Anti Bot System

[MilkieTea]

I've questioned why this hasn't been implemented for some time now. And i'm only writing about it because i'm currently STARING at a bot in game. They have been on for about 4 days now (that my group knows of) and being as my group is on different hours of the day, we've checked to see if this person has been on during when we play. They have been on non stop thsi entire time. And bought over 1500 sublime solution and slithersand. After their time at the board they go up to the Mizzentmast Inn and lock themselves away from prying eyes.

Now. What does that have to do with the title? Well. I do not see why there is no system check in place after all these years to see if you've been logged in, lets say, over 24 hours. Yes, people afk. But there is also an afk kick timer implemented into the game. If someone was to go over a certain amount of logged in time with said system, it would mark them for GM survey to see if they are botting. Or for that matter, account sharing. Considering THAT is also against ToS and was a big problem during Firmament ranking. It really shouldn't be that hard of a system to put into place. IT's not intrusive and it helps mark these types of acts all around instead of relying on us, the player, to report what might not even be suspicious activity.

I've been afk for over 24 hours before... went to sleep forgetting I was at the marketboard. my PC screen was asleep, I went about to do my daily business IRL, came back to log in and. Well.

A system like that wouldn't work, really. What happens to the people who pull all nighters and do the whole "36 hours because the Expac has just been released!" thing? Or people who, like me, might have forgotten they were doing something that doesn't AFK auto-log you out?

[Lecru]

I've been afk for over 24 hours before... went to sleep forgetting I was at the marketboard. my PC screen was asleep, I went about to do my daily business IRL, came back to log in and. Well.

A system like that wouldn't work, really. What happens to the people who pull all nighters and do the whole "36 hours because the Expac has just been released!" thing? Or people who, like me, might have forgotten they were doing something that doesn't AFK auto-log you out?

Well upon a GM getting to you or investigating you they'd see you aren't botting now wouldn't they. No reason to be worried if in fact you weren't doing anything wrong in the first place