SE really needs to get on the ball regarding gold sellers, bots, and hackers

[Jocko]

For a game I'm paying monthly to play, the sheer amount of all the above is simply unacceptable. I can't walk in town without being completely flooded with gold selling advertisements, I receive tells roughly every three minutes from them as well, and teleporting bots have stolen three of my usual camping spots.

The fact it's been going on as long as it has leaves me worried, and reporting offenders has done absolutely nothing.

[Airget]

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...57#post1276857

Community rep talks about it here and

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...33498e43afd6f4

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...095a614312461a

These two post indicate the work they are doing to eliminate the RMT threat.

[BlazeChronic]

teleporting bots have stolen three of my usual camping spots.

I agree with the other two statements, however I'm confused by this... Do you mean spots where you farm certain mobs for drops? I don't see how a bot could teleport between spawns and claim faster than a human. That would be impossible to script.

I assume they mean Mining... I've seen video of Mining bots teleporting between locations....

But I don't understand how this affects you directly... it's not like FFXI where the mining points are only able to be claimed by 1 person... in FFXIV:ARR you get your own mining points.

That's exactly what I am saying. Nodes are personal nodes, so his spots can never be "stolen". I don't understand what he is trying to say.

[Hairspray]

I agree with the other two statements, however I'm confused by this... Do you mean spots where you farm certain mobs for drops? I don't see how a bot could teleport between spawns and claim faster than a human. That would be impossible to script.

I assume they mean Mining... I've seen video of Mining bots teleporting between locations....

But I don't understand how this affects you directly... it's not like FFXI where the mining points are only able to be claimed by 1 person... in FFXIV:ARR you get your own mining points.