The bot i found that SE wont do anything about

[DarkRain]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAHde0wPI1I

Sorry for the camro shake and backround noise. Reported this bot 2 weeks ago to the STF and nothing has ben done about it. Also called a GM. Watch just how far she can hit the mob. I was on Archer and couldent hit that far. Hopefully posting here people will see it. On our server Seronia Most bots or possibal RMTs all have the name Sar first or last. Scr Kingking and Scr angel park 12 Chrs at Horizon pop leves then thay ( rank 42) run out and kill the mobs. Wile the other 10 are all level 13 and parked at the crystal. Now hopefully the Mods might see this and pass the info along. Or maybe not. Maybe if you have a bot recoreded you can post it up here also if the bot hasent ben removed.

Lets try to keep are game clean from RMTs and cheating bastards

UPDATE*

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrBIVXBFsMc (part 1)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AT836-mxvrA (part 2)


These 2 vids are of Sar Kingking doing i dont really know what but i say its cheating the game. And it is Multi-Boxing. Now im not sure how it is on your server but this is how it is here. So Again i ask what will SE do about it. I accualy reported Sar Kingking everyday for allmost a month and as you can see as of this Morning there he is.

UPDATE**

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ao6vbCqwIQ

(sooo look who i found again) Sorry the vid i made was fast so its sideways because i had to be fast. A LS member ( Minato Aristo) Was like dark i found the bot that was in Nanawa and i was like really where hes like in the market wards. So i warped there and he wasent there so i said to myself ok if i were a bot/rmt where would i go......THE CRYSTAL WARDS so i pop in and look whos there WITH HIS RETAINERS. He sees me and was very quick to run away. So again SE hasent done crap about the Bot . If i can gather all the info like i am why cant SE. i mean really?!

Adding SEs terms of Service section about RMT and botting

2. LICENSE LIMITATIONS
The Game is a carefully controlled environment designed to provide the maximum level of enjoyment for all players. In order to preserve an enjoyable experience for all users, and to protect the intellectual property rights of SQUARE ENIX, the activities identified in this Section 2 (“License Limitations”) are strictly prohibited and violate the conditions or limitations on your license to use the Game. Therefore, any use of the Game in violation of such restrictions exceeds the scope of the License granted to you and constitutes infringement of your license, and is grounds for immediate revocation of your license. Use of the Game in excess of these provisions, or use at all after your license is revoked (including loading the Game into your computer’s RAM), infringes SQUARE ENIX’s copyrights to the Game.


Violating these License Limitations may result in the suspension or permanent banning of your account, or such other lesser measures described in Section 3 which SQUARE ENIX may take in its sole discretion, or an action for copyright infringement or other legal claims, all of which are reserved. You agree that offering or providing banned services to other players of the Game constitutes improper interference with SQUARE ENIX’s contracts with such players, and SQUARE ENIX reserves the right to take formal legal action against you if you do so, without warning.

SQUARE ENIX may update the list of License Limitations at na.finalfantasyxiv.com/support at any time. The current License Limitations are as follows:

2.1 Cheating and Botting. You may not create or use any cheats, bots, automation software, hacks, mods or any other unauthorized software designed to modify the Game and gameplay. In addition, you may not take advantage of game system bugs and exploits during gameplay.

*adding a NOTE ( see video 1 and video 2 for the above statement)


2.2 Real Money Trading, Farming and Power-Leveling. You may not sell, purchase or exchange for real-world money or value any in-game currency, accounts, characters, in-game services, or in-game virtual items. You may not play the Game for the purpose of acquiring virtual items or advancement in game play on behalf of a third-party or for the purpose of selling any virtual assets to a third party for real-world money, specifically including “gold-farming” and power-leveling services.

*adding a NOTE ( see video 2 and 3 )

[JayvirDeforte]

Too bad RMT is pointless in a game this dead. Let them struggle in futility. The STF takes some time to work. They need sufficient time to investigate the matter although its pretty obvious who bots are. On Besaid they are named "Bes _______" and it is a common naming pattern.

Besides, its better to let a guilty man go free than let an innocent man go to prison or so they say. All it takes is one normal player farming the mobs for drops to get banned and have an issue start from it

[viion]

Oh noes? this is so tragic! ..........

[Peregrine]

Lol nice job. GMs are barebones and the special task force is clearly inadequate for this task. They just don't seem to have the energy for dealing with this kind of thing any more. If the game DOES become a hot commodity and success, RMT will have a field day here. Powerlevelling services. Massive botting. The RMT countermeasures hit full stop in November.

