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

[Dirwen]

Would be simpler to trigger an investigation when the gil balance of an account rapidly changes in a very short period of time. As a point, if you jump up 2 million gil in the space of 24 hours, that should trigger a quick look at how that was achieved. Targetting players is one thing, but if you want to stop this, you need to hit the gil banks - The NPCs which hold the gil. Having hte botters pool their gil and then crack that account before they can use it would make it cost innefficient to farm Gil.

2mil is too little I get that much from selling a single nidhogg scale before. I'm assuming gil buyers purchase in large amount like 5mil+ otherwise what is the point as gil is easy to get.

[Melichoir]

2mil is too little I get that much from selling a single nidhogg scale before. I'm assuming gil buyers purchase in large amount like 5mil+ otherwise what is the point as gil is easy to get.

Was a throw away number. But thats the thing. SE should be able to see trends among bot sellers on the MB. Like selling a potion for 20 million consistently (another throw away). Not sure how theyd manage it, but the key I think lies in figuring out bot buyer/seller trends and watching account transactions. A player account shouldnt spike in milllions of gil in a very short period of time without some level of reason. They also dont need to hit every person or track everyone. They just need to start hitting enough people that the risk of RMT becomes to much for most players to engage in. This is actually how basic law enforcement works. You cant catch every crime, but the ability to be caught and the frequency of it happening help detur most people from committing said action.