How botting may Kill this game (even if the game rebounds)

[Azureos]

yeah sure i got thousand of bots lol

Naah i stopped playing and i m waiting till september cause i dont want to push a character full 50 if thats to reroll one to fully enjoy the game because of some major update

After for the bots i think that SE will put an end to it when the game will be playable and will really need an economy lol

[Radaghast]

I'd like to know where you can buy 1000 walnut logs a day. My server you're lucky to find 100. Most of the gil is coming from lev's.

[Eldaena]

Maybe instead of a character wipe they should just do a gil wipe, alongside the banning of the players they have confirmation of third party programs being used for botting.

Yes it hurts legitimate players, but it also helps cover people moving gil to other accounts and etc. And I for one, know I wouldn't cry over gil lost, when it's pretty easy to get back.

I would think this would be something intended to occur before/during ps3 release and prior to a cap increase.

[Rinoa]

Do Bots Really matter, I don't mean the Heathkit Hero Robot.

[Kam]

I seriously hope they have a small team dedicated to databasing/logging potential botters. So they can review them at a later date for possible banning.

Exactly like the Salvage bans that killed off alot of XIs endgame "leet" players.

[Cutriss]

Exactly like the Salvage bans that killed off alot of XIs endgame "leet" players.

Most of whom complained quite loudly, and then within 6 months most of them had since leveled or purchased a new character and were right back in it.

[Vanguard319]

I recently came across a bot in the Black Shroud, confirmed it by trying to chat with it, and even killed the mobs it was targeting. Since it didn't respond, I reported it to the GM, then after a half hour, went to customer support and reported to the STF. shortly afterward, I recieved an ingame message from a GM reporting that the reported character was being observed, and that the appropriate action will be taken.

I can only assume therefore, that whether or not the GMs have the authority to ban botters, if reported, they will observe thier actions and add them to a blacklist; When the game is effectively no longer in beta, then you will see mass purgings. For now I can only say don't get discouraged, and continue to report botters as you find them, and make sure you are as detailed as possible when reporting a bot or RMT. (name, map location, observed unusual behaviors, etc.)

[Tezz_Xivectro]

Do Bots Really matter, I don't mean the Heathkit Hero Robot.

NONE of it will matter if the game is fun. And that's all that should matter to new comers. Fun meaning they can actually stand logging into the game and playing for more than just a few weeks (after having already played for around a month & without the NEED to use VoIP with friends just to tolerate playing).

If it's fairly easy to get by without the need to buy everything then newcomers don't have much to worry about starting out. They can do quests, NMs, craft/gather/trade & "raids" for gear.

Even if there were no botting, the Ps3 players would have to deal with the same thing anyway.

[Azurymber]

NONE of it will matter if the game is fun. And that's all that should matter to new comers. Fun meaning they can actually stand logging into the game and playing for more than just a few weeks (after having already played for around a month & without the NEED to use VoIP with friends just to tolerate playing).

If it's fairly easy to get by without the need to buy everything then newcomers don't have much to worry about starting out. They can do quests, NMs, craft/gather/trade & "raids" for gear.

Even if there were no botting, the Ps3 players would have to deal with the same thing anyway.

theres a difference between a few players being a bit ahead and a lot of players being -far- ahead.
Plus the prob isn't just the botting but the psychology that botting is necessary to keep up

[Tezz_Xivectro]

theres a difference between a few players being a bit ahead and a lot of players being -far- ahead.
Plus the prob isn't just the botting but the psychology that botting is necessary to keep up

Still though, if the game is fun enough, they won't be worrying about "keeping up". They'll likely be playing with a whole plethora of new players at a steady pace just grouping together till endgame. If people think they have to bot constantly, then i would blame SE for bad design.

At that point they should have plenty of time to complete content and start working on another class to level(if they want, not everyone cares to level everything). Other than just leveling classes there's hardly anything to catch up with in this game.

I wouldn't stress "keeping up", i highly doubt this game will be pumping out so much content that players aren't plateauing at some point (with plenty of time in-between content). Too many people think it's a rush to be #1 or have everything (just play the game and not worry about what everyone else is doing).