Market board botting is a problem

[Kes13a]

I know what Zalera is like. There are pockets of profitability. However they are shrinking and I wouldn't be surprised if they will be nil soon. But you ever wonder how they can have the entire range covered? It takes a lot of time and investment to cover that big of a range. But actually, it doesn't. Because it's trivial to craft endgame gear and leveling gear. Yellow scrips are done in 6 steps, 3 with HQ mats. Aesthete takes 17 steps. Neo-ishgardian takes 14 steps. Compare this to Heavensward and Ala Mhigan. This is the real problem and this is why botting is prevalent. If people want bots gone, first they must demand SE implement RNG mechanics (not skills, but quests that change every time etc. that serve as disguised captchas) across the entire crafting leveling experience. Recipes must be far harder to create. It should take a month to level all crafters to 80, not 2 days.

And this is never going to happen because Square Enix wants to game to be easier and simpler across the board.

Honestly, if this would solve the bot issue, I would be all for it. And yeah, any kind of profitability is fast closing. Even if they made things like any of the materials you need from script and tomes to be character bound, would solve a lot of the problem since the crafters never leave seem to do much, so suddenly instead of buying everything easily off the MP, they would have to actually go out and get tomes or scrips. And yes, that would adversely affect me as well since I can be lazy and buy sublimes off the MP, but if it works, I am willing to put up with some pain

[MilitaryVet123]

Another possibility is investing in what researchers call continuous authentication. Though once again I very much doubt SE wants to devote any resources to it.

https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/1/18...l-intelligence

"Rather than tests, he favors something called “continuous authentication,” essentially observing the behavior of a user and looking for signs of automation. “A real human being doesn’t have very good control over their own motor functions, and so they can’t move the mouse the same way more than once over multiple interactions, even if they try really hard,” Ghosemajumder says. While a bot will interact with a page without moving a mouse, or by moving a mouse very precisely, human actions have “entropy” that is hard to spoof, Ghosemajumder says."

[Kes13a]

Another possibility is investing in what researchers call continuous authentication. Though once again I very much doubt SE wants to devote any resources to it.

https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/1/18...l-intelligence

"Rather than tests, he favors something called “continuous authentication,” essentially observing the behavior of a user and looking for signs of automation. “A real human being doesn’t have very good control over their own motor functions, and so they can’t move the mouse the same way more than once over multiple interactions, even if they try really hard,” Ghosemajumder says. While a bot will interact with a page without moving a mouse, or by moving a mouse very precisely, human actions have “entropy” that is hard to spoof, Ghosemajumder says."

Whatever they do its on SE, since the playbase cannot do anything without it being "harassment". Instead, they allow for people to make real money flouting the rules and ruining gameplay for a portion of their player base. If they are basing their performance off banning the RMT shouters in the major cities or 25 Tfhkjhg'jhgsdkjfh characters, they need to raise the bar a bit.

[Eloc]

Another possibility is investing in what researchers call continuous authentication. Though once again I very much doubt SE wants to devote any resources to it.

https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/1/18...l-intelligence

"Rather than tests, he favors something called “continuous authentication,” essentially observing the behavior of a user and looking for signs of automation. “A real human being doesn’t have very good control over their own motor functions, and so they can’t move the mouse the same way more than once over multiple interactions, even if they try really hard,” Ghosemajumder says. While a bot will interact with a page without moving a mouse, or by moving a mouse very precisely, human actions have “entropy” that is hard to spoof, Ghosemajumder says."

You have very interesting posts. thanks for your input on this topic.

[ICountFrom0]

a curious concept, but that will tend to target those who use tab and other keyboard shortcuts because of disability.... I hope not too many folks get hit by accusations... and I hope bot farmers don't start to use it as an excuse.