AFK boot dodgers

[Roda]

Honestly, when this was a problem in SB, periodic server reboots solved the queue problems instantly.
It was annoying for about a week, and then people realized the fear of the queue was the cause of the queue.

[Raiya]

Honestly, when this was a problem in SB, periodic server reboots solved the queue problems instantly.
It was annoying for about a week, and then people realized the fear of the queue was the cause of the queue.

This. Restarting the servers at 8 or 9am in the morning would solve the problem big time. Punishments and reporting is a waste of time and energy the main fear behind people staying online is being kicked off for 4 or 5 hours in a long wait. However if everyones booted off at the same time every morning for a fortnight it would make afking pointless and people would realise its better to just log out at night as your gonna be booted regardless.

[Naridar]

I have been reporting them under cheating when I see them, but only after messaging them a couple of times during the evening or day to see if they are actually there. I know people don't HAVE TO reply to you, but I still think most people will at least give you at least minor acknowledgement if you say hi. Usually the people I suspect are using these third party tools are.. probably doing so, because I have never got any reply from the people I suspected.

Some people on my friend list try to hide it by going into the inn, house, or a private apartment. They usually restrict all guess access as if we can't see what they are doing when they go "invisible" for 7+ hours a day.

The key things to look for are:

- AFK for SEVERAL hours in the same place.
- Busy icon
- Hiding the AFK icon
- In apartment, house, or private chambers
- No guest access in apartment, house, or private chambers
- No Teleport for friends in apartment, house, or private chambers
- Some people use the same emote all day in place. That simply isn't practical for the equivalent of an entire work day if someone is actively playing. The average player is going to change spots at least a few times in that period.
- Crowd blending. Some of these people will look for busy crowds and hide the AFK icon to blend in. I'm not fooled.
- Not replying whatsoever in any form. It's possible someone doesn't have a keyboard, because sometimes I swivel my TV around to my bed in order to play when I'm not feeling well, but its not hard to to at least use the auto translation feature. They have phrases for letting people know that you don't have a keyboard on you at the moment. You can also type a sentence with a controller, but it isn't fun.

Just a friendly warning that I'd report you or anyone else for stalking, should I notice you trying to play detective on me or repeatedly PM me when I'm not responding or attempt to teleport to my inn room/Squadron barracks/House without my express consent.

[Xrystofer]

Just a friendly warning that I'd report you or anyone else for stalking, should I notice you trying to play detective on me or repeatedly PM me when I'm not responding or attempt to teleport to my inn room/Squadron barracks/House without my express consent.

And you will receive a ban for troll reporting if you did that.

[Denji]

For those who are curious, the GMs will supposedly give you a free vacation for using a keyboard macro or something similar to idle.

Just had a friend come screaming onto our discord claiming he got one for spamming peloton overnight and now can't play for a few days.

[Saraide]

For those who are curious, the GMs will supposedly give you a free vacation for using a keyboard macro or something similar to idle.

Just had a friend come screaming onto our discord claiming he got one for spamming peloton overnight and now can't play for a few days.

With how little SE has done to combat bots in the past this sounds entirely made up.

[technole]

With how little SE has done to combat bots in the past this sounds entirely made up.

Spamming skills in non-combat areas was always bannable behavior, just like the WHM that thought it was okay to spam Holy in Limsa.

[Denji]

With how little SE has done to combat bots in the past this sounds entirely made up.

There's literal news posts of them reporting the number of RMT/Botters that have been temporarily/perma suspended/banned. I think they do more than you think and you're just being a pessimist about it.

[ForteNightshade]

With how little SE has done to combat bots in the past this sounds entirely made up.

That or they foolishly were standing in the middle of Old Sharlayan while doing it. The few people I've heard get dinged for AFK dodging have all been in highly populated areas or made it otherwise blatantly obvious what they're doing. At which point, I have to ask, "What were you expecting, my dude?"

There's literal news posts of them reporting the number of RMT/Botters that have been temporarily/perma suspended/banned. I think they do more than you think and you're just being a pessimist about it.

Which are near entirely pointless as RMT bots like that can be remade in less than an hour. They, however, do virtually nothing to play controlled bots. Case in point, I have several on my server who spammed upwards of 10,000 potions on the marketboard within days every raid tier. Several people have caught them cheating, and even recorded videos of them clearly botting. Guess what? They're still in the game right now, leveling up to 90.

[Anirab]

Reminds me of the 2 catgirls on Excalibur doing the moogle dance for 3 months in Limsa. Whenever i was there, they were dancing in Limsa. Always. No matter if 2pm on a workday or 3am on a sunday. Then i moved to EU datacenter.

But this was long before anything was done because of afk people.

When i'm done playing i log out and turn off my PC during the night.