Okay now the botting is getting a little out of hand...

[Moonlite]

The comment about the script being broken is interesting. In the past at the Flames turn in they always teleported from spot to spot. But I got the pleasure of seeing feet run across the top of the screen today while doing a turn in. Look up and see a stream of feet running across the roof.



Might be related or maybe not. But I had never seen notification from other players in the squadron area before. Recently I have been seeing stuff pop up like another player is in the room or on the other side of the wall. I thought it was an instanced area though.


To the people upset about the bot situation or offering suggestions. This has been a problem since 2.0. They aren't really going to fix it. A large percentage of the player base will forgive almost anything as long as the lore is preserved for them. So if bots are a deal breaker don't stick around. If it is something you can live with its probably best to give up. This is from the sept 12 ban. If that doesn't dampen your enthusiasm, good luck.



Participation in RMT/prohibited activities
　・Accounts terminated: 8,763
　・Accounts temporarily suspended: 24


Botting activity (Using any number of third party tools that allow for automation)
　・Accounts terminated: 1
　・Accounts temporarily suspended: 23

[null4646]

What are all the ones around the Aetherite doing? Just spamming RMT services?

Nope. Those bots will run through the entire MSQ 1-50, dungeons and all. And then farm. You'll see them all over the open world in ARR, flying overhead, rising from the ground, killing mobs from inside a stone wall, all in the wide open without a care in the world. Because SE doesn't care.

[Jojoya]

This is the worst I have ever seen a bot infestation. It's WAY worst than any F2P game at that. Before I would usually see them just appearing in front of npc or dungeon and then disappear into the ground. This is the first time that I would see soo many of them moving like an army through the air, ground, warping, etc. It's like someone found a way to upgrade them or something. The other day I saw a train of them in upper deck of Lominsa just coming from the ocean to an entrance to Bismark. It was freaky.

The bot infestation has always been bad. It's just a lot more visible now that SE changed something that forced the bot programmers to change the bot pathing from underground where we couldn't see them to pathing above ground where they're effectively flaunting their existence.

But as long as there are players who are willing to cheat to get what they want (even if it means paying real money) instead of earning it through their own effort, bots will always be a problem.

[Nemmar]

Nope. Those bots will run through the entire MSQ 1-50, dungeons and all. And then farm. You'll see them all over the open world in ARR, flying overhead, rising from the ground, killing mobs from inside a stone wall, all in the wide open without a care in the world. Because SE doesn't care.

I think they care, or they wouldn't have sent ban waves. But it is obviously a futile effort. They need to sort the problem on their back end so it can't get exploited.

Lets see if they can be dared to talk about it in the next Q&A.

[hynaku]

wow that first picture sure is scary with all those bots. Sounds like SE needs to open up bot hunting for everyone. To stop the breeding of bots. There population is getting way out of hand. Only other time seen that many bots at once was on Blade and Soul where I would see a train of 60 of them killing everything in sight.

[KageTokage]

In the end, not all of us play this game for numbers. A lot of us play for immersion... to feel a part of a world, not even hardcore RP, but just that general feeling that drives all towards any sort of high fantasy setting.

When I log in and see 100s of bots everywhere, many maxed at level 50, running the MSQ, killing mobs, overloading instances, obliterating the market, that immersion goes to hell. And that makes the game not fun. I'm taking a long break. Not rage quitting... just tired. There are other games with fewer bots and greater immersion.

This honestly is probably the biggest reason why they bother me.

Early ShB felt good when all of the people showing up at nodes with me or doing FATEs were actual people.

Now it tends to be mostly bots (Especially because my timezone difference means I'm oft playing while most people are asleep) and it bugs me enough that I try to find empty instances where I can gather/grind without having to be around them.

[Zanmato]

This honestly is infuriating. There has got to be a damn change to this. I can take seeing a few, but this is just freaking wrong. There has got to be active GMs in-game taking care of bots like this. Open a new Task Force that actually is notably active!

[Hysterior]

There has got to be active GMs in-game taking care of bots like this. Open a new Task Force that actually is notably active!

They cannot do anything. It would be pointless to try to go one by one.

[KageTokage]

The GMs could at least keep the RMT spammers and other small-scale operations like the myriad DoL/H bots under control.

[Schan]

I aw 8 bots on Moogle yesterday. They are multiplying. This is a problem.