I will just open with this: Your current line of fighting would not prevent me to reach my customers if I were still in the business and furthermore it would never be able to.
I will list the reasons further down, although I should technically charge you a consultation fee.
First off what does a goldseller have?
- A huge amount of currency
- A constant income of rare items
- Cannot be tired
- Huge profit margins (especially if they are using illegal methods)
Currently there are two different types of customers possible:
- Activated Token Customer
Let’s assume he wants to buy 500k, then I have several options:
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I could simply give him an Arde Dagger that I purchased or grinded myself and let him sell it. 500k are easily guaranteed and there is no way for you to revert that. The customer could be my friend after all. If it isn’t the Arde Dagger, 3 Battle Bracelets etc etc.
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I could give him crafting mats + a recipe and let him put the finished product on the market. If for example the buyer is a cleric you could give him let’s say Valia + opal + 36 horns + 79 ellom bells. Suddenly a medium priced valia appears on the market.
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Finally I could just buy something from the customer at a ridiculous price, which you would likely detect. Personally I would not use this method.
- Token is not activated
Now this is a bit trickier, but it can still work. It depends on the starting funds of the customer. It largely revolves around double transactions
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I put up an item cheap so he can afford it and resell it to me. It would have to be gear though. I sell it at min price, he puts it up at max price. Goat horns are an example of where you could move right now in the system. Minimum price was something around 12k ish, maximum price was 741k
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I can make him a token user. Currently it just costs 350k - if the customer has that kind of silver on hand I can ask him to purchase a token and be reimbursed those 350k from me.
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I can buy an item for a ridiculous price from him.
I could go on, but I doubt you will even read this. The bottomline is that your way of fighting only covers a fraction of possibilities.
If you want to learn how to combat botters effectively get in contact or leave it be. In the meanwhile they will keep abusing you from angles you never expected since I kept my method list short, there are still more someone could use.
However I appreciate that you are fighting back hard and not giving in. Keep it up
Edit: Just for clarity - I didn’t bot Tree of Savior so asking me exactly how it is done here is futile. Use google for that or just watch a bot go.