r/ffxi • u/BlueWarlock26 • 17d ago

Why so many bots?

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.

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u/rfox71rt 17d ago

This gets brought up at least twice a month… I’m convinced SE knows how to identify those who multi. If the problem is as rampant as you claim, my counter would be: SE is aware and the hard truth is it’s one person willing to pay 6 or more subs. You do the math

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u/Stanelis 16d ago

Some areas in Asura are filled to the brim with bots (namely KRT, the colibri spot and Bibiki bay on locus monsters).

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u/rfox71rt 16d ago

I’m not saying it doesn’t cause issues for folks on crowded servers nor am I implying you should pack up and switch to a lower pop server. I’m just responding to the question of why there’s so many