do something about the bots

[Jentaru]

i am tired of logging into ff14 and having a que because se fails to do something active against bots. heck give someone a discount and let them help you flag botters while they play. some people know what to look for... but come on... every day.

[Dynratygus]

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[Kuurei]

They ARE doing something about the bots/RMTers.

That's kinda why the servers are getting DDoS'd lol.

[DonovanLifeweaver]

issue with that is people also flag players using maccros, wich also makes alot of issues i could be using a legal maccro from se ..go to the toilet take a dump and come back with a bot flag because i couldn't answer fast enough to make a "inspector gadget wannabe players" see that i am not a bot....

[Kalise]

Yeah...

It's kind of ridiculous how many bots there are...



So easy to run across them, teleporting about the place sometimes in mass groups all standing in the same places as the blip into and out of view... (Heck, by the time I'd taken this screenshot, like 4-5 of them had already blipped away)

All in FC's...

Like, c'mon surely the fact that they're clearly using some sort of teleporting cheat should make them easier to detect?

[ICountFrom0]

Maybe, just maybe restrict it to mentors? There's already a privileged user group that gets rewarded and given more power, how about extending it a bit? Give them a better report function, cause those reports to be noticed faster?

Any idiot who thinks that you are a bot due to not responding would lose both chunks of status this way, a black flag forever.

In the overworld though, it's a dead give away if you see a stack of characters moving to the exact same pixel and going the exact same interaction. Lately the bots have been down right obvious, fly hacking, ground clipping, teleporting, cheated currency.

Also, folks, don't tolerate bots that help you, I know there's some groups out there, using bots to locate hunts, scouting for S rank, and reporting for non cheating members. Report that too.

[DrWho2010]

the special task force bans bots in waves but as soon as they're gone more get made. this is a problem in every mmo unfortunately.

[SturmChurro]

Maybe, just maybe restrict it to mentors? There's already a privileged user group that gets rewarded and given more power, how about extending it a bit? Give them a better report function, cause those reports to be noticed faster?

You actually think that is a good idea? Give me a break.

[Kuroka]

the special task force bans bots in waves but as soon as they're gone more get made. this is a problem in every mmo unfortunately.

Yes. BUT you still can slow em down a lot, stop the map and speed hacks, reset their char if they finish dungeons in like 30 sec... make all areas we cant reach to deadzones.... there are things...

We apologize for any inconvenience that has occurred when playing Final Fantasy XIV. Unfortunately the issue you are describing is not a technical issue. I will be moving this thread to "General Discussion".

Rly ppl using speed hacks, teleport hacks, KILL my quest mobs with 53770127 bots at once are not a technical issue...?

[KageTokage]

Maybe, just maybe restrict it to mentors? There's already a privileged user group that gets rewarded and given more power, how about extending it a bit? Give them a better report function, cause those reports to be noticed faster?

I know of several mentors on my server who bot themselves.

They really aren't anything special and don't deserve any "privileges" beyond what they currently get.