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I doubt I will respond to people who have been away for a few days in any negative way, unless they admit to having been suspended, maybe. If someone learns from the suspension and doesn't go wrong again, I will be happy about that.

ONe thing i noticed when they were talking about stats, they made it sound like there are less GS in game then there was a year ago, or something to that effect.

But that is so false, GS probalby 10 times more prevelant now then a year ago.

maybe its just less people controlling, i know usually theres only one actual player per 6 characters now.

Just wait and see.... as the release said itself, SE needs to be fair too. I think on Cerberus -- there may be like 100-200 people (like 10%) online at any moment that can be suspected to be GS or GS in training.

The fact those guys need to keep leveling up new characters show SE did in fact banned them before, so they need new troops to fill in.

I think the GSs now actually quite smart -- they do not use bots and cheats, but they amass an intimiating number to scare competitors away or use the numbers to their favor for claim.

Edited, Nov 6th 2006 at 8:10am PST by scchan

yes RMT do merit and if you look at them in sky on garuda you will even notice their gear is pretty good (not uber just good, sh+1 af2 ect ect)

I see an trent where indeed those rmt refrain from using bot's cheats ect ect
the mere fact that they are there for like 24/7 365 is enough..

People that buy gil should realise that rmt like to spent their time most profitable that means endgame, so buy gil now have your endgame wasted later..

I am all for suspentions off gilbuyers take them out a while, 2nd offense mark them as gilbuyers for all to see for a month or so, 3th it's delete

I've read the stories off people using hacks exploits bots they played for years to see it deleted sooner or later SE will catch you, is it really worth loosing your online friends and invested time to have some things go easier/quicker then it's supposed to be?

lol3th

Welcome to the land "Get your f**king gear and quit" (that is actually a paraphrase I read on another forum when some posters are backing another player for speed hacking) type of players.

Yes, there are people who will admit and back actions that is against the rules openly.

Just detect AutoHotKey, and Windower's built-in script feature, and you take out a number of forms of automated gameplay. AHK has been detectable for years, but SE still can't seem to find it, even though the low-risk, high-gain farming bots have been using it for the same amount of time.

If you want to help do:
1) Report to GMs names of fishers you see there for hours on end never leaving, you 'suspect' botting.
2) Check your AH for Lu Shangs Rod sales. I reported someone for selling 4 rods in hte past 10 transactions. Chances are that he was sent fish by mules in sandy/windy/bastok. GM at least said thanks and he'll look into it (dunno how much will be done though but I can hope)

That is precisely how they should look. Bonus points if they're all bigger than Galka, I hope they scare the heck out of anyone who sees them.

And if they had weapons with the literal "ban" proc I'd bow down and worship them for sheer awesome.

(And if one is named Dave, twice as much)

Behold the "Special Task Force"...

http://www.ff12-europe.com/Images/Archadian_Judges.jpg

Now in the world of Final Fantasy 11, fighting RMT and Third Party Tool users one Notorious Monster and Dungeon at a time.

They WILL judge you... :P

[Picture of Judges from Final Fantasy XII]

You are thinking black and white.

I would bet, if they got rid of every "cheater" they would lose 50% of their player base.

First if you think they would do that, you are very very dumb. about 200k people at 12.95 a month, thats about 31 million dollars they could possible lose.

Now, add to that, the destruction of alot of hnmls, bet on alot of those people quitting, even the innocent once because alot of their friends are gone.

Now take in account how hard it is to find members to party with at low lvls with the right type of jobs "see is ffxi dying thread" Now more people quit, and no new players that last because of how hard it is to get anywhere because of lack of players.

Now, SE is at a point, do they keep it going with only say 200k users, if that, or do they fold it up and put resources somewhere else.

If anyone thinks is a good thing to just out and ban every cheater, you need to take a course in buisness or economics. It aint going to happen, ever. Becuase SE isnt going to do the "morale" thing and lose possible 10's of millions of dollars.

the game is beyond repair imo, if they are too harsh it can destroy the game, if they arent harsh it could destroy the game.

they came to the plate way to late in this game to step up, 4 years before they put a special task force together? wth, should have been done in first 2 years.

Cheating in an online game isn't a FFXI only thing. About breaking up HNMLS... I think only the "top ones" will only be affected, and it is probably only limited to like 2-3 LSs per server anyway. People who quit over because their botting friend quited are in no better ground than botters themselves.

I can see a "quit-fest" if SE did break up botting LSs, but I think FFXI will survive that unless SE really overdid it (like start banning windower users, which they have never done). The tight upheld of fair play is also good public relation, it will give good publicity to SE.

Edited, Nov 6th 2006 at 10:18am PST by scchan