Botters

[Shinigami]

Does the developement team or GM planning to do anything about botters. They are so many of them that they dont even hide it anymore, i know some people doing it, what i am saying, i know some entire linkshell doing it. In fact im pretty sure ill make no friend speaking about it so many there is.

So is there any plans to adress the matter?

[Versivus]

I feel alone in a sea of soulless faces looking for one just to say, "Hi".

[TheVedis]

Report them on the task force page

people are getting banned, just not fast enough

GMs will also point you to this page

include details not just claim so and so is a bot too, the more detail the better they can do their job

[Shinigami]

Report them on the task force page

people are getting banned, just not fast enough

GMs will also point you to this page

include details not just claim so and so is a bot too, the more detail the better they can do their job

Any tips on how to find evidences? only evidence i got so far is crafter not responding to tells and some of them admited using 3rd party programs

[Shinigami]

I realise now that there is already a thread going on about botters in general discussion forums, unfortunately there is no light at the end of the tunnel, botters will just keep going as they were in ffxi. I did proposed a solution idk if its doable/realistic. but introducing an action every now and then htat the player would have to click to continue synth would block botter programs, just like security numbers blocks wrong subscription programs (when you got to type back funky looking letters and numbers to create an account)

[TheVedis]

Any tips on how to find evidences? only evidence i got so far is crafter not responding to tells and some of them admited using 3rd party programs

there are a couple farm bots, one in specific named "the desperado" that we caught on besaid(the one that was in my shell), he has a nice youtube video of him up doing it
he was even actualy at his comp when they started recording him, and then he used it anyway

the guy who did it was running ahead of him trying to take all the mobs before he got to them
so hed auto run into the mobs, and continue to do so even after they were claimed til they died, then hed course correct and try to find the next mob
the guy who was recording it stayed ahead of him, did it again

it went on for hours apperently, the bot barely got any mnobs, he kept auto running into mobs that were claimed, and continued to do so each time til they were dead, was rather funny

[CainaMalebolge]

The little mobs of Lalafell with similar names are getting annoying as well. There is a group in Limsa Lominsa on the Mysidia server, all around Bango Zango on the top level, who are bots. They rarely move, all are wearing r1 ALC starter gear, and do nothing but grind lightning shards. They have been doing it so long they are all r21+.

[Vahzl]

Never really understood what bothers people so much about bots. So what? They want to cheat, let them cheat, and let them face the consequences. It doesn't affect you, and remember that RMT are commonly responsible for upholding the economies on the realms.

Wouldn't do it myself as I like the sense of accomplishment, but if others want to, not really any of my business.

[Zenaku]

Never really understood what bothers people so much about bots. So what? They want to cheat, let them cheat, and let them face the consequences. It doesn't affect you, and remember that RMT are commonly responsible for upholding the economies on the realms.

Wouldn't do it myself as I like the sense of accomplishment, but if others want to, not really any of my business.

I agree if someone want to bot craft let them i don't mind that type of bots but when it come to bots out taking your NM or HNM or speed hack or anything that may break the rule set in the game then yes i don't agree. But really can't do noting about the bots there is a website which cost 5$ a month for a crafting bot they even made a free version. The only way to stop bots is to take down the website and sadly SE did that for sometime but they give up. Look at windower for ffxi is still up and running.

I hope at least once this goes P2P the players who are boting would get ban and maybe they would learn. Too then all we can do is report them.

[Jinko]

Any tips on how to find evidences? only evidence i got so far is crafter not responding to tells and some of them admited using 3rd party programs

TBH I for one don't particularly like responding to someone when crafting or fishing, that doesn't instantly make me a bot though does it ? lol

That's not enough reason to assume someone is a bot.

It is not your job to catch botters it is SE's they need to add software to detect people using 3rd party applications and then make a list of 3rd party applications which are against the rules.

Even then they have to be careful because banning someone for listening to music in windows media player is not guna win them any favour.