Has Square Enix given up on countering RMT and botting?

[Padudu]

No, that's role-playing most probably. Player trains happen often especially when people are guild recruiting or bored unless I misunderstood what you're saying. I doubt any report you make would be actionable since there's really nothing going on that would violate the ToS

Nah it wasn't roleplaying. He basically had them all on follow, I've been on RP trains before it definitely wasn't it lol. It was like if you had like 7 chocobo companions or minions on follow all at once.

Anything that isn't immediately discernable as cheating seems to be seldom actioned in general, though even some more egregious stuff like people hacking in PvP to increase their movement speed has been known to go under the radar frequently.

By principle botting in general is against the ToS and something that can enforced, but it's generally not going to be directly interfering with your gameplay unless you get someone using a poorly programmed bot in duty finder or someone multiboxing in PvP.

Ahh ok, yeah fair. I feel like it's just hard to report someone botting from a player's perspective. Not like they're going to say it in the chat and unless they're cheating like how you described, might as well not even bother.

[Larirawiel]

I am so very interested in hearing how you legally purchase Gil for real money in this game. Go on. Give me some links that aren't example to a purported "bank".

Or was that supposed to be sarcasm? irony? You have to do a bit better.

You can buy a level boost. With this you will also get 50x allagan platinum piece:
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...em/42fdf208adc

50x allagan platinum piece is worth 500k gil if you sell them to a merchant. On the market board you could get much more.

And sorry, but this is legal RMT.


Cheers

[KageTokage]

It seemed that for a time the RMTers were abusing the level skips to get gil because I was seeing level 50 accounts using Ironworks gear teleporting through the ARR MSQ. I haven't seen much of them in general lately, but they're clearly around somewhere for the ban figures to be as high as they are.

But it's less those guys I'm concerned with and more the people abusing the marketboard with automated crafting/gathering

[DPZ2]

And sorry, but this is legal RMT.

I was looking more for the WoW Token form of RMT, but I suppose you can kinda squint and call a level boost a 'legal RMT' purchase instead. One could, this expansion, take in 8.5 million gil doing it, at a cost of over $425.

I've used a level boost on an alt and would only consider it to be Gil for Real Money on a technicality, given how quickly it gets spent on gearing alone.

I spent the half-million gil I managed to accumulate through Market Board and quests, back when there was only ARR, to help my FC purchase the mansion at the top of the hill by the waterfalls in Lavendar Beds.

[Doc_Seraph]

Kupo the reality is if people want something enough they will go to extremes to achieve the dopamine <3 kupo

[Skiros]

LMAO LOST ARK IS BANNING MORE BOTS THAN FF14 EVER DID IN AN ENTIRE YEAR

https://forums.playlostark.com/t/inc...ot-bans/233996

[Poporito_Popoto]

You're not even trying anymore.

Sad.

[Vahlnir]

You're not even trying anymore.

Sad.

They never were to begin with. Once upon a time, trolling was considered an art form by some. They don't make 'em like they used to.

[Raoabolic]

LMAO LOST ARK IS BANNING MORE BOTS THAN FF14 EVER DID IN AN ENTIRE YEAR

https://forums.playlostark.com/t/inc...ot-bans/233996

Because they don't have a solid fanbase. Need to show off for potential customers, build up the cash shop, establish the whales, and then coast until the server shutdown! The fun thing about f2p games is that the cycle is faster! Enjoy your new game!

[Larirawiel]

LMAO LOST ARK IS BANNING MORE BOTS THAN FF14 EVER DID IN AN ENTIRE YEAR

https://forums.playlostark.com/t/inc...ot-bans/233996

I would laugh when they have more bots than real players as "customers".



Cheers