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

[SalemP]

What's even more suspicious is that any report containing any of their names is never logged in my Service Desk history, almost as if it's being auto-deleted.

yeah I noticed this as well. There's no record of these in my report log. I don't understand why. I tried to check to see when I had reported that group the first time but there was no history of it. That really bothers me.

Also, I had mentioned previously that when I reported another player for harassment (he randomly called me a name), I heard back almost immediately (I would say within 30 mins). There is also a log of my report and their response in my history. But I have not heard a peep from any of the reports I've made on bots and that has been days or weeks. Without it being in my history, it makes me wonder if my reports have even been going through. I don't like it.

[Aleczan]

yeah I noticed this as well. There's no record of these in my report log. I don't understand why. I tried to check to see when I had reported that group the first time but there was no history of it. That really bothers me.

Also, I had mentioned previously that when I reported another player for harassment (he randomly called me a name), I heard back almost immediately (I would say within 30 mins). There is also a log of my report and their response in my history. But I have not heard a peep from any of the reports I've made on bots and that has been days or weeks. Without it being in my history, it makes me wonder if my reports have even been going through. I don't like it.

I think the only things that get to be stored in Report History are those that were sent through "Report Harassment". I've used both and it seems the "Report Harassment" is more live service (a GM sends tell to discuss the matter), while "Report Cheating" is like an online form for non-live support, therefore it doesn't get a history record, and doesn't get live response (/tell from GM).

[Casca_Vallis]

Found more bots, searched out another 30 this time black mages. Reported to SE in total over 70 from Moogle alone today. Looks like they're all THM/BLM couldn't find any gathering bots.

It's so obvious whats going on, only need to look at the materia market and see the same retainers selling masses of materia.

Heres some in action teleport hacking in whitebrim - they're both standing on the exact same spot with the same gear same last names (same as some that I reported a few days ago).

Watched them dissapear and reappear at different points in whitebrim think they were questing?



Hope to see them banned soon....

[DizzyDragonfly]

On Balmung, Central Shroud (29 19) some bot's farming Microchu's one of them is running around with the AFK symbol above his head

[DizzyDragonfly]

don't want this thread to fall to far behind, those stupid bot's are still on Balmung, they've been at it for at least 12 hours

[DizzyDragonfly]

just a bump

[Stormrider]

Not sure if this is the right spot. But I needed lot of windshards. There was someone also there all the time i went. But as they were moving the afk symbol would pop up. What was funny one day the bot got caught on a rock higher then a jump. It literally tried to jump over the rock for 90 mins. Then it switched to going counter clockwise.

It was probably a regular player running a bot though, since only during the day would it gather like that. At night I would see it in reg bard gear.