I heard the Special Task Force is going to hitt the bots hard now, that the patch has

[ItMe]

Its true.I t's TRUE.
He was sacrificing us by the bag!
I barely escaped.

In all seriousness however as far as I understand it that's unsubstantiated wishful thinking. The STF is, like, 3 people in Japan. I'm not sure what kind of big push they could even stage to take out bots in any lasting and meaningful way.

[Jojoya]

They don't announce in advance when they're going to take action. It's probably someone's wishful thinking though certainly it would be welcome if it did happen.

In all seriousness however as far as I understand it that's unsubstantiated wishful thinking. The STF is, like, 3 people in Japan. I'm not sure what kind of big push they could even stage to take out bots in any lasting and meaningful way.

The STF is not a completely isolated unit. There are others working with them, especially when it comes to processing account bans.

There's no lasting way to take out bots. They'll always come back because too many people enjoy cheating. It's still meaningful because it shows they are working against the problem and it deters those who are on the edge about cheating. Some players only do it because they think there's no consequence.

[Kes13a]

They don't announce in advance when they're going to take action. It's probably someone's wishful thinking though certainly it would be welcome if it did happen.


The STF is not a completely isolated unit. There are others working with them, especially when it comes to processing account bans.

There's no lasting way to take out bots. They'll always come back because too many people enjoy cheating. It's still meaningful because it shows they are working against the problem and it deters those who are on the edge about cheating. Some players only do it because they think there's no consequence.

we have no proof one way or the other about them being, or not being an isolated unit. we do have evidence that the GM's cannot escalate suspected bot issues to them. we do have in game proof that there is no DIRECT way to report a bot to the STF without leaving the, knowing the page to go to, and then filling out a report against a bot.

the trend lately seems to indicate that less and less are being deterred by any idea of "consequence" because there seems to be little consequence involved in even blatant cheating and the accounts being banned have likely been hacked and are just throw away accounts for the cheaters. (for example the RMT barkers)