botting.

[Fouluryu]

Well, at the time I was exploring areas where to fish and where to find grade locations. I didn't know about squat until I discovered the locations speaking to a nice JP player polka polka ^.^ This was before of course trying to explore different areas and checking.

[ellohwell]

What even more amazing is that you found him!

He was looking for a good botting spot.

Most people just do it somewhere in gridania.

[Fouluryu]

He was looking for a good botting spot.

Most people just do it somewhere in gridania.

Wrong. Polka was showing me around where to fish for certain items worth selling and places to level. In fact, here's the nifty website I have here that will benifit miner/fisher/botonist:

http://ff14fan.haru.gs/db/db_hunt_mi...grade=4&map=55

[Aleczan]

Don't take this person seriously:

He was looking for a good botting spot.

Most people just do it somewhere in gridania.

They seem to try to attack/badmouth other people whenever they can.

[Antipika]

If the ToS stated that you are not allowed to play the game blindfolded, minimized, muted, etc then I would agree. However, that isn't the case. If they banned someone for missing /tells because they are crafting while watching tv, etc then I would only blame SE. I'd blame them twice in fact. Once for banning someone for doing something not against their own rules and once for creating a grinding method that can be accomplished with no thought, effort or attention.

Learn2ToS then.

Activities that destroy game balance

Using third party programmes or tools in FINAL FANTASY XIV is strictly prohibited since they allow users to gain an unfair advantage over other players. The use of programmes or tools within FINAL FANTASY XIV that allow certain continuous actions to be performed automatically are often referred to as absentee play, which is also prohibited in FINAL FANTASY XIV. Additionally and without limitation, during the course of an absentee play investigation, players may be requested to respond to or comply with a game master’s instruction. Failure to do so is considered a violation and may result in disciplinary action being taken against the account.

[TonyMontana]

I have 40 computers running 80 bots as we speak I am gonna make all that sweet gilz to pawn off on the 50 million new players when this game goes live on PS3 and becomes the biggest MMO this world has ever seen!

[Okiura]

I think people Bot because they can, i haven't heard of any bans or jail time for botting/suppected botting, compire that to XI where the STF makes a point of telling you how many people they've banned in the update notes. could be SE can't afford to lose the players atm which is understandable. remember though SE records everything and they know who's botting and who's not, i foresee mass banning simular to that of XI when ppl thought the'd got away with botting.

[Mirh]

I think people Bot because they can, i haven't heard of any bans or jail time for botting/suppected botting, compire that to XI where the STF makes a point of telling you how many people they've banned in the update notes. could be SE can't afford to lose the players atm which is understandable. remember though SE records everything and they know who's botting and who's not, i foresee mass banning simular to that of XI when ppl thought the'd got away with botting.

It's funny how probably right on the dot you are on this. S-E overall feels like a very deceptive company; this "open with the community" thing in itself, only really a product of losing unreasonable amounts of money. There are numerous other games that were completely ridiculous in terms of how pointless and shoddy they were, and the company still held nothing back banning bots and such.

[Vesper]

botting is in every online game. and there obvious to spot out they just sit there at gathering nodes or in town crafting. send the a tell or ten and they wont respond.


most of them are botting after the bot is out of mats they just sit there in there synth kneel.

And once again, that means jack shit. I will go afk in the middle of crafting and leave myself in kneel mode while I run to the store, take a walk, hell even when I head for work, I just go afk in whatever position im in. Sometimes im afk at a tree, at a mine node, at a fish node, out in the middle of the field or yes, even while kneeling in craft mode.

The truth of the matter is in the end, you cannot tell just by looking at a character. That is not a 100% accurate way of doing this. Hell even adding in programs to your client that monitor for botting problems his hardly foolproof. Those things constantly toss legitimate players off servers all the time.

[TheVedis]

I think people Bot because they can, i haven't heard of any bans or jail time for botting/suppected botting, compire that to XI where the STF makes a point of telling you how many people they've banned in the update notes. could be SE can't afford to lose the players atm which is understandable. remember though SE records everything and they know who's botting and who's not, i foresee mass banning simular to that of XI when ppl thought the'd got away with botting.

ive witnessed a few people(one in my old shell) who got banned over it already

the problem is at this point they arent getting people as fast as some want them to