Does Square intend to address Market botting?

[Kes13a]

As with most things in life, different people have different views. If Nixxe and Jojoya dont see any issues, that is entirely possible depending on how they play. everyone is going to have a different value on if something in game adversely affects them or not. much like any discussion, both sides have different opinions and standards on what the problem is and how SE should address it. This thread is mostly about if SE was going to do something about it or not, so its natural on a public forum that we will get dissenting views on it, and with those views may get some who are less than respectful in how they express their views. it may make them harder to read, but, they are still valid.

Jojoya, in context for what I wrote earlier, it is deemed "bot friendly" because SE has zero client side monitoring, and the chances of being banned are miniscule unless they do something "stupid". stupid being use of teleport hacks, leaving it on 24/7, crafting in a public place etc. I am not sure if that provides enough context for you. Blizzard has client side monitoring for 3rd party programs, does that eliminate botting? no, there are ways around that and people use those, but it does catch and deter the people that are not "professionals" which does lessen the problem somewhat. it is difficult to say if that approach would work here, or if it should even be implemented.

I do think that a 4 person STF team would be adequate for the Japanese player base of around 250,000 active players. However it seems ALL reports go through them so thats about 650,000 active accounts worldwide. The reports to the STF in Japan would need to be translated, and we all know translation can cause its own issues. For that reason each region, Japan, NA and Europe should have its own teams for sheer efficiency. I cannot imagine how many reports they receive, but I would think that the 4 people in Japan are always operating on a backlog since each case would require some form of investigation. in short, I feel 4 people is not nearly enough for what is required.