How is the botting situation in this game?

[Kes13a]

i always feel like SE is actually doing something about bots but cant keep up with how fast the bots keep appearing, and it gotten worse now that the game pretty much F2P all the way until HW expansion.

at least its not as bad as wow bots, i have seen this bots in certain area, took screenshot of it, report it and go do my own things, month later i check back and the bots are still there, same name, the very same bots still doing the same thing for a whole month and now there is 4 of them

yeah, it has nothing to do with not being able to keep up.. has everything to do with doing nothing.

banning accounts advertising Gil in major cities is simple enough that a 5 year old can do it. thats not "action" thats doing as little as possible
you have RMT rings operating for months ACROSS worlds in a data center, and there is no argument for a single crafter trying to amass as much gil as possible across worlds unless they are selling gil on those worlds...
and now, SE, wants to connect data centers
so yeah.. I dont see SE as doing much.

[Nepentha]

yeah, it has nothing to do with not being able to keep up.. has everything to do with doing nothing.

banning accounts advertising Gil in major cities is simple enough that a 5 year old can do it. thats not "action" thats doing as little as possible
you have RMT rings operating for months ACROSS worlds in a data center, and there is no argument for a single crafter trying to amass as much gil as possible across worlds unless they are selling gil on those worlds...
and now, SE, wants to connect data centers
so yeah.. I dont see SE as doing much.

I've even tracked several FCs I have on a spreadsheet to keep an eye on, as they are likely meant to be jumped to if the original accounts are banned. (Not that they appear to have much to worry about.) It's just that pervasive. And snowballing liek whoa. If you don't bot, you aren't going to sell anything anymore.