The amount of bots teleporting around is absolutely unbelievable

[Seraphor]

I, too, would like to know. I just assume, the crafters at least, are just quick synthing 99 pieces all the time.

Dozens of black mages teleporting to the same exact spot 5 yalms directly above an npc/company chest, or half-way into the ground below it, within the space of about 5 seconds.

[KageTokage]

I am a bot-spotting baby.
What about their movements is so distinguishable?
How do you know those players were bots?

A typical gil farming bot does not resort to conventional movement and just teleports from place to place by hacking. They also have gibberish keyboard mash names most of the time.

The standard bots that don't hack are still rather noticeable from their "point A to point B" style of movement that has them zig-zagging all over the place instead of making gradual turns like a normal player would. In flight-enabled zones, you'll also never see them take flight out of a run and will always just mount up, pause a moment, then jump in place before they suddenly veer off in the direction of their next destination. They stand out like a sore thumb in the presence of actual players, such as in the Diadem.

[kelevra13]

Ohhhh. I thought it was like lag on my part or something when I see those XD.

[Alleluia]

Ohhhh. I thought it was like lag on my part or something when I see those XD.

It can be. It can also be a result of players using the legacy camera version of movement. Not all people who make sharp turns are bots. lol

[KageTokage]

Why did that topic about the marketboard bots get purged, I wonder.

It's almost like they want us to pretend this isn't an issue or something.

[ItMe]

Dozens of black mages teleporting to the same exact spot 5 yalms directly above an npc/company chest, or half-way into the ground below it, within the space of about 5 seconds.

A typical gil farming bot does not resort to conventional movement and just teleports from place to place by hacking. They also have gibberish keyboard mash names most of the time.

The standard bots that don't hack are still rather noticeable from their "point A to point B" style of movement that has them zig-zagging all over the place instead of making gradual turns like a normal player would. In flight-enabled zones, you'll also never see them take flight out of a run and will always just mount up, pause a moment, then jump in place before they suddenly veer off in the direction of their next destination. They stand out like a sore thumb in the presence of actual players, such as in the Diadem.

Oooh, I see.
Thank you very much.

I've heard that if you try and trade with bots it'll lock them up?
Should I try this to try and mess with them?

[Gaer]

See weekly developer notes on just how many accounts they ban in a week. Popular games will attract them.

When i was still fresh to the game and very naive(it was 2014 i think) i reported and blacklisted every RMT i see. Over the years i saw many notes about bans. But guess what? All those fifty RMT in my blacklist are still present. All of them.

[KageTokage]

Oooh, I see.
Thank you very much.

I've heard that if you try and trade with bots it'll lock them up?
Should I try this to try and mess with them?

I'd suggest against it strictly because some players are actively monitoring their bots while they're running and pestering them like that gives them an easy excuse to report you.

One of the most popular scripts is programmed to just toggle DND mode if someone trades with them, so you can't actually interfere with them anyways.

When i was still fresh to the game and very naive(it was 2014 i think) i reported and blacklisted every RMT i see. Over the years i saw many notes about bans. But guess what? All those fifty RMT in my blacklist are still present. All of them.

SE does not actually delete banned accounts as far as I can tell.

This has the unfortunate side effect of making it so the RMT spam bots that are using generated names as opposed to random keyboard mash are still hogging several names that could've belonged to actual players.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

When i was still fresh to the game and very naive(it was 2014 i think) i reported and blacklisted every RMT i see. Over the years i saw many notes about bans. But guess what? All those fifty RMT in my blacklist are still present. All of them.

Banned accounts don't have characters deleted. You have a bunch of characters that haven't been used in 6 years on your blacklist

[ItMe]

I'd suggest against it strictly because some players are actively monitoring their bots while they're running and pestering them like that gives them an easy excuse to report you.

I can be reported for starting and a trade with someone?
Even if I cancel it?
What?