Please Remove Botters/RMTers.

[Bsrking5]

Unless major core game changes are made, which will negatively impact the game and players, theres never going to be an end to the bots. While there is definitely more that could be done, i dont see SE doing any more because its not profitable enough.

[DrWho2010]

all you can do is report to the GMs which get transferred to the STF of which there only like 4 people in Japan. It's not a big priority unfortunately.

[Kes13a]

Unless major core game changes are made, which will negatively impact the game and players, theres never going to be an end to the bots. While there is definitely more that could be done, i dont see SE doing any more because its not profitable enough.

You dont need core changes to hire a team in NA to deal with the issue and the cheaters.

[DrWho2010]

the costs don't outweigh the benefits most likely.

[Kes13a]

the costs don't outweigh the benefits most likely.

Yeah, you are right. having a game stuffed full of known cheaters who can get away with it has always been good for the health of a game. Getting a reputation for having an entire aspect of gameplay being run and ruined by bots never gets around, and the people who would enjoy that aspect of the game would never be turned off by that kind of reputation.

The benefits of removing cheaters will always outweigh anything that the cheaters bring to the table.

[KageTokage]

The mass-produced bots seem like a bit of a lost cause unless SE is willing to impose temporary restrictions on newly created accounts to prevent them from moving their gil around before they get banned.

The "normal" bots that farm gil by spamming crafts or are simply lazy players are very much controllable provided you have a moderation team that can pick up on their not-so-subtle behavior patterns and ban them, though, as they are not going to come back nearly as quickly.

[Auriya]

It takes WILL and EFFORT from SE's side to deal with this blatant problem. Something I've started seriously doubting lately that they have. It's sad to say but I don't believe anymore after having reported issues several times that they care enough. In the end they are just a company and like any other company they only care about money. There is no money in assigning teams to investigate players but there is money in getting money from subs no matter if it's from legit or not legit players. So unless there will be (an unlikely) scenario of LOTS OF PLAYERS who cancel their subs as a protest, absolutely nothing will be happening

[Kes13a]

It takes WILL and EFFORT from SE's side to deal with this blatant problem. Something I've started seriously doubting lately that they have. It's sad to say but I don't believe anymore after having reported issues several times that they care enough. In the end they are just a company and like any other company they only care about money. There is no money in assigning teams to investigate players but there is money in getting money from subs no matter if it's from legit or not legit players. So unless there will be (an unlikely) scenario of LOTS OF PLAYERS who cancel their subs as a protest, absolutely nothing will be happening

Not unless some dev accepts a challenge to recoup crafting costs in the NA worlds (and apparently EU as well) they will never see that its bad enough to be a problem.

[fumofu]

Just curious, does anyone knows any MMO which managed to remove all bots/rmt'ers and if yes, how did they managed that?

[Kes13a]

Just curious, does anyone knows any MMO which managed to remove all bots/rmt'ers and if yes, how did they managed that?

I am not sure thats possible. all a company can do is make it VERY prohibitive to be caught. there will always be people who prefer cheating to get ahead. Or who are simply too lazy to play like everyone else.

so, I dont know of any who have cut it out completely.