We had to do some stuff to stop people from scripting our game recently. We didn't go the legal route, we just wrote some stuff to figure out who was doing it a

We had to do some stuff to stop people from scripting our game recently. We didn't go the legal route, we just wrote some stuff to figure out who was doing it and suspended them. It's a big deal because it messes up your in-game economy by devaluing the currency. Someone using a script will have a massive advantage over someone not using it. They'll have no reason to ever spend money, and they'll make it so that players not using a script feel they can't compete and thus make them not spend money too. In our game, it's more of the competitive aspect. We have a system wherein people can get a whole fleet that they spent months (or years, once our game is that old) building. It could be wiped out by another guy in an hour if they make a mistake. If the other guy is playing by the same set of rules than them, it sucks but at least it's fair. If he used a bot to build a much larger fleet to enable him to do so, the customer won't be as understanding.