Crime & Punishment

I would like to propose a change to the current punishments of botting and RMT.

RMT: If a player is caught buying or selling isk their account will be banned, Credit card, I.P. address, will also go on a black list for the next year. "Year long ban for buyers, permanent for sellers."

RMT is a gateway to other illicit actions.

Botting: Harsher version of three strikes you are out.
1. Character caught using a botting program is frozen for the next year.
2. If another character is used on the account to bot, both characters are instantly sent to the bio.
3. A third time will have the account shut down, their credit card, I.P. address, and further access to EVE-Online banned.

As it stands, I could start botting today, and depending on my means to evade being caught, could do so for months. CCP holds far to little punishment on botting. So what is to stop individuals who see very clearly that they will only get a slap on the wrist from doing so? Also why hasn't CCP utilized bans for individuals credit cards, I.P.'s, or used a system to verify accounts to an individual?

Before someone says "I can reset my I.P. very easily that will never work." Yes you are right for the most part. I have however seen gaming companies go so far as to contact those individuals ISP's. By doing this they can choose to block that users access until they switch providers.

Can CCP stop them from going over to a friends, cyber cafe, using pay pal, plex, or having someone else start an account up for them? No, not entirely. But with these stricter restrictions it will make people more wary about providing such services to a black listed individual.

Also I believe a caught botter should have a flag put on their account. Allowing every one to see that they had been caught. This would discourage corporations from recruiting such individuals. It would also make it easier to track second offenders.

+1 if you agree
-1 if you disagree

Please post your opinions on both subjects. Why perhaps this system will not work as proposed. Or why you think some of these features need looking into sooner. Thank you for reading.

TL;DR: Stricter bans for those caught botting. RMT should be a one way street to never playing EVE again.

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Touché

...no but really, +1

As long as CCP's bot detection methods are nearly 100% accurate, I'll give this a +1.

The only reason I can see for the lighter "wrist slap" measures, is just in case a legitimate(albeit obsessed) player is banned using these harsher measures. I'd rather not have my characters biomassed because I randomly decided to pull a 48 hour mining marathon.

I have forwarded hundreds of names for botting violations. I know a whole alliance that bots-they have MS, Titans etc. I have a great desire to see all cheaters purged and all the ISK removed.

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However, whilst I agree with what you're saying I doubt CCP will ever change the current system. I have reported a Bot last week I believe it was, he's still out mining all damn day! And i'm sure that bots (seeing as there's so many) contribute quite a large portion to the market? (I assume).

And of course they generate income for CCP, so getting rid of Bots would impact them financially to some degree. People who mine properly will always compete with the bots, and CCP will always act slowly when it comes to getting rid of accounts.

This is also a very good way to sort out Bots, I generally use T1 fitted Bruts and just go and Gank the Hulk(s) in question. In a 0.5 system you can kill a Hulk before Concord arrives, overheat your guns and your golden.

I have ganked the same Bot over and over, hit them in the Wallet which is why they are Boting anyway, plus it feels good

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I totally agree, people who use these programs should face severe consequences when caught, provided that CPP’s identification system is without error. I especially like the gradient scale that you use for repeat offenses.