Quote Originally Posted by Jojoya View Post
Yes, bots are a problem. They do get purged on an almost daily basis - and those creating them just make more. Easy enough to set up the free trial accounts then upgrade them to paid status using fictitious/stolen payment information once they near the 300k cap for free trial accounts.

But a minute queue time to wait to get into the game isn't going to kill you. You can always get up and get a drink or something during that minute.

I guess I was lucky. I was 68th in queue trying to log onto my Maduin alt tonight. I only had to wait 30 seconds.
There is way more to it than that. Bot-controlled cap-level players with familiar names from since Shadowbringers can still be found around. They're barely banning MSQ and chat-spam bots and leaving at that. It's also incredibly naive to think every bot account uses fraudulent payment information. They make a lot more money back than it costs them to have accounts subbed.