their greatly improved their client side bot software detection software.

Sure there still are bots but you almost rarely see them. There are 2 now level 80 gathering bots, one of them that I've been reporting since last December and the other since March that SE just won't ban. I just checked while posting this message and they are there, gathering those Aetherial Reduction nodes. They run the loops 24/7 non-stop. SE WILL NOT BAN THEM. There also appears to be a 3rd one now too.

The fact that SE won't even ban reported bots makes me want to quit this game.

They ban in waves. And it's handled by a small task force for it. It is not Square Enix, the company prioritizing RMT over all their projects from Hitman timed events to manga sales. XIV has to prioritize the game running and addressing game breaking issues first. Also, this is more of an NA problem over JP which is even less incentive to stop the presses.

I'm not saying it's not an issue either.