Jaden Rose
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Posted - 2011.04.18 00:07:00 -
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What I find shocking about all of this, the issue has been going on for years. Not only is botting an issue, but look back, an remember the moon mining exploit. I can remember renting space from Goodfellas in Deklein, an seeing bots mining for them. They were desperate for minerals, they were losing their war. I have flown thru drone space, an the areas around it, an the bots there outnumber the players by 2 to 1. Its just shocking that people are finally realizing that the major alliances have alot to do with the botting. It doesn't surprise me that PL has been accused of having bots, it does surprise me it has taken this long for someone to figure out what alot of us already knew. You don't run one of, or the best pvp alliances without ships, an sometimes people cut corners in desperation.
As for the whole issue with finaces, I really hope people don't believe getting rid of the botters would hurt CCP. If anything, it would increase their revenue. Just because you banned a botter doesn't mean that you got rid of them. What it means is, now they have to buy a new account, an start over again. An seriously, what does that mean? Well, if algebra was never easy for you, then don't worry about figuring it out. The botters are supplying the gold sellers, or in this case the isk sellers. This is a huge market, just google away, an you will see. When people start investing alot of time an money into this sort of venture, they start making all sorts of back-up plans, an fail-safes. I hate to be a pesimest, CCP will never get rid of the botters, EVER. You can live in your dream world an say "oh yes they will", but, go look at WoW, Blizzard has been spending millions to fight gold farmers, an they aren't getting rid of them, they keep multiplying like Cockroaches.
CCP could shut down all of the botters, it would be real easy, an it would force the botters to rethink their stradegy. It would also make it harder for the botters to keep working. The answer is so obvious, yet, it would create shockwaves, an people fear rocking the boat. So, until CCP grows a pair, the issue won't get resolved.
I do believe CCP is trying, I just think they are too timid in their approach.
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