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

[Peregrine]

Well I applaud the effort, but we can't seem to get the devs to move on this very large issue and threat to the game. Right behind the lack of quality being the number one threat to the game's future, and contributing to it, is the rampant botting. For whatever reason, Square Enix has been dead silent on this issue since day 1 of this game's release.

I don't know if it's because they think they don't need to prioritize removing cheaters from their game, if they already have a list of players they're about to ban, or if they figure the cheaters don't know when to stop so they can be banned any time SE wishes to actually do something...

None of those things are true. This was a huge developmental mistake, to have the STF essentially distracted during the time that catching and stopping cheaters needs the most attention--launch.

Fact of the matter is that this game is a haven for cheaters, and its reputation will start to precede down THAT path if the game ever gets good.

Devs have chosen to largely ignore the problem. The chance that they have a running list of hundreds of players and thousands of accounts that need their entire assets destroyed is slim to none.

Most players...most...with over 4 crafts at 50 should have already been banned if not suspended. That's a fact.