Does Square intend to address Market botting?

[Kes13a]

Aether DC Market got completely blown up this week by the influx of brazen crafter bots taking advantage of the game sale. So much fun...

brazen is gear across a data center, all crafted by one person, being sold under retainers with the name of the world, then roman numerals etc as a variation across teh ENTIRE data center.

and SE just looking teh other way, because thats not an indication of RMT at all.

[Prrringles]

brazen is gear across a data center, all crafted by one person, being sold under retainers with the name of the world, then roman numerals etc as a variation across teh ENTIRE data center.

and SE just looking teh other way, because thats not an indication of RMT at all.

Same on Chaos. I bet hey are all the same organisation.

[Kes13a]

Same on Chaos. I bet hey are all the same organisation.

I am sure SE thinks they are just one person trying to maximize gil on ALL worlds and data centers because of some ego thing.... or something

[Prrringles]

I am sure SE thinks they are just one person trying to maximize gil on ALL worlds and data centers because of some ego thing.... or something

I don't think SE is thinking anything at all. The botting is -- if anything-- only increasing. When fun things stop being fun it might be time to pull the plug. I am probably unsubbing when the new exp launches. I can't see anything changing at all. Bots will level up and take over again after a few weeks. Frustrations will continue to dominate. Two years from now we would probably still be here complaining about SE not doing anything. Pretty sad, no? I have enough fun things I can do in my free time. Why use that precious time for something frustrating.

[Kes13a]

actually, I am hoping the the WoW streamers/refugees that they are welcoming with open arms start commenting on the bot situation

might be interesting to see what their reaction is to widespread bad publicity regarding their inaction on bots

[Prrringles]

actually, I am hoping the the WoW streamers/refugees that they are welcoming with open arms start commenting on the bot situation

might be interesting to see what their reaction is to widespread bad publicity regarding their inaction on bots

Most new players won't notice any bots on the MB. Maybe the farm bots that teleport if anything at all. Streams also don't craft 24/7 because no one wants to see that. I would not expect much from those players.

[meundies]

On Ultros we recently were blessed with a few weeks of the local bot being gone. Hopefully banned from all the reporting we did. Sadly, a new bot has take their place. 24.7 in their apartment, and the low 20's FC members logging in to run from the FC chest to summoning bell to undercut everyone by 1 gil. The main crafter was Samito Moshantu, thank god they are gone. Now we have Yozakura Byregot and their FC of 9 people...I was wondering why my gear wasnt selling, now i know why! I sent 2 complaints about cheating already, im sure ill send more or maybe just stop playing altogether.

[Baxcel]

They just posted a new "action against" post a bit ago.. looking at the number that was banned due to botting... not the RTM bots.. just general botting like market board and crafting bots.. 1 person was banned..

So the answer is no.. theyre not doing anything about player botting when it comes to crafting and market board manipulation..

[Jojoya]

They just posted a new "action against" post a bit ago.. looking at the number that was banned due to botting... not the RTM bots.. just general botting like market board and crafting bots.. 1 person was banned..

So the answer is no.. theyre not doing anything about player botting when it comes to crafting and market board manipulation..

Any crafting/MB bots feeding RMT would be lumped under the RMT bans.

They did hit several accounts for non-RMT botting in April but we've got no way of knowing if those were crafting/MB bots run by players just looking to get rich or other types of bots such as PvP.

They are doing things, it's just not sufficient to keep on top of the problem. We see the occasional reports in this thread about the suspected bots who have disappeared.

Also, you don't need to bot to engage in marketboard manipulation. You just need to do a little advance planning and preparation.

[Anya_Synia]

So the lesson here is dont assume everyone is a bot. There are people who do just play the markets.