Is special task force exists?

[alimdia]

I think it's been determined at this point that the STF are relying on tools that can only detect abnormalities that are recognizable at a server-side level, such as the teleport hacks used by the gil farming bots. Things like the sniffer app and "normal" bots are not going to show on their radar, which is why they seriously need to get a team that actually polices suspected cheaters in person.



Not necessarily.

There are also people on my server who repeatedly will just linger in zone if they see that me or others are trying to spawn something and they'll immediately call the S rank the instant it spawns even if they're nowhere near it (Which usually results in tons of people missing it if they aren't already in zone when it happens).

They could determine they're doing something unusual if they were to simply observe them for a short time prior to hunts with a predictable spawn time like, say, Laideronette. Though I doubt they'd actually want to put in that level of effort (Despite it being standardfare in other MMOs).

Most other MMOs don't have 60+ servers each with thousands of people though, it's a bit unreasonable to expect them to focus on one or two specific players when this isn't exactly a game breaking issue to begin with.

[KageTokage]

Most other MMOs don't have 60+ servers each with thousands of people though, it's a bit unreasonable to expect them to focus on one or two specific players when this isn't exactly a game breaking issue to begin with.

If a comparably large game like WoW can keep their botting/cheating issues under control for the most part, I fail to see why XIV can't.

Also, the sniffer app leaks information on more then just S rank locations and is used more extensively then you might think.