SE, if you're gonna let people cheat, say so. That way I can cheat too!

[Kelg]

Yes, what you say comes off as giving a reason to why people bot, and I say people will bot no matter how "fun" it is.

[Marley]

lol... so, your solution to a boring task is to not do that task? yeah, that is good for SE's wallet! dont make the task not boring, no, just tell players to NOT play at all and not give SE any money!!!

silly person, fix the cause, not the symptom if you want the game to get well!

yep that's my solution. I don't find it boring personally, so I will keep mining, harvesting, crafting away when I feel like it. Just because you think some people find it so boring they want to become cheaters doesn't mean the rest of us think like that.
If I by chance were to find it boring one day, I am clever enough to realize I am free to turn off my pc and come back later when I'm not feeling so bored. You are free to find that as silly as you like I could care less. I find it infinitely sillier that anyone would try to justify cheating.

[rabbitzero]

The game appears to be GM-free, just let us know so we can all be on the same page as the cheaters.

I don't get why people think this, as thousands have been banned already. I can't find the link, but it showed how many players got banned a month from FFXI, and it sometimes got in the tens of thousands a month. They also said it wasn't instant, for obvious reasons of false reports, etc, but if FFXIV has anything in common with XI, it's probably going to be this. Square isn't afraid of the ban-hammer.

Blizzard devs posted a while back (again, don't have link handy) where they talked about how toxic even one person botting is, and how it affects way more players than just the botter, so they are quite aggressive with them. The problem is, even with how many people Blizz has, there are even more botters coming up with new ways to do it. Just be happy nodes aren't free for all, and every one gets their own, plus these bots are so easy to spot and report.

[Crica]

Yes, what you say comes off as giving a reason to why people bot, and I say people will bot no matter how "fun" it is.

then you are botting, i take it?

[rabbitzero]

the majority of players whom bot a task do so because they find the task BORING

I find raiding in general boring, can i bot there then?

[Savagelf]

the cheater are going cheater and get banned.

keep report people for cheating do give into it

[Kelg]

then you are botting, i take it?

WHAT!? lol. Now I'm wondering if you even read even what you post.

[Crica]

yep that's my solution. I don't find it boring personally, so I will keep mining, harvesting, crafting away when I feel like it. Just because you think some people find it so boring they want to become cheaters doesn't mean the rest of us think like that.
If I by chance were to find it boring one day, I am clever enough to realize I am free to turn off my pc and come back later when I'm not feeling so bored. You are free to find that as silly as you like I could care less. I find it infinitely sillier that anyone would try to justify cheating.

i find it infinitely sillier to try blow your nose to get well instead of take your medicine to get well!

when something is causing you to be sick, you get better by treating the CAUSE, not the JUST THE SYMPTOMS...

[Steeled]

To be frank, they permitted cheating in XI for years. OP makes a valid point.

[Crica]

WHAT!? lol. Now I'm wondering if you even read even what you post.

i even read what you post - you said players bot even when its fun NOT to bot, you said you find the game fun, so are you botting?