they need to start banning the gil BUYERS

banning the bots is like trying to stop the tide with a lawn rake. banning the buyers removes their market. you give someone a 5-7 day "break" from the game and they start to seriously weight the effort they have put into their character and the loss of that character should they use the services provided by the bots. the bots will always come up with work arounds because they are after real money. but they cant "work around" lack of sales.

ban the buyers. SE doesnt need fancy new tools, they dont need to put spyware on peoples computers.. they just need to track gil information ON THEIR OWN SERVERS. punish the buyers, and the bot issues will lessen considerably.

going after the bots as they have for years isnt working. could ban 20,000 barkers in the major cities every couple weeks and nothing will change. start vacationing the buyers for a week and I guarantee things will start to change. will not be immediate, but it will change.