Quote Originally Posted by Penthea View Post
As an additional way to prevent bots buying SE could also add the one-time password (the authentication code you use to log in) as a final step.
I definitely support having to enter a code to prevent bots from buying property, though not everyone uses one-time passwords, and for whatever reason may not have access to it.

I'm not sure how advanced bots are with stuff like that, but maybe something like a skill question related to the game, like "what's the name of the NPC standing at x11, y17 in Lower La Noscea" (example, of course, since I doubt there's anyone right there ) and you have 5 minutes to go there, check, then come back and enter it in the text box at the placard. And of course it would be different for each purchase and could be any NPC in ARR (since having expansion NPCs would make it inaccessible to people who don't own it).

I'm not sure if bots can parse that, and it doesn't have to be exactly that type of question, but something that requires going and looking at something in the game in order to confirm the purchase would be good I think.