I'm tired of hearing about bots

[shulk]

SQUARENIX waking up!!
the players are so sure you do not investigate,now that the stupid are people who do not use bots!!
My many friends in the game used cheating without problems!!
When you decide to take Decicions?
before someone write it,I pointed out gm, but nothing happened!
banned people using bots so at least remove a lot of money from game!
I know that I've wasted so much time writing only...

[Mihana]

In FFXI they had a Special Task Force designed for weeding out RMT and ridding themselves of gil-sellers. Chances are we'll see that here (eventually) but it may be awhile. I'd wager the reason we really haven't seen anything yet is they wanna get enough evidence as to just where all the sellers are coming from. That and/or, due to the game currently being in an indefinite free-trial period they're focusing on the core issues first before the release the almighty ban hammer. I see blatant and obvious bots all over the place.

You see large trains of Lalafell named "Bes" with random last names all following each other and standing around aetherytes while another does a leve to rank them up. I spotted like 3 of that very same bot family in the Hollows last night killing mobs in a single room. Currently they don't actually seem to be harming anyone (yet) so until SE does something about it best to just ignore it. What else can you do?

[Phenidate]

In FFXI they had a Special Task Force designed for weeding out RMT and ridding themselves of gil-sellers. Chances are we'll see that here (eventually) but it may be awhile. I'd wager the reason we really haven't seen anything yet is they wanna get enough evidence as to just where all the sellers are coming from. That and/or, due to the game currently being in an indefinite free-trial period they're focusing on the core issues first before the release the almighty ban hammer. I see blatant and obvious bots all over the place.

You see large trains of Lalafell named "Bes" with random last names all following each other and standing around aetherytes while another does a leve to rank them up. I spotted like 3 of that very same bot family in the Hollows last night killing mobs in a single room. Currently they don't actually seem to be harming anyone (yet) so until SE does something about it best to just ignore it. What else can you do?

FFXIV has had a special task force for some time, though the form for submitting reports is hidden behind several links, and the form itself isn't even on the lodestone.

You can find the contact form for the Special Task Force at the bottom of this page.

A number of the craft and farm bots I've seen have disappeared a week or two after the first report.

In the case of leve running bots, be sure to mention the time you saw them running leves, and the actual player leading the group (this would be the character who runs off and actually does the leve, the lalafell stay behind to collect the gil)

Coincidentally on Figaro its 'Fig' instead of 'Bes' in case anyone else wants to keep an eye out for them. It seems the botters use the first 3 letters of the server they are working on as a label.

[Vackashken]

BS it doesn't hurt anyone.

[Mihana]

BS it doesn't hurt anyone.

Not sure if I misunderstood that, but are you calling it bull on that it doesn't hurt anyone? Currently it doesn't really. The economy is overflowed with gil as it is currently, and I haven't really heard news about gil sellers or their websites. You see these people all over the place but I think for now they just hoard all the gil until the population makes a come back. Worst case scenario it may hurt because players see it as if SE doesn't care about cheating. It may also hurt in the long run when these companies start selling their stockpiles and flood the economy with even more gil. That is of course, if SE isn't just waiting to strike and wipe out all their months of hard work.

This is the scenario I'm hoping on currently. Funds and manpower may not give them access to actively go around and ban these individuals at this time.

[Jabo]

BS it doesn't hurt anyone.

Of course it does.
Every additional crafter makes it harder for you to sell stuff and why should they have the same privilege without doing anything?
If it does't matter, why not start the game with all classes at rank 50 in the first place. Letting your pc run while you do other stuff does nothing but pollute our environment for no reason.

[Archadius]

Of course it does.
Every additional crafter makes it harder for you to sell stuff and why should they have the same privilege without doing anything?
If it does't matter, why not start the game with all classes at rank 50 in the first place. Letting your pc run while you do other stuff does nothing but pollute our environment for no reason.

He means "claiming that RMTs aren't hurting anyone is BS". Poor choice of wording lol.

[DeadRiser]

BS it doesn't hurt anyone.

Practically defending them. It hurts anyone who is a crafter or anybody trying to make sells. Botting, I'm pretty damn sure, can resort to a lot of RMT cases.

Plus you are resorting to thirdparty software to rank you up. It's cheating and that is BS

[Archadius]

Practically defending them. It hurts anyone who is a crafter or anybody trying to make sells. Botting, I'm pretty damn sure, can resort to a lot of RMT cases.

Plus you are resorting to thirdparty software to rank you up. It's cheating and that is BS

This has already been clarified. It means "the fact that you think it's not hurting anyone is BS". You're just mindlessly trolling at this point.

EDIT: HE'S AGAINST BOTS GOD DAMN IT, STOP ATTACKING HIM

[DeadRiser]

This has already been clarified. It means "the fact that you think it's not hurting anyone is BS". You're just mindlessly trolling at this point.

EDIT: HE'S AGAINST BOTS GOD DAMN IT, STOP ATTACKING HIM

I don't have time to read through the whole thread so please stop with this "troll this, troll that" banter. Really.