Quote Originally Posted by Coldfire View Post
There have been issues with "bots" using a modded client to attack targets from anywhere, there are hacks to detect exact locations of gathering spots, etc.
I've played this since beta and met some hackers myself(where it was pretty obvious). It is currently not an issue, yes, but only 'cause the game is pretty dead right now. It's the same with the RMT. There is a lack of customers so their numbers decline.
I'm suddenly reminded of the "falling through the floor" glitch with how you say it.
Except that wasn't a hack, it was an exploitable glitch that could be done without altering the client in any way or using any other programs other than FFXIV.
There was also the thing where you could glitch through walls which was basically the same thing as falling through the floor.

I remember seeing people doing that as far back as beta and people always called them "hackers" and saying they modded their clients. But I ended up running into one who decided to tell me how it was done and it involved no "hacks" at all.

The people who used this and then botted on the other hand were basically just botting. The bot didn't cause them to be able to attack from anywhere, it just attacked after they were put into place.