The majority of new characters are bots

[Cakekizyy]

Well that's definitely the problem then. If these characters are permanently banned why aren't they deleted after a certain time?

Why bother? Account can't be used anyway.

[Bloody]

Well that's definitely the problem then. If these characters are permanently banned why aren't they deleted after a certain time?

Because that would free up said Cat-On-Keyboard name again to be used. Slowly locking up names may be the slowest way to combat RMT, but ultimately there are only so many millions of combinations of letters they can mash to get names. Also, the banned characters/accounts may not be deleted for archival sake to track other account data not readily available to us which SE uses to help it fight the War on Drug-I mean RMT.

[Seig345]

Never used to be like this? I remember groups of em favored a camp in La Noscea back in 1.xx, ohhh the lag!

[MaFi0s0]

Not really sure what you are expecting in making this thread.... are you just making an observation? Are you expecting SE to do something about it? What exactly CAN they do that wouldn't also hurt actual real new players who are also among those, even if a small percentage?

Im venting my shock, thats pretty much it, I understand they need to investigate before banning them but the amount on currently is making me think that my botanist and weaver could be an epic waste of time.

[Maero]

I actually agree with OP, there really is a vast increase in bots and yes they are now archers, lol
The problem is the lazy players that insist on buying from these jerks

[Zigabar]

I actually agree with OP, there really is a vast increase in bots and yes they are now archers, lol
The problem is the lazy players that insist on buying from these jerks

But I don't want to grind for shards. So boring. I'd rather be lazy and spend a portion of my profits to purchase them from the MB at the cheapest price.

[MaFi0s0]

The only solution is to do what WoW did and allow players to pay sub time with Gil, this legalizes gold buying while giving the money to the devs.

[Tint]

The only solution is to do what WoW did and allow players to pay sub time with Gil, this legalizes gold buying while giving the money to the devs.

you are missing the part that the devs have to sell the gil, otherwise only the gil seller mafia is making real money x)

[Cakekizyy]

you are missing the part that the devs have to sell the gil, otherwise only the gil seller mafia is making real money x)

Player A buys time token. Player B is rich crafter and pays gil to buy time token from Player A.