Bot problem getting worse on Dynamis

[Luluya]

This morning there was a 90+ queue to get into Marilith, which would usually indicate the DC crashing or something similiar but upon asking around as well as seeing the usual legitimate players playtime undisrupted it was clear something else was up.

I then looked into novice network and there were more bots than legitimate players on the sprout side of novice network, and I'm sure you can imagine based off that what the player search for sprouts/archers/bards looked like.

Another example was just a few days ago when I saw a constant stream of countless (yes, I couldn't count them as there were many stacked on top of each other too) bots going 'through' the Central Shroud area 'Naked Rock'. Through as in, they were literally going through the ground and the rock like some kind of incorporeal phantom.

[Stormpeaks]

There's about 150 to 200 bots in New gridania alone on any dynamis world at any time of day, all of them under the floor and flying around all over the place, it's a complete joke really, you can see them when you search players in New gridania.

Maybe SE should stop posting their fake ban reports every 2 weeks and actually start doing real bans for the millions flying lalas that are there every day.

[Bacent]

There's about 150 to 200 bots in New gridania alone on any dynamis world at any time of day, all of them under the floor and flying around all over the place, it's a complete joke really, you can see them when you search players in New gridania.

Maybe SE should stop posting their fake ban reports every 2 weeks and actually start doing real bans for the millions flying lalas that are there every day.

You assume they're fake reports. That could get them in big trouble.

They're legitimate reports, just in the time they ban X amount of accounts, X+Y more accounts have been made.

They basically make lists of them all and then do a huge ban wave all at once in an attempt to be more 'efficient' in banning them, but honestly I'd like it if they had some GMs logged in in popular out of bounds areas that bots go in and for them to start banning them that way too.

[Jojoya]

You assume they're fake reports. That could get them in big trouble.

They're legitimate reports, just in the time they ban X amount of accounts, X+Y more accounts have been made.

They basically make lists of them all and then do a huge ban wave all at once in an attempt to be more 'efficient' in banning them, but honestly I'd like it if they had some GMs logged in in popular out of bounds areas that bots go in and for them to start banning them that way too.

Yet as you point out, new bot accounts are constantly set up to replace the ones banned.

That would only waste GM time that could be used to work on tickets submitted by players who need assistance.

Personally I liked the death traps they were using in Shadowbringers. It was fun listening to the lala death "wah"s as I passed by the locations with traps. But then if SE brought them back, we'd probably return to the days of flying bot trains.

[Reap00]

There's about 150 to 200 bots in New gridania alone on any dynamis world at any time of day, all of them under the floor and flying around all over the place, it's a complete joke really, you can see them when you search players in New gridania.

Maybe SE should stop posting their fake ban reports every 2 weeks and actually start doing real bans for the millions flying lalas that are there every day.

I guess you still can't grasp that it is a business. These people make money with bots. They make a lot of cash due to people buying gil. This will always exist. SE can ban them every single day and they will create more as the demand for gil is so high. You don't have to like it but you should expect it and ignore it. Regardless of the # of reports on the forum this will never change.

[Stormpeaks]

I guess you still can't grasp that it is a business. These people make money with bots. They make a lot of cash due to people buying gil. This will always exist. SE can ban them every single day and they will create more as the demand for gil is so high. You don't have to like it but you should expect it and ignore it. Regardless of the # of reports on the forum this will never change.

There is a difference between at least trying to ban them and just letting them go rampant all day every day without banning a single one of them.

[MAJRIS]

If I was developer with botting problem I would offer them NDA deal and wanted a cut from their activities.

- no need to pay gm's (saves money)
- cut from rmt (generates money)

Some Blizzard 7D chess right there.

[Kes13a]

I guess you still can't grasp that it is a business. These people make money with bots. They make a lot of cash due to people buying gil. This will always exist. SE can ban them every single day and they will create more as the demand for gil is so high. You don't have to like it but you should expect it and ignore it. Regardless of the # of reports on the forum this will never change.

thats why you action the buyers. if less people are buying, suddenly its not so lucrative to replace banned accounts. actual players are who are causing this, so ban the players. the bot issue at that point would take care of itself. it is a business, we all realize that, how do you cause a business to fail? remove its income, plain and simple.

[Kaliesto]

There's about 150 to 200 bots in New gridania alone on any dynamis world at any time of day, all of them under the floor and flying around all over the place, it's a complete joke really, you can see them when you search players in New gridania.

Maybe SE should stop posting their fake ban reports every 2 weeks and actually start doing real bans for the millions flying lalas that are there every day.

Flying Lalas gave me a funny picture in my mind lmao.

[NekoMataMata]

Flying Lalas gave me a funny picture in my mind lmao.

Enjoy. Was finishing up my ARR sight seeing log(finally) and saw a whole train of them walk straight into the building.