RMT and Botting Out of Control

[Naberrie]

I believe there is a new kind of gathering bot around, while i was gathering closer to bentbranch meadows and i heard the noise of gathering, twice, really quickly on a tree, but there were no one near

I've noticed this, too. Multiple very quick knocks from a botanist, that should not be happening as quickly as they are, and I can't see anyone around me. I figured the first couple times that I was just having lag, but now I'm thinking it was a bot that I couldn't see.

[Inkedbettie]

I have this issue on Gilgamesh and it is even hard to get a name now. Sometimes I have to wait at a specific node to get a name just to report. Bots are ruining the market, and making botany a valueless grind.

I'm on Gilgamesh as well, I've been come across them in Central Shroud, Thanalan. They're the same level too.

[Quesse]

There is bot on Sarga: Jack Kobe -- he just sits at the burning wall where 2 Golden Fleece spawn at the south entrance. He spins in a robotic circle all day long attacking them as 50 ARC, spiritbonding mostly crafting gear.

You can trade with him and he'll stop as long as you have the trade window open - he never cancels it.

I've reported him a dozen times and give up. He's singlehandedly crashing the III level materia market on Sarga. He just floods the market with the stuff.

He's been there for weeks.

[FayaAOP]

There is bot on Sarga: Jack Kobe -- he just sits at the burning wall where 2 Golden Fleece spawn at the south entrance. He spins in a robotic circle all day long attacking them as 50 ARC, spiritbonding mostly crafting gear.

You can trade with him and he'll stop as long as you have the trade window open - he never cancels it.

I've reported him a dozen times and give up. He's singlehandedly crashing the III level materia market on Sarga. He just floods the market with the stuff.

He's been there for weeks.

Trade lock him when he has agro, done. I have done that to dozens of bots, numerous times.
Sadly, some new botters found the medicine against the trade lock now..

[Lulza]

RMT wouldn´t be a problem if people didn´t buy stuff for real money.

It´s the people that BUY gil that are scum.

[Bloodwillow]

P.S. I'd stay away from purchasing suspiciously cheap shards from the market, for the time being.

Be smart.

Anyone with a trash name AVOID. Anyone who sells 1k or more shards at VERY LOW PRICES ... AVOID. Anyone who sells stacks of 1k gil with tons of placements (i.e. a perosn has 20 stacks of 1k sharks) AVOID.

Tell your friends. Be suspicious. None of this is good.

The shard economy on Gilgamesh for lightning shards has gone bad. Bots are not undercutting MORE THAN HALF of that shards used to be. This is utter CRAP.

[Victor]

I too find it silly how people are so offending by botters/RMT even though they don't affect us in any way really.

[Accolades]

Can't wait for the PvP to come.

When mod's, hacks and cheats are turning that in to a shit show, it will be clear where the game really stands.

FF games are never known for pvp your wasting your time here if that's what you want.

[gadzi_h]

I'm on Gilgamesh as well, I've been come across them in Central Shroud, Thanalan. They're the same level too.

Oh Inkedbettie, don't get me started on Thanalan on gilgamesh, I caught 3 mining bots on the same piece of rock, or should I say in the rock doing there thing. I just packed up and went to another node knowing full well that anything I harvested there would be worthless. This part of the game is honestly driving me nuts.

[DarkRain]

I too find it silly how people are so offending by botters/RMT even though they don't affect us in any way really.

but they do effect us . On Diabolos server there are a lot of mining bots mining shards . There is a archer bot ( Skar Gryn) that will jump turn and shoot Banemites for webs . Webs = dew yarn - Velvet cloth =1500 a pop . So the Bot is there killing Banemites where they pop 6 next to each other . Then he flood the market with webs witch someone will buy . The bot that is selling the webs sells 15 stacks of regular and 5 stacks of HQ . All the gil made is banked to RMT coffers . 90% of Bots are RMT . 10% are the lazy people . Everything comes full circle .