yep they sure do the following link is from a live journal over the course of the thread all of it comes out please note Stellar who is the leader of solstice replying to defend himself and his shells actions. be sure to click on the comments as you read
http://makotaco.livejournal.com/33008.html
now over The course of that thread screens where post taken directly from the solstice forums, here are those links { some of this is a bit small text but if you look hard you can see what they are speaking of,} Stellar himself speaks about the pictures in the thread.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y233/no_silence_xi/new-1.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y233/no_silence_xi/new-2.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y233/no_silence_xi/new-3.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y233/no_silence_xi/new-4.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y233/no_silence_xi/new-5.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y233/no_silence_xi/new-6.jpg
and now some quotes from Stellar taken from his live journal and from that thread post above
" I despise bots. I despise all 3rd pt programs."
" Look people.. There could very well be botters in my LS.. there could very well be botters in your LS. I'm not gonna act like I know whether every person in my LS plays by the rules. If you claim you know your LS doesn't bot your lying"
The following quote was made after people started accusing them of botting no real proof was at hand yet so he tried to joke with it hmm guess we know better now
" Now recruiting botters.. please apply at solsticeffxi.forumer.com
Can't remember the last time we pulled a king.. we need your help!"
" I dont give a f@#$ who you are.. Someone in your LS bots..EVERY LS.. I already made this post once, now i'm having to make it again because some ****** wants to point the finger at us because we beat em to adamantoise =(...(Appears my timeline was off and this was after a fafnir or something?) Well i'm getting mighty f#$%ing tired (pissed off) of idiots trying to start S@#$..
This game has been ruined with bots.. it's past the point of no return. Every time SE patches it, some a@#hole fixes it again. If you can't handle dealing with s@#$ like this, then you probably shouldn't be playing an mmorpg, in which things like this are destined to happen. If you already knew this and just wanted to stir up s@#$, then congratulations, you succeeded.
Like i've said previously.. agreeing it's ok to use bots is the only way to remedy this.. but then a@#holes like yourself couldn't point fingers to start sh*t anymore..."
now a few of the quotes taken from the thread
" If we gave a s@#$ about hiding that discussion we wouldnt have posted it on our known leaky forums.. and lmao at you ni@#$% acting like we are "OWNED" because we aren't stupid enough to think all our pulls were legit.."
"Some members might want to, that's on them.. I'm just not gonna force them to lie and say they don't like every other LS.."
and that says it all. read and spread the word. We know now for sure what they are and how they act. form your own opinions on what that means i felt Ragnarok needed to know and now we do
Edited, Oct 9th 2006 at 2:50am PDT by Bureau
Edited, Oct 9th 2006 at 3:07am PDT by Bureau