The bot problem is rising and real.

[Arillyn]

There are MB/crafting bots that exist. They'll update prices every 15 or 30 minutes on the dot to be the lowest price down to a set amount then stop. I've reported these before and they're usually associated with a crafting bot(s) that will craft 24/7 inside a house next to a bell so they can craft and list stuff without exposing themselves. These crafting bots will also have gathering bots gathering for them and a lot of the times they're all contained inside of the same FC where all the members are bots or mules of bots. These mules are generally always naked level 20 characters and will log in just long enough to update prices or allow the crafting bot(s) to access their retainers/bags.

Yes I know they do exist, believe me. And I REALLY wish SE would finally do something about them. I was just pointing out that someone could have been buying something, the menu is still open and they went afk. The game won't kick you if you are in an interactive menu. I just don't want to see people with pitchforks going after everyone they see that they feel is a bot because they were standing by a MB (or somewhere else) for a long time. As long as an interactive menu is open, you can't be kicked.

[ElazulHP]

Yes I know they do exist, believe me. And I REALLY wish SE would finally do something about them. I was just pointing out that someone could have been buying something, the menu is still open and they went afk. The game won't kick you if you are in an interactive menu. I just don't want to see people with pitchforks going after everyone they see that they feel is a bot because they were standing by a MB (or somewhere else) for a long time. As long as an interactive menu is open, you can't be kicked.

Fair enough and I agree. Solution would be for them to hire more people to the STF assuming that is the current limitation. They need to do something beyond what they're already doing cause what they're currently doing isn't working.