Quote Originally Posted by HaelseMikiro View Post
1) Make crystals (shards) no longer used for crafting, so RMT gatherers make less gil from us on the MB
The bots appear to have moved onto ephemeral and legendary nodes. So they're into crystals, clusters, aethersands, and other high level mats now. The maybe good news is that the suspected bot that I've seen doesn't have high enough gathering stats to collect HQ legendary mats.