Nothing being done about Gathering Bots (PROOF)

[Ergumenus]

Almost every online game handles bot bans in "waves" as in they will wait for reports to pile up and ban them all at once. For some reason they like to allow the botters to acquire enough real-life currency by selling their in-game earnings to gold sellers so they can re-purchase the game (or several copies of the game) after they are banned and continue botting.

This creates a cycle of sorts that is mutually beneficial for the botters and the company. (Botters make profit and purchase more copies of the game so the company makes a profit too and is able to fluff sales numbers to show their share-holders)

Everyone wins except for us, the people who don't bot.

Some people believe the purpose of the "wave" bans is to be unpredictable, making it easier to ban them along with their currency. The thing with this is that they are almost always predictable and most experienced botters are easily capable of selling off their earnings or spreading it over multiple accounts to avoid this. I recall seeing a story a while back on MMO botters. Some of them have actually done quite well for themselves and have some extreme setups. Of course, I've probably just got my tin foil hat on too tight.