The MMORPG Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds is being besieged by bots that farm the in-game currency Territe and drive the login queues into the thousands. To bypass the queues, regular players have to resort to using credit cards.
That’s why Ni no Kuni is overrun: The launch of the MMORPG Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds in the West was not auspicious. The strong Pay2Win monetization of the game and the announcement of cryptocurrency and NFTs sparked a shitstorm.
However, it is precisely these much-criticized features that are now causing the servers of the MMORPG to burst at the seams. Players of Ni no Kuni are currently reporting extremely long queues and hours of waiting time because the game is overrun by bots.
The bots flood the servers of the game to mine the in-game currency Territe, which can be mined in Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds. Through a multi-step conversion process, it can then be converted first into “Territe Tokens,” then into MARBLEX Tokens, and finally into cryptocurrencies.
Since Netmarble likely did not expect such an influx of bots, the servers cannot handle the number of simultaneous logins, resulting in long waiting queues.
“I waited all day and couldn’t play”
This is how players can bypass the problem: The long queues mainly affect Free2Play players, and some are very frustrated about it. Like almost every MMORPG, Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds has its dailies and regular tasks that must be completed to earn rewards.
To skip the queue, players can use their credit card and purchase the Daily Adventurer’s Pass, which costs only $7.99. For some, the offer may sound tempting, as waiting times reportedly range from 30 minutes to many hours.
However, the “Daily Adventurer’s Pass” is not quite what it sounds like. Players do not have to pay $7.99 daily to skip the queues. Instead, it is a monthly premium subscription that comes with additional benefits, such as login bonuses, along with the login skip.
Moreover, the pass was not introduced only after the emergence of the bot problem by Netmarble but has been in the game since the release.
These are the reactions: Nevertheless, many players are not happy with this development, even though the login skip is not a new invention to profit even more from the bot problem. On reddit, social media, and in the official forums, players complain about the bot problem:
- “You advertise for pets while real players leave the game because it has been completely taken over by bots.” – Jan Michael Ting on Facebook.
- “They [Netmarble] got greedy and killed the global game within a month.” – Edde0425 on YouTube
- “I feel like I’m seeing more bots than real players right now.” – UselessRyu in the official forums.
To combat the influx, Netmarble initially announced that no further characters can be created on the affected servers. This will at least stop the creation of new bots for the time being, but it also affects real players.
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