Botters seem to be a problem in some of the NA Worlds, and people have been reporting that there has been the same botters since the beta of 2.0! That is very concerning to me as is the problem (already mentioned, several times in this thread by the community) with RMT spam.

It is severely hurting my ability to form friendships in the game, and I even had a good friend of mine thinking that I was ignoring her, which upset her, which in turn upset me! Such a problem shouldn't exist, it is hurting current friendships, and the ability to even gain future friendships, as a lot of players (including me) have tells on a completely separate tab and often miss the tells that come from other players.

I seriously hope this isn't just brushed aside and ignored in the Q&A. The way this problem is handled in the expansion will be the deciding factor of mine and quite a few other player's decision, when it comes to staying with the game.

Otherwise, continue the great work on FFXIV!