The only thing worse then somebody buying a large house strictly to resell it...

[Beckett]

It was the goats in draconian forelands though and it was long after their drops had been of any value.

Oh wow, then heck if I know. Maybe they were leveling? But I think even bots usually do dungeons for that.

[KageTokage]

Have they been reported for using bots?

People getting banned for botting feels like a myth at this point, as I've reported both of the players multiple times with no results.

I'd have to assume the GMs never actually look at these players to notice how stiff and repetitive their movement patterns are, and instead just send them a tell, which isn't going work when they're almost always being monitored by somebody who can simply reply to them to get them off their backs. People apparently go to extreme lengths in this regard, as there are even phone apps that will go off and alert them if anyone interacts with the bot in some way such as trading with them or sending them a tell.

I learned this the hard way when I ended up getting reported by one of said bots after I held it up for several minutes by opening a trade with it (Nevermind that a normal player would've just quickly closed the trade and went along with their business...).

[Rinuko]

Do you have proof said larges are bought by botters? You just come off as salty and jelous you didnt get a large house to me from reading OP.

[Rinuko]

I learned this the hard way when I ended up getting reported by one of said bots after I held it up for several minutes by opening a trade with it (Nevermind that a normal player would've just quickly closed the trade and went along with their business...).

Well it can be labled as harassment. If someone was trading me for no reason (while teleporting for example) i would report them at a heartbeat if they repeated it.

[Almagnus1]

To be quite honest, I wouldn't be surprised in the least if the house flipping market was tied to the gil sellers.

It's a stupid easy way for the gil sellers to get a ton of gil, especially if they have one legit account that's completely separate from the gil laundering that's actually getting the properties.

[KageTokage]

Do you have proof said larges are bought by botters? You just come off as salty and jelous you didnt get a large house to me from reading OP.

The owners of both houses are active (As in, actively doing things, not just being AFK) for literally days straight at times, they never respond to any form of communication, and they move in an extremely erratic manner when gathering/hunting, zig-zagging around as if traveling between specific coordinates on the map (Which is exactly how bots function). I stalked these players long enough to know from even before I learned they had houses that they're bots, and ones that have been around for years, as it's unlikely someone bought those larges then had them relinquished.

I don't just jump to conclusions based on flimsy evidence, and hate being accused of being salty about something petty like that (I don't even want a large house, because I know I'd never actually make use of all the space it offers) when I'm more concerned about a bigger issue at hand (Cheaters making the housing shortage even worse then it already is). Besides, even if I did have proof, it's not like I could post it here because of whole "no name shaming" thing.