Bots are rampant on Spriggan (EU)

[Nemmar]

I am thinking this is a consequence of the bots but the queue for the jumping gates in the gold saucer keeps not popping. Happened today and yesterday.

I reported one of the FC's of bots, but one just has to search the FC list on Spriggan to see multiple nonsense name guilds with copys of nonsense randomized named lvl50's that look the same across classes. Obviously exploits. No investigation should even be necessary. It is obvious. Just grab and ban them all.

[KageTokage]

I am thinking this is a consequence of the bots but the queue for the jumping gates in the gold saucer keeps not popping. Happened today and yesterday.

I reported one of the FC's of bots, but one just has to search the FC list on Spriggan to see multiple nonsense name guilds with copys of nonsense randomized named lvl50's that look the same across classes. Obviously exploits. No investigation should even be necessary. It is obvious. Just grab and ban them all.

The problem with that is that even if bans are being issued on a daily basis the bots are scripted to immediately create new accounts once the original ones are banned.

They need to target their methods. Removing gil drops from ARR dungeons and relocating the first chest in the Wanderer's Palace so it can't be obtained without clearing out the enemies would eliminate two of them.

There's still a whole mess of RMTers who make their money through methods like gather/craft botting, though, which are even less likely to be addressed.

[Nemmar]

The problem with that is that even if bans are being issued on a daily basis the bots are scripted to immediately create new accounts once the original ones are banned.

They need to target their methods. Removing gil drops from ARR dungeons and relocating the first chest in the Wanderer's Palace so it can't be obtained without clearing out the enemies would eliminate two of them.

There's still a whole mess of RMTers who make their money through methods like gather/craft botting, though, which are even less likely to be addressed.

There is no way to win with that method. These are cheaters and exploiters. If you remove those, they will just aim at something else. You have to stop them in the root. That is in account and character creation. If they make a "cooldown" on how often you can create one, it will slow them down considerably allowing for The Bans to come out at a faster pace than they can make new characters.