Quote Originally Posted by Blarp View Post
That's pretty unlikely, and is certainly not indicative of automation unless it's observed over long periods of time. Either way, the only way SE can detect this is to look at individual users over long periods of time. There's no injection or background programs running that a rootkit i.e. Warden, Hackshield, Gameguard etc. could detect. A GM has to be suspicious and then investigate. SE could have some search algorithm running on their servers that specifically looks for obvious patterns of keystrokes, but that certainly does not seem to be the case.

They're going to have to alter the crafting interface to stop this, or hell, I have an idea, just scrap crafting entirely and start over!
Ding ding ding!

The only way to prevent botting/etc is to not design gameplay elements that encourage it. Why not just let players autocraft anyway? Its not like afk crafting started with the turbo controller fad of late, it began when the game launched because the crafting system is a tedious pile of ass.