Is selling 27.5k lightning shards on Market board a normal thing?

[waca]

but then I remembered reporting this guy for cheating 3 weeks ago...

SE please.


For the lulz


Total = 9999 + 9402 +15(500) + 600 = 27 501 shards

[Kellauchia]

just wondering...how did the guy cheat? you saw him bot?
because I like to endlessly get crystals (i don't get shards) monday-friday in the mornings. and yea...i get a lot too but i'm no bot...

other then that....
that does seem like a lot of gil.... ._.

[waca]

just wondering...how did the guy cheat? you saw him bot?
because I like to endlessly get crystals (i don't get shards) monday-friday in the mornings. and yea...i get a lot too but i'm no bot...

I am not going to reveal how I found out they are bots - they are indeed well programmed, they running around for nods, just like normal players, but the fact that there are a lot of details showing they are not PC. For example,

THIS machine


and its profile

What if I tell you it was lvl 10 Gladiator, lvl 12 Miner a month ago, when I first saw it?


Just, please tell me they like your game SE, that the ONLY thing they do are mining shards. Your in-game log will tell you everything.

[Duuude007]

What if I tell you it was lvl 10 Gladiator, lvl 12 Miner a month ago, when I first saw it?

I would say i'm amazed it only took a bot a whole month to go 12-38, in spite of the pittance of exp shards should give.

Anyways, Legacy folks, many of them, have had capped shards and even crystals from 2 years of nothing special to craft, so, there's that to consider.

[Matsume]

I get lightning shards for 15gil a piece... that guy is over charging!

[Kellauchia]

Yea I'll admit that is a pretty big jump...but I'll also say you'd be surprised on some people just wanting to mine. I believe when they banned everyone with certain amount of gil, people who lost all their money were furious, especially the people who didn't cheat. And some admitted once they where lv 15 to 10, all they did was mine or craft etc.

I'm not saying you are wrong. Just keep reporting and I'm sure SE will get to him eventually and see if he is botting. If he isn't then nothing wrong with what he is doing.

[Kellauchia]

Although. If you never see him stop to go to town to repair his gear...then yea, hack...:P
And at that level he doesn't need good gear to get the items he wants.

[Darkwerk]

Same thing on my server.. We even have a large FC that is mostly only BOT's that can be found spamming claims all day at several shard camps. One spot with water sprites had a quest pop there. I spent some time playing with the quest pop while BOT's auto claimed it and pulled it away from me.

[waca]

Yea I'll admit that is a pretty big jump...but I'll also say you'd be surprised on some people just wanting to mine. I believe when they banned everyone with certain amount of gil, people who lost all their money were furious, especially the people who didn't cheat. And some admitted once they where lv 15 to 10, all they did was mine or craft etc.

I cant say I am not surprised you are being so defensive.

I can understand your disbelieve tho, it's probably due to my refusal to reveal all the details I found out and how I found out these suspicious accounts are running illicit activities.
Still, I however will leave the judgement to SE.

[ruinedmirage]

Not to defend bots or anything, but if you're using your best gear to farm level 1 shards, you might be doing it wrong.