Quote Originally Posted by Arazehl View Post
You all talk like this is new problem that only FFXIV deals with. Botting has been around since the dawn when the very first mmo launched. Make virtual money, in a virtual world and profit from it. Be it in game or outside the game. If the mmo brands haven't solve the problem after all this time, don't expect it will get better any time soon. If they had a solid solution, don't you think they would have solved it long before now?

It will never entirely go away. A bigger, better bot is always there to take it's place.
The blatant levels I see the bots around the market and gathering is kinda like a mockery though. How long they are allowed to run and the like is just silly. I played wow for years and ya I ran into some bots but those were the exception more than how commonplace and open they appear to be in this game. There isn't a solid solution but they could do LEAPS AND BOUNDS more to even crush ones that are active for months and months on end and garnering multiple reports.