Level 70 gathering bots go unpunished

[Alucard135]

If they were to let GM's take actions against these bots, they would drastically limit their numbers. These lvl 70 gathering bots are no way close in number to the RMT or leveling bots. And you can even tell by the fact that people on each server already know these botters. And if GM's were to take one down, it would cost the botter a lot of time and/or money to make another one (depends if they bought a level boost or botted their way up to 70). And within a short time of doing so, the GMs would only have to deal with a very limited number of gathering bots, instead of the mess that we have now.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

If they were to let GM's take actions against these bots, they would drastically limit their numbers. These lvl 70 gathering bots are no way close in number to the RMT or leveling bots. And you can even tell by the fact that people on each server already know these botters. And if GM's were to take one down, it would cost the botter a lot of time and/or money to make another one (depends if they bought a level boost or botted their way up to 70). And within a short time of doing so, the GMs would only have to deal with a very limited number of gathering bots, instead of the mess that we have now.

All it would take is GMs observing how the bot moves, which will always been predictable. Do that for a couple days or so and see whether it's consistent. If so, ban. Once a handful of people start getting banned others would stop simply out of fear of losing their account. The whole reason it's been getting grow is because no one's remotely worried about potential consequences.

[Krojack]

So the same bot that I and others have reported several times over the past 4 months is still gathering high level nodes (Aetherial Reduction) and now there are 2 more bots for a total of 3.

I see others noticed that gather bots go unpunished and are starting to use them. Maybe everyone should just jump on board and start botting. Clearly SE doesn't care.

[Vnolan]

So the same bot that I and others have reported several times over the past 4 months is still gathering high level nodes (Aetherial Reduction) and now there are 2 more bots for a total of 3.

I see others noticed that gather bots go unpunished and are starting to use them. Maybe everyone should just jump on board and start botting. Clearly SE doesn't care.

FFXIV is a product/service created and maintained for what purpose? To make money for SE. Going after bots would cost money and it would result in players getting banned, which would result in fewer subs and less money generated. What would the benefits be to SE if they did it? None. Almost no one is going to unsub because of bots at their current numbers and it won't attract more subs. SE doesn't care because there is no incentive to.