Granted, there are some people who do play by the rules but by and large, anytime there's something with a hint of scarcity or rarity to claim, out come the bots/exploiters to set and forget their way to the top.
Why not divide such things into ranking tiers? Like with this Ishgard stuff - if you get X amount of points or higher, you get Y reward. Doesn't matter if it's 1 million points or 12 million (botters gonna bot, I guess) but at least it gives people something to work toward, and yes, they still have to put in the work.
This would discourage the botters while also encouraging the people who want to give it a shot and can work toward it on their own time and still within the deadline you've set.
The top 12/100/whatever arbitrary number could still have their name and such on a ranking website like they do now. But that's not really what people do it for - they want the in-game stuff. Feasters do it anyway. Once they get 2000+ points/hit diamond, they stop playing anyway so it's happening already, in a sense. Might as well roll it out for every ranking system in game, if only to increase player participation and discourage cheaters.
Just a thought.
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Why not divide such things into ranking tiers? Like with this Ishgard stuff - if you get X amount of points or higher, you get Y reward. Doesn't matter if it's 1 million points or 12 million (botters gonna bot, I guess) but at least it gives people something to work toward, and yes, they still have to put in the work.
This would discourage the botters while also encouraging the people who want to give it a shot and can work toward it on their own time and still within the deadline you've set.
The top 12/100/whatever arbitrary number could still have their name and such on a ranking website like they do now. But that's not really what people do it for - they want the in-game stuff. Feasters do it anyway. Once they get 2000+ points/hit diamond, they stop playing anyway so it's happening already, in a sense. Might as well roll it out for every ranking system in game, if only to increase player participation and discourage cheaters.
Just a thought.
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