How is the botting situation in this game?

[Pinen]

The botting situation is rampant and unlikely to be attended to any time soon due to the simple fact that FFXIV is a Japanese game intended for a Japanese audience, and I can only assume that the situation isn't as bad on Japanese servers.

Take a look at the Japanese General Discussion forums and check the first couple of pages there, and take note of all the GM/Moderator replies in threads (the crown icon). Compare that to the first few pages on this forum, and it should be obvious at a glance that English-speaking servers are not a priority for Square Enix, and Square sees us more as a secondary by-product of of the game's success in Japan, not a core audience. As long as they don't notice subs dropping and there's no viral negative publicity, the English-speakers can be neglected.

[Nepentha]

The botting situation is rampant and unlikely to be attended to any time soon due to the simple fact that FFXIV is a Japanese game intended for a Japanese audience, and I can only assume that the situation isn't as bad on Japanese servers.

Take a look at the Japanese General Discussion forums and check the first couple of pages there, and take note of all the GM/Moderator replies in threads (the crown icon). Compare that to the first few pages on this forum, and it should be obvious at a glance that English-speaking servers are not a priority for Square Enix, and Square sees us more as a secondary by-product of of the game's success in Japan, not a core audience. As long as they don't notice subs dropping and there's no viral negative publicity, the English-speakers can be neglected.

Yeah, my opinion for awhile now is this continues until there's bad enough publicity to make them take notice thanks to PR problems, or they start losing subs to the point they notice a revenue dip.

[Kes13a]

Yeah, my opinion for awhile now is this continues until there's bad enough publicity to make them take notice thanks to PR problems, or they start losing subs to the point they notice a revenue dip.

especially since any questions about the whole issue will NEVER make it to Yoshi P. any questions that do are so softball, might as well be nerf darts