Bots Control the Market Massively Now!
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They were gone for all of 2 days... now we all get restricted from the app market constantly for making maybe 3 or 4 buy or sale attempts. And dont you dare attempt to cancel a few orders (when you've been undercut by a single stub in less than half a second by a bot) because then you'll also have your account restricted. O ya n no big deal, just close the app & restart it n then you can use the market again for 2 or 3 attempts at buying or selling only to be restricted again. Meanwhile the bots are making stubs hand over fist & destroying any chance we have of getting decent profits, deals or anything worth value. But if you go to fast you'll probably make a "HUMAN" error and buy instead of sell or vice versa which as a bot they'll never do either... sweet "market integrity" update....
I guess cheating the system is ok as long as youre good at it... and I used to tell everyone how great n amazing this game was with their market and everything... -
Because what they will do is set the bot to make bids at regular intervals and that can be tweaked depending on what measures are put in by the team. Humans will grt frustrated but bots wont.
At this point the companion app should be shut down.
Apparently the nhl game had one but EA got rid of it due to bots.
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It’s time to shut down transactions completely on the app. Keep the app for everything else but make console only transactions moving forward to kill the bots for good. The work arounds only help temporarily before the low life’s program their bots to take over the market yet again.
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@TripleH-4481_PSN I think we have got to the point now it needs to be shut down
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I think I'm on board with turfing the app. I saw that as a long time user of the app for flipping. They're wasting resources on these updates every other day when they could be putting them into the game itself.
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I think I'm on board with turfing the app. I saw that as a long time user of the app for flipping. They're wasting resources on these updates every other day when they could be putting them into the game itself.
I also agree the app marketplace needs to be turned off, but the resource allotment for the app is likely not affecting the resource allotment for the game.
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It’s needs to be removed from the app. I have suspicions if SDS doesn’t remove it at this point that they are basically admitting that they’re a big part of the bot problem and using them as way to limit players from profiting off market place.
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It seems once they figure out the workaround for every “update” by SDS that they get worse than were before. It’s almost as if the people programming know the end of controlling marketplace is coming so they’re trying maximize what can now.
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The marketplace is fine just let it go, it will work itself out and policing bots is fine, that wont go away even if its console only, but drastically impacts those that use the app to assist in progression
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The marketplace is fine just let it go, it will work itself out and policing bots is fine, that wont go away even if its console only, but drastically impacts those that use the app to assist in progression
Market hasn't worked itself out all year. Honestly, it didn't really work itself out last year either. Bots may not go away on console, but I would assume they are much less using console only than the app.
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@JDHalfrack_PSN most aren't even running on the app they're on desktops just spamming. And eliminating it will lose player base for sure ... I'm sure thats not the goal of SDS. While yes there are bots theres still tons of stubs to be made this year and the 20 cap is working
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@greven840_PSN What do you mean most aren't even using the app? I'm pretty confident whatever system the bots use require the app interface, though (or at least the app functionality). Regardless of whether they are running the actual companion app or not.
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@JDHalfrack_PSN the biggest one needs companion access and they charge $215 for lifetime access to farm stubs
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@VOReason1976_XBL Exactly. Shut the marketplace down on the app.
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@JDHalfrack_PSN agreed
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@JDHalfrack_PSN they are hooking to bluestacks or something that emulates the app and if that changes theyll just run the console interface. Makes no difference. And if you think this is bad look at EA Sports games where 20 cards can be listed and you can buy the most expensive. Thats a perfect way to just transfer stubs to wherever. Eliminates the need for bots but doesnt eliminate the purpose. Still worse. You can outbid a bot, keep going up in 50 or 100s and itll stop bidding. Ive done it hundreds of times and yes it might be slightly more than you wanna pay but usually not more than 1-5k depending on the card. The app was fine without breaking it entirely for everyone actually using it
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@JDHalfrack_PSN nhl did because of bots. I also think AI has made it even easier to design programs that can do this.
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@VOReason1976_XBL it lacks depth and is not representative of a successful setup
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@greven840_PSN does enough though and im sure there are many users.
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@JDHalfrack_PSN the biggest one needs companion access and they charge $215 for lifetime access to farm stubs
Holy [censored]. I finally actually just googled it. From an actual bot website:
Important Disclaimers
- Account Responsibility: You are solely responsible for your MLB The Show account. The creator is not liable for any bans, resets, or disabilities that may occur due to the use of this bot. (Personal experience: 6 million+ stubs flipped 24/7 for weeks without issue).
- Lifetime Support Conditions: Lifetime support will cease if Sony San Diego Studio (SDS) discontinues the MLB The Show Companion App or implements CAPTCHA verification within the app.
(emphasis added)Future CAPTCHA bypass methods are uncertain and may not be feasible.
I really think there's only one option here...
