Eureka Bots are generating 280m gil a day with platinum pieces

[kite384]

Eureka Bots popped up on Primal, Aether and Crystal EVERY ingame eorzea NIGHT
Farming moist box using logos they don't die
You get about 50 platinum pieces per player per in-game night in those farms
thats about 400 platinum pieces per night window = 4m gil

here the math
500k x 8= 4m per hour, 24 hours = 96m a day, they are farming this on all 3 data centers
at the same time [Primal] [Aether] and [Crystal] that's x3 280m per day

about 2B gil a week
this seems like a big deal


The Eureka Hydatos Bots stopped yesterday after a few hours and haven't come back since then

people should report the bots

discuss

[GTK0HLK]

Damn, guess after I rank up in pvp I gotta join a Eureka discord to make money for hopefully eventual, Moon Housing.

That said, I'll start reporting once I see them

[Neoyoshi]

Damn, guess after I rank up in pvp I gotta join a Eureka discord to make money for hopefully eventual, Moon Housing.

That said, I'll start reporting once I see them

Same, all my friends who actively play Eureka tell me it's one of the most reliable gil-makers in the game once you get far enough. I'm currently still in Pyros.

[Kes13a]

I'll be real here, I loathe the bots, but SE does nothing when reported to the correct STF people.

they refuse to go after the bots or the buyers, so why even waste the time?

[EnigmaticDodo]

I'll be real here, I loathe the bots, but SE does nothing when reported to the correct STF people.

they refuse to go after the bots or the buyers, so why even waste the time?

I think the only way to stop bots/sellers is litigation, no? but idk if you can do that easily, depending on where they live, etc.

I think buyers is an easy punish they should consider. Wont people just buy the game again if they lose access?

[Kes13a]

I think buyers is an easy punish they should consider. Wont people just buy the game again if they lose access?

considering ALL the data on gil movement is on the SE servers should be easy to track. companies running bots would rebuy the game yes. but a human with time investment who could lose that time if they buy gil and get banned? most would rather not take teh chance and not buy, and keep all their hard earned stuff. if less people buy, then less incentive for gil making bot parties.

the bots are a symptom, not the base problem. gil buyers are the real problem and thats what SE needs to address

[Avatre]

I'll be real here, I loathe the bots, but SE does nothing when reported to the correct STF people.

they refuse to go after the bots or the buyers, so why even waste the time?

I don't think it's that they do nothing, it's just that they are so severely understaffed that they can't keep up with 0.000000000001% of the bots that get created. They need to give GMs more ability to at least jail suspected bots until such a time as they can be dealt with/cleared, and hire a large number of people who can help the STF.

[ReynTime]

I don't think it's that they do nothing, it's just that they are so severely understaffed that they can't keep up with 0.000000000001% of the bots that get created. They need to give GMs more ability to at least jail suspected bots until such a time as they can be dealt with/cleared, and hire a large number of people who can help the STF.

This was proven false over and over for years. There are bots reported by at least a few players, gathering and/or speed hacking, FSH with bypassed animations that receive no action, even a few that you can recognizer the names for because its been THAT long. This STF literally takes no action against botters unless they literally confess. The useless ban waves you see being reported are nothing but chargebacks and chat spammers.

[Kes13a]

This was proven false over and over for years. There are bots reported by at least a few players, gathering and/or speed hacking, FSH with bypassed animations that receive no action, even a few that you can recognizer the names for because its been THAT long. This STF literally takes no action against botters unless they literally confess. The useless ban waves you see being reported are nothing but chargebacks and chat spammers.

exactly. their much vaunted weekly report on numbers banned never seem to touch the long term, much reported and reported IN DETAIL bots are still around. the chat spammers in major cities, who are likely all compromised accounts, re the numbers they ban, and for the bot runners, those are the throw away accounts anyway.

understaffed? incompetent? simply dont care? who knows, the the STF is a place reports go to die. if the Japanese servers have the same infestation levels then the STF is useless and needs a complete housecleaning. I hate advocating that people lose their jobs, but if the problem is at this level even there, then they are not doing the job they are advertised to be doing.

[Commander_Justitia]

They are doing this for months, Light/Chaos too, even in Pagos. SE would probably rather remove the platinum piece before making their GM's ban so many bots