Bot report response time is hilarious

[Yuzum_Noya]

The time it needs for Square Enix to respond to rampant high-level bot reports is mental and I cannot understand why there's not some kind of Interaction with GMs that can just yeet those people out of the instance and question/ban them.

There are still bots running that I've seen from the 5.1 SHB patches, farming 24/7 Aethersands on Sinus Lacrimarum and Labyrinthos just like back then in SHB in Rak'tika.

Why?
What is so hard in banning seriously obvious bot behavior?

[Kes13a]

SE needs to stop worrying about the bots and just start banning the root cause.

people buying gil. without that incentive, there would be little desire for the groups that run the bots to make gil by various means.

SE needs to stop treating the symptom of the problem, and give the buyers a serious vacation, then a ban.

[Darthgummibear]

SE needs to stop worrying about the bots and just start banning the root cause.

people buying gil. without that incentive, there would be little desire for the groups that run the bots to make gil by various means.

SE needs to stop treating the symptom of the problem, and give the buyers a serious vacation, then a ban.

And how do you propose to address that issue without nuking a bunch of innocent players in the process?

[Kes13a]

And how do you propose to address that issue without nuking a bunch of innocent players in the process?

I was thinking just pick people at random.. how else?

you honestly think SE has no way to track gil buildups on their OWN SERVERS? and then track that gil to where it goes? do I think they would hire people to do it? of course not, but it is the only way to do it. get rid of the supply of real money to these groups and suddenly, running bot rings isnt so attractive. the people buying are the problem, start actioning them.. and the overall bot issues lessen

[Darthgummibear]

I was thinking just pick people at random.. how else?

you honestly think SE has no way to track gil buildups on their OWN SERVERS? and then track that gil to where it goes? do I think they would hire people to do it? of course not, but it is the only way to do it. get rid of the supply of real money to these groups and suddenly, running bot rings isnt so attractive. the people buying are the problem, start actioning them.. and the overall bot issues lessen

And what criteria would they use that wouldn't penalize legitimate players?

[Kes13a]

And what criteria would they use that wouldn't penalize legitimate players?

back in the olden days, companies did that all the time. its possible to do.

legitimate players would have legitimate and traceable reasons for moving large sums of money. most buyers AND seller will not. or are you defending buying gil?

[Fawkes]

[Raoabolic]

I take it that the one on the right is the content creators? lmao

[dapperfaffer]

aren't you supposed to report bots to the task force and not wit the general report feature?

https://support.na.square-enix.com/c...382&la=1&fty=2

[Yuzum_Noya]

Yes, i've done that multiple times, but as I said in the headpost, i still see those players running around almost every day farming Aethersand and limited Nodes on the second