Is this how lalafells are made?

[Jijifli]

A small level 2 popoto, under the ground of gridania, buying up zonureskin maps as a nutrition of growth.

Image was taken via /icam.



(Yes they're doing a wonderful job.)

[Tint]

Is that an upskirt shot?

Victorian underwear is hot!

[KageTokage]

This guy is a supplier for those treasure map bot farmers that are present on seemingly every data center now. It just constantly buys out the maps then mails them to the bots doing the farming...though I didn't think they'd be so brazen as to use hacks to get it done quicker.

It's a pity that the GMs/STF aren't able to put two and two together, connect the suppliers to the farmers and just ban the whole lot of them.

[Liam_Harper]

...though I didn't think they'd be so brazen as to use hacks to get it done quicker.

I suppose with the rampant DoH/DoL botting that's gone almost unchecked all expansion, Enix have clearly demonstrated to the botters "we have no viable means of dealing with player bots". RMT has always been in a different boat since they're advertising openly in chat in major cities, but they just don't have the tools or manpower to tackle botting. It's not surprising they're getting bolder. I can only see them increasing in number and turning to more and more areas of the game as time goes on.

[Jijifli]

I suppose with the rampant DoH/DoL botting that's gone almost unchecked all expansion, Enix have clearly demonstrated to the botters "we have no viable means of dealing with player bots". RMT has always been in a different boat since they're advertising openly in chat in major cities, but they just don't have the tools or manpower to tackle botting. It's not surprising they're getting bolder. I can only see them increasing in number and turning to more and more areas of the game as time goes on.

Rate it's going, I wouldn't be surprised if it eventually figured out how to do Ultimate's.

Like, imagine.

[KageTokage]

Rate it's going, I wouldn't be surprised if it eventually figured out how to do Ultimate's.

Like, imagine.

People already use bots to automate their rotations and selectively execute certain mechanics (Generally untelegraphed AoEs which a bot can still "see" and locate a safe zone) in both savage and ultimate.

I don't think complete automation is realistically possible due to the amount of timing and precision needed to excuse certain mechanics like Limit Cut and the inherent limitations bots have when it comes to movement.

[Nepentha]

I suppose with the rampant DoH/DoL botting that's gone almost unchecked all expansion, Enix have clearly demonstrated to the botters "we have no viable means of dealing with player bots". RMT has always been in a different boat since they're advertising openly in chat in major cities, but they just don't have the tools or manpower to tackle botting. It's not surprising they're getting bolder. I can only see them increasing in number and turning to more and more areas of the game as time goes on.

They used to ban botters somewhat regularly. Not a lot, not nearly enough, but something at least. Then around September something happened and they just... stopped banning or suspending accounts for third party software use. More recently they've tackled a few. Banned 1 there, 2 on another report. Even their bannings on RMT have gone way down. In Sept it hit an all time high of 60k+ RMT bannings. Now a slow news day goes wooooow over a 5k ban.

Not sure what happened. Did they lay off people? Handicap them so they're not allowed to ban anyone anymore?

[KageTokage]

I personally searched for the bot in question and reported it in the odd chance they might link it to the treasure map bots on its server and purge them as well.

It seems like treasure maps are the new cool thing for the RMTers, though, as I've noticed several new names buying out maps enmass as well new map farming parties on servers that previously lacked them...

EDIT: Didn't realize the bot in the TC's picture isn't even on my data center, so I actually found a different one in the exact same place.

[GrumbleBeard]

I'm less interested in how lalas are made and more interested in how they're destroyed

[TheMightyMollusk]

I'm less interested in how lalas are made and more interested in how they're destroyed

Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew.