The red line is crossed now - Bots, cheaters, hackers, gil-seller

[Lastelli]

Then all content has a fundamental problem. There will never be any content universally loved by all players so there will always be someone looking to bot their way through it if a reliable bot can be programmed for that content.

A more likely explanation is the fundamental problem lies with the player. An intelligent person will find something else to do if they're not enjoying the content, and forego getting the associated rewards. The lazy and/or entitled player will resort to bots because they believe they deserve the reward even if they don't want to put in the effort.

The difference being, you need gil to enjoy other parts of the game. Raiders need gil if they want new gear, food and potions to tackle the new savage tier with and clear it reasonably fast. Casual players need gil for glamour, since the most requested and appreciated glamour options require mats that are sold for several millions of gil. Which is obvious, as gil is the game's currency. The problem is, earning gil is a chore. The actual process is not fun for most players. Hence why we have so many bots: the demand for gil is there because you need it to enjoy other parts of the game, but many players value their time more than the real money needed to buy it.

Because let's be honest, crafting and gathering are just huge times sinks. You're basically exchanging your time for gil. There's nothing hard to understand, nothing challenging or engaging about it.

That's why you don't see bots for things like savage and ultimate content: that's the end goal, raiders enjoy doing it, and if you don't, you can just avoid it and you're losing pretty much nothing, except for the chance to dye some underwhelming gear and a mount that can be easily obtained in the following expansion doing the content unsynced.