Quote Originally Posted by Truedragon View Post
Alot of players use cheat programs. These bots you see, they are not all RMT. Alot of people are genuine cheats. Thats why you see so many people having their gil removed/ banned and are now crying hissyfit over it.

It is the culture of gaming today. You do a dungeon first time, and people expect you to know everything about the dungeon. That you "watched a video/ guide" and don't slow the rest of the team down. It is a cheating mentality. Games were never supposed to be played like this in the first place.

There is a solution for those who got banned while truly being innocent: cancel subscription, uninstall game and leave. There is GTA5, there is Call of Duty Ghosts, there is Metal Gear Solid 5. Don't whine on the internet. There is enough to do gaming wise.
GTA V is having it's own whinefest of people unable to connect and play.

I despise the current gaming culture of "read a walkthrough" or "watch a tutorial" instead of actually playing the game. I had this argument enough times on another game's official forums, basically it breaks down into:
a) Kids do not see anything wrong with decompiling the game to learn it's secrets
b) When that's not enough they record the entire gameplay and post it to youtube (So why bother even buying/playing the game now?)
or
c) Write their own walkthroughs (see GAMEFAQ's)

MMORPG's are one of the few categories of games that all of the above doesn't yield all it's secrets. However part of the fun in a game is learning to do stuff by yourself, and when a game just hands out quests like candy that you don't even have to read/listen to, there is a serious failing. Botters, cheats, don't care that they ruin the fun for others, to them it's all about bragging rights or how to get as much out of the game and cash out before the banhammer is laid down.

It's disturbing, because people who do this in a game, tend to do things like this in real life, and I'm not talking about the occasional jaywalker or person who steals a candy out of the bulk-food bins. You have people who shoplift, like actual gangs of people who shoplift for bragging rights, they don't care what they steal or how it hurts other shoppers or the store. You have people who work in retail who put on a smiley face to get your business, and the minute you've paid, you're shown the door. Offices aren't any different either, it's all about gaming metrics, and if you can find a way to cheat your way to the top, you're making the most money with the least work... even if that hurts other employees by your cherrypicking of the work, or cold-transferring calls you don't want to deal with to others.