Bot, bot, bot

[SuzakuCMX]

Oh wow! Now that's good news. I actually held the impression they do nothing at all.
It's good to see something is done after all. Then they should make an announcement about it.

I haven't seen the same group of bots more than twice actually, so they do seem to disappear.

[KalaKenshu]

Okay, so bots do exist. They can be a problem.

But here's the thing: they are banned at different points, especially the shard bots. How do I know?? Shard prices. You'll see most shards down in the 100-120g range, then suddenly the supply is low, and all shards shoot up to ~200g each. There seems to be a cycle, where the shard bots are banned, then they come back and do it again. So buy shards when the shard bots are in town, and sell when they get banned.

I saw literally THREE shard bots in the crystalier's ward the other day. Like obvious, Flkjsfdds Fljafdjsa bots, with their corresponding Fdkjfdsa Fdasfjsdk retainer standing only feet away, filled with 999 shard stacks. It's pretty obvious. But I'm sure as more people report them, GMs take action, and they are banned. Even after getting banned, I'm sure they buy more accounts (which are like 15 bucks anyways) and do it all over again.

I guess the real problem would be actual players who bot, and get an unfair advantage over others. These are harder to spot.