Quote Originally Posted by weedlord View Post
~The complaint~
Unless you can provide proof that he is actually botting, the player in question is not cheating. Certainly being amoral, but not cheating.

There's no rules against:
- undercutting
- have multiple ALTs to gain retainer access
- have poorly geared ALTs
- be online 24/7
- a single player owning a mansion
- having ALTs in another FC, different from the main character
- wanting to craft and pay little attention to anything else

What is against the rules:
- automation

You'd need to file a report attacking the automation with proof of automation. Having something like a video of the crafter literally crafting a full 24 hours might be a good indication of actual automation, especially if this happens multiple days in a row (because there are days even I've marathoned play up over 24 hours).

Without proof, you're just leading GMs on a wild goose chase. Even if you have the player in question, actually combing logs for "proof of cheating" is a massive endeavor (coming from someone who has done this). You need concise information. Without this, it probably gets thrown into a "not enough information" pile. That's usually the #1 reason reports don't get looked into. This is not something unique to SE, either - this is pretty universal for all MMOs.

Also note, I'm not arguing against your observations. I'm just giving you the business take of the issue.