The red line is crossed now - Bots, cheaters, hackers, gil-seller

[van_arn]

I think we\\'re at a point, a magical red line is crossed now. The one red line that SE accepting bots, cheaters, hackers, Gil-sellers and all their stuff
over real player more and more.... I not talk about the simple Limsa shouter. They got banned... easy. They not pay
monthly fees like all the other bots, cheaters and Gil-sellers. Regardless of 100s reports, evidences, GM talks and more, this cheaters can do or not do whatever
they want. Month for month.... SE does nothing...

Two actual examples from Sargatanas:

-The one guy, almost every serious crafter know by name. He autocraft with Miqobot-program, Telehacks, undercut the MB automated all exact 10 minutes
since months. This guy is active on 3 Servers do exact the same thing with his Gil-seller FC. He not even play the game. No 70s DOW / DOM or anything.
At least 15 persons on Sargatanas have reported him many times now. I have reported this guy 112 times myself since Oct. 2017
With evidence in form of printscreens and protocols.
Guess what\\'s happened on SE side? Right... Nothing....

-Then the other guy, Also no 70s DOW / DOM or anything. Since weeks craft thousands of Endgame items with Miqobot-program and sell em
all on the marketboard under material-costs. ATM he has 1200+ items up total on every Rakshasa Weapon, Armor, Accessories and on
all DOL / DOM gear and Accessories.
He destroys the fun of every player with his hacks, bots and trolling ppl.. Many has given up crafting due to this behavior. We all have lost the fun on it...
He is active on many Server too, with the exact same method. He not play the game, just make money to sell.
So at least 10 persons on Sargatanas have reported him many times now. I have reported this guy 15 times myself.
This is so pure against the old ToS or even morenow against the new ToS.
Guess what\\'s happened on SE side? Right... Nothing.... Again...


I just not understand, why SE does accept this behavior and breaking of so many rules. My only guess is, that the paid monthly
fees of these cheaters are more important to them, than the fun of loyal and legal player. Money rules.... Everywhere...* It\\'s just sad!

Now I\\'m waiting for all the Whiteknights defending SE again....

Explain me... If we have 10+ Mio player on FFXIV. With so many Bots and cheaters we all see every day in Uldah, Limsa, etc.
Why do SE ban weekly 6-10 ppl out of this 10+ Mio player mass?

Another point is, that two different GM told me, that I\\'m right on the matter and that it\\'s a shame. They said sorry, but they can\\'t do anything.
They also said, u can report them on the Special Task Force but nothing will happen u know... and that comes from two GMs from SE....

Think about it, before u rant at me and give me a thumb down....

Sorry, you were saying? I got distracted when you said you’ve reported someone 115 times.

Do gms bother to read tickets after the 10th? Why should they?

[Floortank]

The second guy you're talking about lives literally next door to me. I constantly see him and an endless procession of naked

WHOA WHOA WAIT HOL UP--

(reads the rest) Oh okay, whew. Brain's off in space today.

[Erendis]

Sorry, you were saying? I got distracted when you said you’ve reported someone 115 times.

Do gms bother to read tickets after the 10th? Why should they?

115 over 3.5 years is not much, but it is a lot when you consider how many reports got ignored.

[TroySoFab]

I think we\\'re at a point, a magical red line is crossed now. The one red line that SE accepting bots, cheaters, hackers, Gil-sellers and all their stuff

SE is not accepting of any of these things. They frequently ban bot accounts, and have even added a report rmt button to your chat log.

I have reported this guy 112 times myself since Oct. 2017

Then maybe he isn't doing what you believe he is doing? Of course there will be times when a GM doesn't respond properly to a situation. They are human it happens, but if you have reported this many times for this long it has gone through the eyes of other GMs. Sounds more like harassment to me.

[kaynide]

SE is not accepting of any of these things. They frequently ban bot accounts, and have even added a report rmt button to your chat log.




Then maybe he isn't doing what you believe he is doing? Of course there will be times when a GM doesn't respond properly to a situation. They are human it happens, but if you have reported this many times for this long it has gone through the eyes of other GMs. Sounds more like harassment to me.

[KageTokage]

At least this thread is actually relevant to an ongoing issue that's liable to only get worse due to the influx of new players.

Unfortunately, considering SE's rather strong bias towards the JP playerbase I doubt they'd react even if one of the major western content creators made a stink about it.

As time goes on, more and more aspects of the game are getting exploited by the bots as once they formulate a basic script for a particular activity, it tends to take only minor tweaking to make it work in future content; treasure maps being the latest trend among the RMT farmers.