Hi,
I play FFXIV for like somewhat more than a year now.
The amount of bots I encountered and the blatant way they abuse the engine really surprised me.
I hail from other games so I can't really find channels except the forums and the Support Desk where I could get and give feedback on this issue. I reported some bots but considering the amount and the frequent action taken this is certainly a very useless endeavour. It just looks like alibi-action taken on SE side.
There what seems to me easy tools you could use to counter bots.
For one you might add a report-bot rightclick in the in the UI that prioritizes the report depending on some "if". Like if the name-pattern fits the typical botnames prioritize it to customer support for investigation and instant banning.
There is another very powerful and effective way to fight against bots but due to the history of FFXIVs engine and connectivity issues this might be rather hard to implement.
I know of some games that check the positioning of the client vs. the positioning of the server of the player character including some variables that force a disconnect if the data deviates too heavily on certain parameters. Especially for players with a high latency this would pose an insane risk of disrupted gameplay but you can finetune that. At last you can ofc. check hardware ID as well as connection identifications parameters such as IP. This might post problems for multiboxers.. or at least provide them with more effort if you go enroute with requesting a confirmation once several clients are connected with the same IP or hardwareIDs.
I wonder why not at least the report function is something that is implemented. Is there a specific reason for that?
If I went to the wrong forum or "address" with this please if you would be so kind to point me in the right direction where I would be able to provide this feedback.
Thank you very much for your reply in advance.
Daniel
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I play FFXIV for like somewhat more than a year now.
The amount of bots I encountered and the blatant way they abuse the engine really surprised me.
I hail from other games so I can't really find channels except the forums and the Support Desk where I could get and give feedback on this issue. I reported some bots but considering the amount and the frequent action taken this is certainly a very useless endeavour. It just looks like alibi-action taken on SE side.
There what seems to me easy tools you could use to counter bots.
For one you might add a report-bot rightclick in the in the UI that prioritizes the report depending on some "if". Like if the name-pattern fits the typical botnames prioritize it to customer support for investigation and instant banning.
There is another very powerful and effective way to fight against bots but due to the history of FFXIVs engine and connectivity issues this might be rather hard to implement.
I know of some games that check the positioning of the client vs. the positioning of the server of the player character including some variables that force a disconnect if the data deviates too heavily on certain parameters. Especially for players with a high latency this would pose an insane risk of disrupted gameplay but you can finetune that. At last you can ofc. check hardware ID as well as connection identifications parameters such as IP. This might post problems for multiboxers.. or at least provide them with more effort if you go enroute with requesting a confirmation once several clients are connected with the same IP or hardwareIDs.
I wonder why not at least the report function is something that is implemented. Is there a specific reason for that?
If I went to the wrong forum or "address" with this please if you would be so kind to point me in the right direction where I would be able to provide this feedback.
Thank you very much for your reply in advance.
Daniel
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