Botting must go!!!

[Bixby]

my blacklist has over 100 bots I have reported and climbing yet 1 or 2 are deleted every week that are on there...

(Deleted) means the character itself has been deleted, and they don't delete characters when they ban accounts. Clear your blacklist.

[Kerwin]

We have the same group of botters on Balmung who farm shards for days on end. Never moving from their spot right in front of the Ixali beast quests in the North shroud. They all wear the same FC logo and SE has yet to ban them

[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