GMs need to get their asses to the locations and look for themselves. If their software isn't telling them there's any suspicions, their software is impotent.

There you are, right there. That wasn't latency. That wasn't your usual OMG they just climbed a wall that we all know isn't botting. GM checked and saw no problems? That's a problem.

I'm with OP all the way and give my full support. Kick it up to higher authorities.

[Peregrine]

It's really sad and telling that this thread has 114 views and sparse replies while something about chocobos, the fifth one in a week, gets 50 immediate "this is how it should be" posts and 2000 views. There's really not a whole lot of players critically thinking about the upper tier importances in the game. A lot of drones, not a lot of queens. Everyone just wants their brand of chocobo to be listened to.

Botting in XIV is a bigger issue than any of these hundred post threads combined. They're driving the overproduction that is DEFINING how generic the game is. The botters are hoarding gil amounts that will completely destroy the economy the second something actually valuable comes out.

The solution cannot be to never release anything valuable, which is the only thing that's saved the game thus far from them.

The botters know the code better than the developers do, if the GM investigated that case and their response was "no action required."

[viion]

It's really sad and telling that this thread has 114 views and sparse replies while something about chocobos, the fifth one in a week, gets 50 immediate "this is how it should be" posts and 2000 views. There's really not a whole lot of players critically thinking about the upper tier importances in the game. A lot of drones, not a lot of queens. Everyone just wants their brand of chocobo to be listened to.

Botting in XIV is a bigger issue than any of these hundred post threads combined. They're driving the overproduction that is DEFINING how generic the game is. The botters are hoarding gil amounts that will completely destroy the economy the second something actually valuable comes out.

The solution cannot be to never release anything valuable, which is the only thing that's saved the game thus far from them.

The botters know the code better than the developers do, if the GM investigated that case and their response was "no action required."

1. There is no economy, theres no reason to buy anything other than a 40+ set.

2. They dont affect you in anyway at all, infact they reduce price vastly on everything due to the new market windows. If it wasnt for bots Shards be still 250-300 lol.

3. You can earn just as much gil as bots do from level 1, then stock up on that gil as its useless.

4. Wtf is "the botters know the code better than devs", you even know how a bot works? i dont even understand what you're trying to say here lol.

Most bots aint even RMT they're buddy key players who doing it for personal gain.

[Kallera]

1. There is no economy, theres no reason to buy anything other than a 40+ set.

2. They dont affect you in anyway at all, infact they reduce price vastly on everything due to the new market windows. If it wasnt for bots Shards be still 250-300 lol.

3. You can earn just as much gil as bots do from level 1, then stock up on that gil as its useless.

4. Wtf is "the botters know the code better than devs", you even know how a bot works? i dont even understand what you're trying to say here lol.

Most bots aint even RMT they're buddy key players who doing it for personal gain.

Are you trying to defend this practice? I think no matter how lousy a game is, cheating is cheating. They clicked on the same user agreement we all did. Those lower costs on shards are going to stay with shards, most of my time ingame is devoted to crafting and supplying for the market, we are just as important to this game's community.

[viion]

Are you trying to defend this practice? I think no matter how lousy a game is, cheating is cheating. They clicked on the same user agreement we all did. Those lower costs on shards are going to stay with shards, most of my time ingame is devoted to crafting and supplying for the market, we are just as important to this game's community.

I'm not defending it, I'm just not a jealous type of person who has to give a crap what other people do. They can bot all they want, i could care less because it doesn't affect me. Dont get what you ment by the whole shard thing.

Just remember the next time you go buy shards, you are most likely feeding a botted crafter lol. And if suddenly shards went to 250-300 people be like WTF!!!! So I'm benefiting from people botting as I get cheap shardz.

[Shikaree]

I haven't noticed any multi botters around, but on Lindblum I've become suspicious of a couple of Lalafells in Limsa that sit around and craft all day. They don't seem to be botting in particular, unless they have specifics on their program running. They'll spam Hasty Hands for shards, if that fails then they normally try to finish their synth. Checking them, level 21 alchemists with all and only starting gear equipped. Lodestone pages show them with no physical level points distributed.

[Hikozaemon]

on Selbina server there is the same type of bot in mines and about 40 toons all in lvl 1 gear at the horizon camp spamming leves all w/ the same Sir name Sel. Has been reported rumerous times and they fail to do a damn thing about it. Frickin F2P games have better dealings w/ RMT than SE.