Attention devs: Game Surveillance Unit re: open world Bots.

[Ravno]

It is really ridiculous what some of the people post to defend these very obvious bots, such as just calling them anti-social or whatever. If someone marathons the same spot for literally months without moving, talking, or resurrecting when they die, not unlocking their job, and can take killing millions of karakuls, these people would need help and SE should intervene for their health at that point :L

Sure, that's obvious boting, but unlike you, some people don't know how to spot a bot.
For exemple, i multibox with 8 chars, from time to time when i need materia, i put all my chars in the same and spam a /tenemy /cast spell macro, while watching a windowed movie. I always watch my screens and reply to wisps but usually people usually rage before even try to interact.
So i'm sure in a lot of case, people rage about bots when it's actually legit.

[Brine_Gildchaff]

So i'm sure in a lot of case, people rage about bots when it's actually legit.

A lot of the cases being discussed here are things like a character that is running around mining or taking other actions while the Away status is clearly displayed (this is impossible unless you are using an exploit or are a bot) or the now rather infamous "underground bots" where the bot has glitched themselves under the surface of the ground so they cannot be targeted by players but are still moving around and attacking mobs. Someone in my FC found one the other day. While I agree it's not always clear-cut (Urth mass spiritbonders can look pretty bot/zombie-like sometimes), we're talking about blatantly obvious bots that are being left unsanctioned despite months of daily reports.