I'm not sure you actually read the articles. For instance this quote.
"It's the same code, really," Rogean said. "It's a very similar setup. We have a disadvantage compared to SOE, though, because we have no control over the client. We cannot make any modifications to the client itself, as that would be a copyright violation. So we aren't easily able to put anything in that will either prevent the hacks or detect them."
It does not mean the GMs here cannot catch people, but it is not infallible. Not a single GM here would say there are no players using 3rd party programs because they know there is no way to be absolutely sure of it.
If you think no one is using on p99 you are definitely taking better drugs than I am. I've seen people who can't track find a friend of mine no matter where he went in a very large zone. I'll admit he's an asshole and might deserve a few deaths, but the odds of a non-tracker continuously finding a bard who is constantly moving, and doing so consistently, are astronomical.
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