Botting must go!!!

[Adormus]

The fact remains that there are many different ways of discouraging bots and SE isnt doing much about it... my blacklist has over 100 bots I have reported and climbing yet 1 or 2 are deleted every week that are on there...

And what exactly would those ways be? The whole game is a giant grind fest. Grind Gil, grind crafting mats, grind for your relic, Spirit Bonding, Chocobo leveling, grind Tomestones. I certainly understand people who don't want to do that kind of stuff and instead just buy a few million Gil. Did you see the Gil prices out there? It's about 3€ per Million. Even if you would make a million per hour (which is unrealistic beyond reason), you'd still be "working" for 3€/h. And don't tell me "This is a game and thus not comparable to work!"

No, grinding is work. It's not fun but repetitive. I don't even mind bots at all. They're not impacting my gameplay in any way.

[Janhyua]

And what exactly would those ways be? The whole game is a giant grind fest. Grind Gil, grind crafting mats, grind for your relic, Spirit Bonding, Chocobo leveling, grind Tomestones. I certainly understand people who don't want to do that kind of stuff and instead just buy a few million Gil. Did you see the Gil prices out there? It's about 3€ per Million. Even if you would make a million per hour (which is unrealistic beyond reason), you'd still be "working" for 3€/h. And don't tell me "This is a game and thus not comparable to work!"

No, grinding is work. It's not fun but repetitive. I don't even mind bots at all. They're not impacting my gameplay in any way.

There are people out there have more money then time if not how is the bot business is still around and everywhere....

If SE want to make bot goes away they need to counter the bot with a different tactic.

How to max level crafter?
Buy Gil buy mat blow everything on leve and 50...

How to craft the best gear?
Investment~~
Buy Gil and buy the best crafting set and join the crafting business and make the best set and sell it to Gil buyer repeat stay on top of the market the poor stay poor the rich get richer because of resource to invest

Can't clear coil? Buy Gil and pay for clears

Want buy house?
Buy Gil

Want finish your novus peta meld?
Buy Gil

The only thing that keep them from going all nuts with money is making more novus grind that related to end game which is the novus grind to nexus

The rest you can buy with Gil

There are people out there that buying Gil and invest in to making more Gil and trashing the market and the community flows with it cause of greed

[Basch1990]

And what exactly would those ways be?

And don't tell me "This is a game and thus not comparable to work!"

No, grinding is work. It's not fun but repetitive. I don't even mind bots at all. They're not impacting my gameplay in any way.

Grinding is work which is what an MMORPG is all about... if you can't handle the heat then stay out of the kitchen.... if you can't handle working your butt off for your gil or gear then don't play FFXIV and don't even consider yourself a gamer.... a game is for you to play it and enjoy the game... bots are just lazy hackers who wanna exploit people's needs for their personal benefits... and as stated it brings down the market for those who actually bust their butts trying to make money.... only pansies cut corners... unless it's a gta game and for the record we have thrown out solutions.... learn to read