Quote Originally Posted by Eloc View Post
Why doesnt SE enforce their TOS? Crafting is actually one of my favorite things to do in this game but the botting has gotten so bad i now sell about 2 items a day. Even when i went out of my way to try and wage a war against them and get really aggressive with undercutting and trying to crash their preferred markets and literally updating my prices like a madman just to try and get a sale to stick it to them. I gave up though, too exhausting, cant beat a bot i need sleep and life. I thought i cant be the only one who sees this and is fed up. So i found this thread!

1) Is there actual steps to take that gets results?
2) I report them 2-3 times a week but what if we all did it daily and spread the word?
3) Can we spread the word to the server populace without getting banned? It seems ludicrous that we cant even point out the problem.

Or is SE just looking at the $$$. Bots pays subs too! So if they banned 1k bots they would loose a lot of income so SE policy is only as good as their next dollar. <--------- This seems to be the stinky fish methinks. An RMT bot that pays subs 12 months a year, year after year is a better customer than me who subs for about 3-4 months a year so the content SE made is actually for botters not me.
We do see SE banning some suspected bots so there are results. But with other suspected bots being left alone, those results aren't what we're hoping for. The most we can do is keep reporting them with a description of the behavior we witness that makes us think they're bots.

Naming and shaming is a considered a form of harassment and not allowed. Report suspect bots each time you see them engaging in activity you believe to be botting but don't "spread the word" to other player through game channels. If you get reported for doing, you're the one who's likely to get banned and not the suspected bot.

Most bots don't pay subs. They use stolen payment information to get temporary access to the game before disappearing to be replaced by a new bot account doing the same thing. That's not income for SE, that's a monetary loss due to chargeback fees and time that has to be spent processing everything related. They would love to be rid of those bots.

The relatively few "normal" players paying subs but using bot software don't amount to much compared to the income generated by the rest of the player base. SE's problem is coming up with enough evidence that bot software is being used. The software is getting more sophisticated so it makes detection harder in many cases if the user follows the bot company's instructions. They do get caught on occasion but it's not as often as players would like.