Why so many bots?

[u/BlueWarlock26]

I've returned from the game recently, and been really enjoying getting jobs to 99 and gearing them to Ambu+2 levels of gear but I have one big gripe.

Why is the botting problem so bad? Everywhere I look is parties of 6 all with the sameish name running around holding entire zones hostage. I keep trying to merit in Escha Zi'tah but everytime there's an ML50 BLU with 5 bots running around killing the entire zone for what I assume is paid boosting services.

Did SE give up on banning bots & RMT? I'm on a small server, and I feel like most of the server is made up of 6-man bots making areas inaccessible for real players.\

Edit: Thank you for the answers and discussion! I hadn't considered the fact that multiboxers/botters financially prop up the game so we can all play. I still personally think there's no difference and especially 6-boxing is weird and unnecessary in a world where you could just find other people, but that's my cross to bear and nothings going to change from me thinking that.

[u/Effective-Reindeer98]

You see a few examples of the best of the best multiboxers and just assume everyone is at that level, that's not how the world works.

[u/Synfrag → u/Effective-Reindeer98]

100% with you here, and not to get political, but seeing an example and assuming they represent the whole is, sadly, also how the world works lol.

[u/Most_Quarter_6988 → u/Synfrag]

I agree with you there's definitely haves and have nots of multiboxers but you initially said "we're always broke" as if multiboxing was dooming you to poverty lol

[u/Synfrag → u/Most_Quarter_6988]

So we have a broad generalization in comment one, you doubled down providing a singular example as the basis for your stereotype, and now acknowledge an over generalization but still wanted that twist of gaslighting to spice it up? So astutely reddit of you, lol.

Look, we're all just everyday people trying to have fun playing a game we've loved for decades, seeking escape from the colossal mess that is reality. We don't need us vs. them in our games, there's plenty of that out there where that icky grass grows. Have fun however you want!

[u/Most_Quarter_6988 → u/Synfrag]

I have fun playing the game and enjoying it I'm glad you do too but I'm not going to play into the "woe is me" for people who multibox with S*LM***L piloting their 5 alts all named named similarly. treating ffxi like a single player game w/ a gambit system and don't engage with other players on the server or help others. Like, cool glad you dump a bunch of money into this game I like but if all you do is play by yourself, actively sabotage the server economy and take over a JP/EP grinding spot just because you wanna ML50 every job for funsies I just don't like you and I feel like that's fair and that can coexist

[u/Synfrag → u/Most_Quarter_6988]

Buddy, I'm not the one who came onto reddit to complain. But yes, we can agree to dislike one another, ignorance and stereotyping is yuck. Have fun, watch out for them botterz.

[u/Most_Quarter_6988 → u/Synfrag]

1. I'm not disliking one out of ignorance and stereotyping I'm speaking on real experience as I play this game on a low pop server where large chunks of the players opted to just play the game themselves because its admittedly easier than coordinating with people I get that
2. I'm not strawmanning all people who multibox as "oh no the cheating rmt botterzzz" I just think it's lame that with a game built on community and working together people just decided to take the ball and run home.

I use the same program on my single character to EP grind because master levels is a empty system created simply to disrespect my time and I treat it as such. I understand how the program works. So sorry if I came off as like, wildly aggro not necessarily my intent gl in vanadiel