Add a CAPTCHA to crafting and gathering for the PC version.

[Raikki]

CAPTCHA, you know, those "type what this says to prove you're a human" things. It's ridiculous that it's gotten to the point where this is a genuine request. Seriously. It's getting completely out of hand and everybody who crafts or gathers knows exactly what I'm talking about. If they're not going to start actually banning these people, just put up a CAPTCHA once per hour or so. The game is developing a reputation. It's not just the old familiar names, now I'm seeing an increasing number of actual regular players who have watched SE's inaction for years and decided that they might as well start doing it too.

Do. Something.

[Paladinleeds]

CAPTCHA, you know, those "type what this says to prove you're a human" things. It's ridiculous that it's gotten to the point where this is a genuine request. Seriously. It's getting completely out of hand and everybody who crafts or gathers knows exactly what I'm talking about. If they're not going to start actually banning these people, just put up a CAPTCHA once per hour or so. The game is developing a reputation. It's not just the old familiar names, now I'm seeing an increasing number of actual regular players who have watched SE's inaction for years and decided that they might as well start doing it too.

Do. Something.

Bots will adapt and become more advanced and solve the captchas. If I remember rightly, there already exist bots elsewhere that can solve captchas (audio and visual). It would halt the bots for a while, but they'd quickly adapt to it and it'd be back to business as usual.

[Raikki]

Bots will adapt and become more advanced and solve the captchas. If I remember rightly, there already exist bots elsewhere that can solve captchas (audio and visual). It would halt the bots for a while, but they'd quickly adapt to it and it'd be back to business as usual.

This is akin to saying you shouldn't test for anabolic steroids in sports because there are more sophisticated PEDs that won't get caught that way. Yes, CAPTCHAs can be defeated by a sufficiently motivated attacker. The idea is to raise the bar, though. Provide enough of an obstacle that you exclude the less sophisticated cheaters and I believe you'll find that the more advanced programmers have better things to do with their time.

[Magic-Mal]

Bots will adapt and become more advanced and solve the captchas. If I remember rightly, there already exist bots elsewhere that can solve captchas (audio and visual). It would halt the bots for a while, but they'd quickly adapt to it and it'd be back to business as usual.

Delete crafting and gathering. Fixed!

[Paladinleeds]

This is akin to saying you shouldn't test for anabolic steroids in sports because there are more sophisticated PEDs that won't get caught that way. Yes, CAPTCHAs can be defeated by a sufficiently motivated attacker. The idea is to raise the bar, though. Provide enough of an obstacle that you exclude the less sophisticated cheaters and I believe you'll find that the more advanced programmers have better things to do with their time.

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...-a8029401.html

There we go. It's a game of constant cat and mouse. Captcha's in game will just hinder the in-game experience for no valid reason. I'm all for more in-game stuff (maybe having weapons break, or nodes just refuse to spawn for a while, etc) to combat cheaters, but unless they devise an Eorzean-style captcha that would fit the in-game themes and aesthetics, I can't agree with this suggestion.

Delete crafting and gathering. Fixed!

Except there's PvP bots, FATE grinding bots, levelling bots, dungeon farming bots, etc. You'd have to delete the entire game to stop them.

[Magic-Mal]

Except there's PvP bots, FATE grinding bots, levelling bots, dungeon farming bots, etc. You'd have to delete the entire game to stop them.

And nothing of value would be lost :D

[SenorPatty]

And nothing of value would be lost :D

[Zephera]

I'd like something to do be done about bots too, but throwing up captcha's in something I already find kind of tedious like crafting and gathering would just turn me off it completely.

[Roda]

Maybe we could see dummy nodes and dummy mobs that bots will go after and waste time on / die to. I've seen it being used in mmos with botting problems and it seems to work well enough.

[Vnolan]

It's not just the old familiar names, now I'm seeing an increasing number of actual regular players who have watched SE's inaction for years and decided that they might as well start doing it too.

If you want SE to do something about bots, then this needs to continue to happen and on a larger scale.