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I’m comparatively new to botting and chose Miqo because the developers seemed active on the forums and the community was creating/posting resources, not something I saw with a lot of the alternatives. Like a lot of people here, I chose to renew my sub knowing that there would be considerable downtime following 6.2 – if Miqo came back online at all. I still considered it well worth the price and a way to support a good developer, not as charity but out of gratitude.
Also like a lot of people here I suspect, I started poking around other bots to fill the void. I’ve trialed a couple and have been dissatisfied with each. Abandonware, overly complicated interfaces, CPU-crippling memory hogs, outdated/missing user tutorials, programs that are only bare frameworks and you have to buy addon functionality packs at additional cost, etc… There are definitely flashier bots out there that perhaps perform a bit smoother than Miqo in some areas, but of all those that I’ve tried this developer and this community is the one I want to continue supporting. Here’s praying we all get the chance to for a long, long time.
After tons of research I’m confident that non-hacking bans always start with player reports. It seems SE’s accepted the fact that botting is 100% inevitable and the resources spent policing players are better invested elsewhere. IMO, it’s a very sensible approach as shown by Valorant’s highly invasive, cutting-edge Vanguard anti-cheat systems being cracked by hackers within 48 hours. The rumors about there being “automated detections” of people crafting too long in player housing or inn rooms? If you’re putting up THOUSANDS of the same raid consumable on the MB every day, well, you’re not exactly being subtle. Everything you craft has your character’s name on it, and if a buyer (or your competition) thinks your output is suspicious then they just send in a report and a GM investigates. No automated systems required.
I’m aware of three bots on my server that have been running an endgame mat gathering route non-stop for six weeks, probably longer. Anyone could see after a couple of hours that there’s no human at the wheel, but why are they still operational? Because nobody has reported them. I saw a guy kneel in front of a collectible turn-in today. Looooong pause before the craft started, so I know he was using a bot’s ai solver. Anyone with that knowledge of bots could have easily sent in a report on him.
Tl;dr If you’re botting on your main and not a decoy account, don’t be stupid about it. Don’t leave miqo totally unattended. Switch up your activities. Craft out of sight. Don’t make the Gold Saucer your new permanent residence. Log out when you sleep. Make sure system sounds play even when the game is minimized so you can catch tells. Let people on your friends list/fc know you’re “watching Netflix” or “tabbed out”. DC hop and craft in an inn room there so your flist can’t see you online/know what you’re doing. All common sense stuff.
