Does Square intend to address Market botting?

[Jojoya]

Totally offtopic here but does anyone have a clue if it's possible to forge a signature on a crafted item somehow? Some guy is selling 4 crafter tools with my signature on it. I am 100% sure he is not reselling my tools because I have not sold any (I sell with specific prices and there are no such sales in the history). Sale history goes back like 6 months for these lvl 70 tools. ???

As far as I know, there's no way to forge a Maker's Signature nor is there really any reason to do so.

If it's just the 4 items (I'm assuming they're 4 different tools) could be someone who bought them months ago, never used them and is now trying to make some gil back. I've done that a few times while leveling a new alt. I'll buy an item but don't end up using it for whatever reason then find it sitting in my armory chest months later so I sell it. I've also seen it occasionally with my own items, especially Orchestrion rolls.

I wouldn't worry unless it becomes a recurring problem.

[Prrringles]

As far as I know, there's no way to forge a Maker's Signature nor is there really any reason to do so.

If it's just the 4 items (I'm assuming they're 4 different tools) could be someone who bought them months ago, never used them and is now trying to make some gil back. I've done that a few times while leveling a new alt. I'll buy an item but don't end up using it for whatever reason then find it sitting in my armory chest months later so I sell it. I've also seen it occasionally with my own items, especially Orchestrion rolls.

I wouldn't worry unless it becomes a recurring problem.

The thing is, I have never crafted/sold 2 of those 4 tools before. I am 100% sure of it. It just weirds me out.

[Commander_Justitia]

The thing is, I have never crafted/sold 2 of those 4 tools before. I am 100% sure of it. It just weirds me out.

How can you be sure? You look like a crafter main, you remember what you crafted 3 years ago?
You are sure you didn't give tools away once or put them in guild treasure chest etc.

While I strongly think it is one of those things, it could be possible I guess, your name is only restricted to your server, but with worldserver being a thing now, a player with the same weird name as yours could have been crafting those items and sold them on his server and they made it to your server, or, that person transfered server to yours and namechanged because you already had that name, but the items still have his old name on them. So it is not impossible, just very unlikely.
Could also be that someone hacked into your account, crafted those items and gave it to someone else before you noticed, then put them up on the marketboard just to confuse you. Who knows I guess

You will never know, but it doesn't have to be a hack necessarily

[Kes13a]

not trying to be rude but, can you not derail the thread?

thanks bunches.

[Prrringles]

How can you be sure? ...

No on everything, pretty sure but nvm. I'm upsetting people here.

not trying to be rude but, can you not derail the thread?

thanks bunches.

Yes sorry, back to business with this fruitfull thread. Bots are bad.

[ReynTime]

No on everything, pretty sure but nvm. I'm upsetting people here.



Yes sorry, back to business with this fruitfull thread. Bots are bad.

Your opinion of the thread doesn't change the fact it's really easy to create a new one instead of derailing it for your own interests.

[ItMe]

If we wanna move back to the previous discussion then let's do it instead of continuing to rag on Prrringles.
They asked a (valid) question and it's not like we were talking about much before it... or in the almost 4 days since.

[ReynTime]

If we wanna move back to the previous discussion then let's do it instead of continuing to rag on Prrringles.
They asked a (valid) question and it's not like we were talking about much before it... or in the almost 4 days since.

If by "ragging" you mean responding with the same tone as this comment right here.

Yes sorry, back to business with this fruitfull thread. Bots are bad.

[ItMe]

If by "ragging" you mean responding with the same tone as this comment right here.

By ragging I mean putting them down for asking a question.

[Prrringles]

If by "ragging" you mean responding with the same tone as this comment right here.

You can also DM me if my question and "tone" offended you instead of derailing this thread even further. Or even better -- not respond at all. Now, I will leave y'all to it. o/