Does Square intend to address Market botting?

[ReynTime]

thats my assumption too Kage

at this point, SE has simply walked away. all indications seem to point at banning people for doing things like RPing to get the real people out of the game. we may pay them for stuff, but really, we want things. bots will just continue to sub.

I can see little explanation for their actions against people actually ENJOYING the game (in their own way) and yet...zero against the prevalent botting now affecting ALL aspects of their game

(yes, I said zero... I dont call banning "players" that a 5 year old could find by sitting in a major city actual "action" against botters/cheaters))

The botting issue is part of the reason why I stopped using my DoH/L for anything and am pretty much done trying to make gil.

I don't think anything is gonna change. The way they handle botting is as stagnant as the producer's short-sighted design decisions with game content.

[Kes13a]

The botting issue is part of the reason why I stopped using my DoH/L for anything and am pretty much done trying to make gil.

I don't think anything is gonna change. The way they handle botting is as stagnant as the producer's short-sighted design decisions with game content.

not to mention his statement that "cross world travel effect was 'negligible'" and their new plans to allow cross data center travel.

[ForteNightshade]

not to mention his statement that "cross world travel effect was 'negligible'" and their new plans to allow cross data center travel.

To be fair, I actually think Yoshida's correct there. World transfer may have had an impact but it's likely the smallest. What utterly crashed the markets is how absurdly easy crafting became this expansion, and more specifically, the overwhelming amount of bots. The sad reality is people are more emboldened now because they know SE won't do anything. I've even met some who are so brazen with botting, they'll outright tell you because, and I quote, "Not like SE ever does anything."

I hate to say it but literally every single one of us in this thread could google a bot program, set it up and never get caught. That's how poorly handled the situation has become.

[Kes13a]

To be fair, I actually think Yoshida's correct there. World transfer may have had an impact but it's likely the smallest. What utterly crashed the markets is how absurdly easy crafting became this expansion, and more specifically, the overwhelming amount of bots. The sad reality is people are more emboldened now because they know SE won't do anything. I've even met some who are so brazen with botting, they'll outright tell you because, and I quote, "Not like SE ever does anything."

I hate to say it but literally every single one of us in this thread could google a bot program, set it up and never get caught. That's how poorly handled the situation has become.

we could, thats the sad part. because SE has done nothing at all, for so long, that people feel safe cheating. personally, I refuse to do it, obviously I am stupid. but I am not going to cheat to get ahead in a game.