SE please do something about Bots and RMT

[AndyBartlett]

So I spent all day mining yesterday then put it all on ah. When I log in this morning I see nothing has sold because the market has been flooded with the same items from RMT scum using bots to mine. 20 full stacks of Alumen was put up on ah at under half the current market value.
How are normal playing people trying to make a few gill ment to compete with that.
I even posted a video of 1 guy doing the teleport mining hack and reported him 3 times yet hes still there mining away teleporting from node to node flooding the market with all these mats that hes got through cheating.
I mean what more proof do you need before you ban accounts.
The only reason I can think of for accounts not being banned when theres video proof of cheating/hacking is that SE is in with RMT to make more $$$£££
FFS please prove me wrong and ban these scum before they mess up the game I and many others love.

[Elaria]

They're doing what they can.

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...edf4f3b8f5acbf

[BillyBones]

You are doing it wrong. If you spent all day mining shards and crystals you would have made 300-500k gil. And they DO sell better than anything else. If you want to make money then level your class to 50 and start mining the right items. There is no point mining and selling worthless crap, let the RMTs and bots do it.

[Zappo]

Wait, so you could tell from a market listing that the seller was involved in RMT AND using a bot? All I can ever see is the retainer's name. How did you manage all that?

[Tupsi]

Wait, so you could tell from a market listing that the seller was involved in RMT AND using a bot? All I can ever see is the retainer's name. How did you manage all that?

Patterns - Also you can't tell "bots" since legit players also bot but RMT are the main ones who sell and buy allagan coins on market in order to transfer gil around, they (along with legit players) use bots on new characters to gather up those coins from quests.

While true some would buy them when they can make a profit on vendoring since as usual people undercutting never realize you're only hurting yourself.

[Makavelli]

it is the shards the RMT's are selling, If SE does not fix it soon this game will not make it a year

[Sunoske]

They're doing what they can.

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...edf4f3b8f5acbf

You say that, however on my server there's been someone botting at banemites for a good week or two. A slow response time like that isn't helping, they need in game GM's to at least properly respond. The person in question has been reported by many people, and still nothing is being done... I can only assume how bad it is for actual gathering classes trying to compete on prices with them.

[DivineAyumi]

They just need to pay 1 guy. 1 guy per server who gets paid minimum wage, fk it.
But just 1 guy who can be a GM dressed as a regular character and just perma ban people instantly when they receive a tell or sees a shout for selling gil.

If they do this they will definitely stop. (At least the shouting/tells)

[ZmmyZoinks]

Some folks crack me up. SE working with the RMT?. Why would SE need to farm the items, gil, etc when they can just make it? Lol. So silly.

I would suggest lvling a crafting class to go with your mining. I know that Natron wells really well on my world; you only need to get your mining/alc to lvl 25 and you can start making it. I set up for a static price, no matter the "low" end and I make about 4000 per stack of 10. Also, I hope like gosh you did not three stacks of 99 up on the market*; quick note, set them up in smaller bundles, as most folks don't want to drop a large amount of gil for something they only need 5 of.

Realize that RMT is in EVERY game, no matter which one you play. FFXIV was the new "toy" so they are hitting everyone hard, but in a few months it will settle down. Heck, in SWTOR I would get about 5 an hour.

Settle down, kids. I am sure your game isn't "that" ruined.

*Ah, I see you put up "30 full stacks". Dude, break them up into stacks of 10. If you do that, people may buy more.

[DarkRain]

It is not just Shards . On Diabolos the last 3 weeks there has been the same bot Archer killing Banemites for Dew Webs . Webs on sell for 350~500 a piece . The bot jumps in the air shoots at one kills it jumps in the air even if it spawns behind him . He used to die and respawn at the same place between some trees along the path near Fallguard Float. About 10 or 12 Banemites spawn in this little area just East of the Float and west of the upper bridge . . He is there for about 18 hours and if you gain 99 an hour lets say and there on the low end 350 a pop he is making 623,700 gil a day on the high end 891,000 and this is not including HQ webs . You can tell what Bots are with what Retainer when you factor this in . The time the bot is out and how many 99 stack items in normal and HQ ONE same name retainer is selling . Our Bot retainer on Diabolos server is Craftingho always has 99 of something normal and HQ and about 8~10 stacks of each HQ and NQ. The Bots name is Skar Grym his link

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...acter/5483565/