Bots and Cheaters.

[Jeeqbit]

I've fallen under the map before, I think about 3 times. One time it happened while running over a bridge in Limsa and I remember it happening twice in East Shroud.

I don't know how or why it happened because I have run over the Limsa bridge thousands of times but that one time it happened. So you can fall under legitimately. They would need to test for other behaviour happening, such as interacting with quests and mobs from below.

It was easy to /teleport out though.

[Valoria3]

I've fallen under the map before, I think about 3 times. One time it happened while running over a bridge in Limsa and I remember it happening twice in East Shroud.

I don't know how or why it happened because I have run over the Limsa bridge thousands of times but that one time it happened. So you can fall under legitimately. They would need to test for other behaviour happening, such as interacting with quests and mobs from below.

It was easy to /teleport out though.

It's actually quite easy to see if this is the case since the player will often teleport out right away.. Here you have bots that are constantly under ground it would be quite easy to implement a system were it disconnection you if you don't teleport back up with in a certain time period and if you keep going under ground again it will sent a log and alert to the GM's (It's how SOE did it back in Everquest one in the 1998's so don't tell me SQ can't do that in 2023 :P)

[LianaThorne]

It's actually quite easy to see if this is the case since the player will often teleport out right away.. Here you have bots that are constantly under ground it would be quite easy to implement a system were it disconnection you if you don't teleport back up with in a certain time period and if you keep going under ground again it will sent a log and alert to the GM's (It's how SOE did it back in Everquest one in the 1998's so don't tell me SQ can't do that in 2023 :P)

Unless they intentionally went under the map for exploration purposes/hanging out. The spot in Sea of Clouds is a great example of one since the view is spectacular and you can also see the Void Ark cruise by you at certain times of the day. I'd rather not lose an unintentional hidden gem implemented by the devs just to attempt to stop a problem that won't end with this solution.