I'm tired of hearing about bots

[makistar]

cool, thanks for the replies, guys. at least i sort of know that something can be sort of done. haha.

[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.

[jwang]

I saw the title of this thread, and I thought of Snakes on a Plane.

"Enough is enough! I'm tired of these [censored] bots in my [censored] game! Everyone strap in! I'm about to throw down some banhammers!"

[Karbine]

Bots are a problem and many players blantently say in game they are using one. Youre going to keep seeing people complain until XIV has actions taken to show they care.

[Kurai]

tbh i dont care about bot's they dont bother me or get in my way. i am sick of all the broke players moaning that some players have tons of gil and that there is to much gil in the game, maybe you should have lvled faster? i got lucky in respects that i was in one of the first LS's to do FNM's on our server and made a shit ton of gil from selling bucc and templar stuff, not everyone with loads of gil cheated to get it

as for RMT parties, c'mon if you need to buy gil in this game you have issues, its easy to make.

[DeadRiser]

EDIT: Wrong person. Meant to target Dubont.

Why is it everytime there is a thread about bots, you practically defend them?
Square, send your GM police to have a look at her Vack--er whatever your name is

On another note, I don't get why it's ok to multibox. You have 8 of you own characters at the same time getting all this gil.. doesn't that lead to RMT? I mean it pretty much does.

[Davorok]

I wish I had a Forum Bot to read this thread for me.

[Vackashken]

Why is it everytime there is a thread about bots, you practically defend them?
Square, send your GM police to have a look at her Vack--er whatever your name is

On another note, I don't get why it's ok to multibox. You have 8 of you own characters at the same time getting all this gil.. doesn't that lead to RMT? I mean it pretty much does.

Are you dense? Do you have poor reading comprehension? I am ATTACKING the people who bot.

FFS

[SniperRifle]

Lol this is just like when I bash trolls and then people swoop in to defend trolls and attack me. Like wtf? Haha.

[Vackashken]

Lol this is just like when I bash trolls and then people swoop in to defend trolls and attack me. Like wtf? Haha.

Seriously, this was definitely a "wtf?" moment.