Does Square intend to address Market botting?

[BraundoniusBigd]

Market bots are akin to illegal immigrant workers of the United States: they are now a staple of the workforce. There are those who want them to stay and those who want them to go. Buyers love it and sellers hate it. It takes about 10 minutes of research at most to know if one is a bot account yet SE does nothing about them. You can assume with near certainty that SE won't be taking action against them, ever, so don't even worry about reporting it. It's ironic how the bots are a major source of RMT and that is supposedly something SE really cares about. In my opinion SE doesn't mind the bots because bots make everything cheaper so it is very helpful for the casual and new player base, and may keep them paying for subs longer than they would if bots weren't around.

[KageTokage]

From a business standpoint, there really is no reason for them to go after the bots other then improving the game's image.

They'd effectively be spending more money to lose money by banning paying customers.

[BraundoniusBigd]

Yeah it's a matter of what is the bots' net impact on profit for SE. Apparently positive since obvious bots who have operated for years don't get banned lol.

[Kes13a]

well, I guess at least SE will have a steady income after real players that appreciate their content and effort get frustrated and leave.

way to go SE

[Oxidized]

From a business standpoint, there really is no reason for them to go after the bots other then improving the game's image.

I actually am not sure this is true. When a botter gets banned, as long as they perceive that the cost of starting up a new account is outweighed by the profits they can make over time, they will simply purchase a fresh one, a cycle that can probably make SE money if it is played correctly.

Of course, this is hypothetical, since botters do not get banned :P

[Commander_Justitia]

We fully understand how frustrating it must be, but please keep paying your sub and be happy, as the STF will do nothing about it. They are too busy picking the next promotional items you should buy to prove that you are a real fan.

[Kes13a]

We fully understand how frustrating it must be, but please keep paying your sub and be happy, as the STF will do nothing about it. They are too busy picking the next promotional items you should buy to prove that you are a real fan.

if they actually SAID anything, we would know one way or the other. the really FRUSTRATING part is that they just seem to be ignoring it, and the people frustrated by it. doing nothing AND refusing to even acknowledge the issue is the worst thing possible. personally, I am just telling everyone about how bot infested this game is and how little SE is doing about it.

[KageTokage]

The one time they did actually address it in a live letter they seemed to have a weird misconception that PvP was the primary place botting was taking place in and just urged us to "keep reporting people" for what little that's accomplished over the years.

[Voidle]

Shame they made the game addicting enough for some people to put up with it.

[Kes13a]

Shame they made the game addicting enough for some people to put up with it.

more a shame that some people are so "addicted" that they essentially condone cheating