I am of the opinion that botting and automation plugins have gone too far and become too widespread. They are far too accessible and safe. It's no longer just largely RMT companies running bots and hasn't been for quite some time.
It is no secret that plugins exist to enable automation of all facets of the game. We have people who bot crafting, gathering, combat, triple triad and other MGP related activities, fates, field ops, dungeons, PVP and anything else that requires even a tiny amount of effort or time.
Objectively speaking, this is a form of cheating and it is very harmful to the game and ripples throughout the entire game impacting a vast portion of the player base, destroying the economy, ruining the enjoyment of instanced content.
I am aware that if SE were to do anything about it, they would likely need to take a heavy handed approach and probably strike down and hunt much of if not all mod and plugin functionality.
It's disappointing that so many members of the community have accepted and in fact utilize these tools that in almost any other MMO would be reviled and shunned.
Is there anything that can realistically be done about this issue at this point?
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It is no secret that plugins exist to enable automation of all facets of the game. We have people who bot crafting, gathering, combat, triple triad and other MGP related activities, fates, field ops, dungeons, PVP and anything else that requires even a tiny amount of effort or time.
Objectively speaking, this is a form of cheating and it is very harmful to the game and ripples throughout the entire game impacting a vast portion of the player base, destroying the economy, ruining the enjoyment of instanced content.
I am aware that if SE were to do anything about it, they would likely need to take a heavy handed approach and probably strike down and hunt much of if not all mod and plugin functionality.
It's disappointing that so many members of the community have accepted and in fact utilize these tools that in almost any other MMO would be reviled and shunned.
Is there anything that can realistically be done about this issue at this point?
Continue reading...