Legitimate bots going unbanned after reporting

[Padudu]

As if they're getting banned in the first place :P

Yup, the bot problem is just going to get worse and worse and SE will just sit on their heels. Incredibly discouraging to even report the bots in the first place knowing that nothing is going to get done about it. They actively farm bunnies in Eureka and mats in Diadem but you can't report them unless you "catch them in the act". Which I'm sorry but I'm not going to watch bots all day until their script starts acting funky..

[Nekokaori]

i find it funny how real bots don't get banned, but if you say outloud in shout as a joke I will pay for some yaoi action infront of me with cookies u get taken to gm jail for rmt when you obviousely was JOKING lol...

I'm sorry buts its so laughable how they dont take real proplems as an issue but will go after little jokes and some innocent fun lol

[Saimeren]

i find it funny how real bots don't get banned, but if you say outloud in shout as a joke I will pay for some yaoi action infront of me with cookies u get taken to gm jail for rmt when you obviousely was JOKING lol...

I'm sorry buts its so laughable how they dont take real proplems as an issue but will go after little jokes and some innocent fun lol

The bots are good paying customers who are paying for multiple subs and expansions. Why would they get banned? Blizzard... I mean Square are only after your money after all. Bottom line is they're a business first. If they're getting money, they're happy. They don't care about you.

[Liam_Harper]

I'm starting to wonder if they just let the bots do their thing because it provides Timmy McCasual with cheap endgame items on the marketboard with the gil he probably bought from that same RMT bot.

Casuals are happy, bots pay them sub money and as for the rest of the player base ...well FF14 isn't really made for us in the first place.

[Lecru]

Now, when you say "you guys"; do you mean us the players? Because we can't do anything about it.

The forums are literally only a place for players to chat with other players without having to use a third party site like Reddit. They're not, and never have been a direct line to the developers.

Coming here asking for Devs to make any kind of change is just screaming into the void. All you're doing at this point is venting to other players. So stop pretending that you're talking to the Dev team.



I agree.

Yes yes because the devs NEVER check the forusm. All of them saying 'We read the forums" are just lying

GO outside. Touch grass. If posts like this annoy you when you get back, scroll past them. Thanks

[Moonlite]

What are "legitimate bots"? Am I missing something? What bots are possibly legitimate? Why would you ban something that is legitimate? I didn't think that any automated bots were allowed.

Could mean the players who pay and don't steal CC or are RMT sellers. So reg player like you or me except a cheater. And I have never seen any of them banned. The peorts used to say how many players they punished for that behaviour and it was less then 1 per data centre. That's why it is pointless to report.

[Shibi]

Yes yes because the devs NEVER check the forusm. All of them saying 'We read the forums" are just lying

They do, the Japanese ones.

Posting on this side achieves nothing as it goes completely unread. Posting on the Japanese side is noticed and dealt with - the Sage job icon, and the complaints about moves in servers 30 days before Ishgard (amongst many) are proof there.

Luckily the Hroth ears and OS X 12.3 are over there, so they will be noticed. But here... we pee into the wind.

[ICountFrom0]

Yes yes because the devs NEVER check the forusm. All of them saying 'We read the forums" are just lying

They don't read the ENGLISH forums.

They "read the forum" by reading the top page of the JP forum.

If you want to actually be heard, translate to japanese, post there with a free acount made in japan (otherwise you get banned from the forum).

[Voidedge_Ragna]

4-5 ppl get temp banned a week for botting, this in their report and they have been doing it for years. The only way a bot is yeeted, if they talk about them. SE does not care and will never care about bots. If you insult someone it can be tracked, but bots? they have no idea what to do with that. This has been a thing since the release of SB and yes i wish it was not but ... yea.

And yes the english forums are moderated if you report someone, noone will however read what you write if its not reported. The only exception is when they have a "enter your question here" threat for a live letter and even then they state they only take the most liked ones ... big F

[Serious-Cat]

When are you guys going to honestly start banning legitimate bots that have been reported by multiple people? You have this entire "Special team" that looks into these things, yet week after week they are left to just do as they please. There is a bot on Excalibur that has been untouched in every round of your supposed efforts to stop RMT and third party usage. I wont' say the name. but if you check material purchases, they buy mats by the literal THOUSANDS (of stacks). How do I know they are botting? They retire to an INN room, not a house, not an FC house, etc. They have NO 90 battle crafts. Highest they have is 84 to unlock first few zones. yet they have all 90 Crafters and Gatherers. And do nothing day in and day out but sit in that Inn room and craft. I've taken naps to monitor whether or not they actually get off and they are on 24/7 in that inn room. Only coming out to use the market then go right back in. And y'know what? If they aren't botting, then they are account sharing. Which is also a no no. But my money is on third party botting. HOW is this not being taken care of by the special team? This is like the third person i've piled evidence on as to not falsely report and seen them week after week after week. These are the same types of people who then post 99 items for 1-2k under market price btw.

This needs to stop.

Wait I'm curious how do you know they are bots? I saw a fun video on types of ff14 players and realize there are players that just do crafting all day. I heard from my bro some people have alts that just do crafting since its possible to macro crafting. Like just pressing a button every minute or so .