Quote Originally Posted by AutumnsHollow View Post
It could be square employees trying to make a buck on the side by helping RMT, lol.
Or not helping RMT, but just ensuring the economy doesn't inflate.

An explanation for the lack of action is that S-E realised that demand for materia outstripped supply which would lead to ridiculous prices and people being locked out of content (crafting, gathering and Nexus for instance). They made these bots to flood the market in a semi-legitimate way (the game is creating the items after all, they're not just fabriacted) so that a) more players could access content and b) a ton of gil is removed from the economy, preventing inflation.

Just an idea.