Quote Originally Posted by Alestorm View Post
The biggest issue is the report system, since it requires you to be able to remember names like Jfdnjuvrio Xvmdrin to fill in a report. They do try, but the botters/RMT sites make/steal a new account and make a new level 1 to spam. Dealing with botters is pretty difficult form what I've gathered and 14 becoming so popular now it sadly means more bots.
If you're referring to gathering bots, set your Battle chat window to also display other player gathering messages. Then you won't need to remember the name.

I wouldn't bother, though. I'm sure SE has ways to identify bots that are more efficient that player reports. And they do take actions against many of the bots. You'll see the bot groups disappear then reappear a couple of weeks later showing altered behavior. The behavior wouldn't be changed if SE wasn't doing something that forces them to change it.

Marketboard bots are unlikely to disappear because trying to hinder them would be more likely to hinder and annoy legitimate players as well.

The only way bots will ever disappear is if all players stop cheating, and that's pretty unlikely to happen. There are always those looking for an unfair advantage, or ways to get what they want without doing the work themselves. I don't know the point of even playing a game if you're going to have a bot play it for you but it is what it is.