Bot's on Market Board...? Really?

[ElazulHP]

They do, but the bots are like roaches.... they just come back with a new account (likely purchases with stolen cc info).

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...fa0e1254699e41

Botting activity (Using any number of third party tools that allow for automation)
　・Accounts terminated: 10
　・Accounts temporarily suspended: 31

10 accounts are not exactly all that many, but better than nothing I guess. Makes me wonder how they actually catch these people and why they can't catch some of the obvious ones that have been around for multiple expansions. I feel like they're ignoring the legit customers that are using bot software and just banning the outright RMT guys instead.

[Sqwall]

10 accounts are not exactly all that many, but better than nothing I guess. Makes me wonder how they actually catch these people and why they can't catch some of the obvious ones that have been around for multiple expansions. I feel like they're ignoring the legit customers that are using bot software and just banning the outright RMT guys instead.

I think it boils down to "caught redhanded". With the average player in mind it can be difficult to "see" the bot's as they generally go under the radar...naturally. Now when you compare data for: Amount of posted items per day, amount of retainer access, amount of price adjustments, time spent in one position, time spent gathering, etc; These I would imagine are things SE doesn't track as it's a stupid amount of data to sift through and very time consuming.

If SE keeps track of the data and puts it up against the TOP legitimate earners...I'm sure you will see a HUGE gap in what the bots are bringing in and the actual hard nosed earners. I have some top earners in my FC and they are really active in crafting/gathering. But I can talk to them normally, and que a dungeon, and they aren't flying around without a mount, not clipping in the city zones, and offer advice on how to be a better crafter/gatherer.

The suspicious ones you have to catch "red handed" like, Clipping through the map and farming nodes underneath the zone so the go "under the radar". Nobody can see them so they can't report them for cheating. This allows them "look" legitimate, and hard to catch.

Honestly all SE would have to do is set limits on node gathering in X,Y, and more importantly Z. You basically have to be right ON the node, and not a meter below it. If you are....your cheating, and should be flagged for suspicion and your cords are being recorded from here on out.

[Shadygrove]

10 accounts are not exactly all that many, but better than nothing I guess. Makes me wonder how they actually catch these people and why they can't catch some of the obvious ones that have been around for multiple expansions. I feel like they're ignoring the legit customers that are using bot software and just banning the outright RMT guys instead.

・Participation in RMT/prohibited activities
　・Accounts terminated: 3,577
　・Accounts temporarily suspended: 9
・Botting activity (Using any number of third party tools that allow for automation)
　・Accounts terminated: 10
　・Accounts temporarily suspended: 31
*Botting activity by RMT vendors has been included under "Participation in RMT/prohibited activities."

They may be, but that 3,577 has got to include a lot of bots.

[ElazulHP]

They may be, but that 3,577 has got to include a lot of bots.

I always assumed those numbers are the guys shouting in Limsa and other places advertising RMT. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.