Okay now the botting is getting a little out of hand...

[Kuroka]

Not seeing anything near that bad on EU servers.
Im not saying its not an issue on EU servers but it seems far more rampant on us servers which would imply to me that there is a much bigger market there.
Much bigger market there meaning there's a lot more us players buying gil.
Sure SE need to take a tougher stance on it but clearly there is a player issue on US servers thats fueling it.

uhm
you see my server?

[Metalwrath]

uhm
you see my server?

Hm ok so its that bad on eu server too.Out of curiosity what time of day is this happening?
In order to create this many bots at same time they must be doing it at offpeak times on eu servers as usually there is a small queue to get on between around 1pm-10pm.
Maybe if they restrict the amount of new characters per day allowed to be created on a server this would help the issue.Although in theory it might block new players from starting.But if the bot accounts are being created late at night creating such a rule might hinder them creating characters at off peak if new accounts are created during the day.

[Metallium]

Hm ok so its that bad on eu server too.Out of curiosity what time of day is this happening?
In order to create this many bots at same time they must be doing it at offpeak times on eu servers as usually there is a small queue to get on between around 1pm-10pm.
Maybe if they restrict the amount of new characters per day allowed to be created on a server this would help the issue.Although in theory it might block new players from starting.But if the bot accounts are being created late at night creating such a rule might hinder them creating characters at off peak if new accounts are created during the day.

It is still happening as of this very moment and as long as I made this thread if not longer today(so a few hours already).

[Metalwrath]

It is still happening as of this very moment and as long as I made this thread if not longer today(so a few hours already).

Im not sure about Shiva server as it seems to have a very high activity rate but from looking at figures from your server its got a very low active rate which is likely how so many bots can be created even at peak times.Have you any idea if these bots are going to dungeons or just farming trash on maps.What SE need to do is cripple whatever they are able to farm or make the items they farm buyable at low cost on an npc.

[Kuroka]

Hm ok so its that bad on eu server too.Out of curiosity what time of day is this happening?

basically now or at least the 40 min ago i made that screenshot. i saw many bots but usually clipped into each other... never this... id say demonstration of power?

Its kinda, ya know, the point where GM have to be allowed to act... and some com reps should say smt... inv yoshi here right now to see that, might help lol

[Metalwrath]

basically now or at least the 40 min ago i made that screenshot. i saw many bots but usually clipped into each other... never this... id say demonstration of power?

Its kinda, ya know, the point where GM have to be allowed to act... and some com reps should say smt... inv yoshi here right now to see that, might help lol

Yeah i logged on to check myself and investigate.So ive seen some thaumaturge bots running around central thal.Seen them run through mountains.
Limsea you dont see any bots really being made.Im guessing the bots have no use of the jobs there.Grindadia seems to have the most bots.Trying to investigate where all these archers are farming.
ive heard rumors of them 4 manning dungeons?