Quote Originally Posted by Hyperia View Post
I have a feeling that SE is sorta trapped in their current crafting situation. If they were to exterminate all of the bots, then crafting in its current form may become unsustainable due to supply costs skyrocketing and crashing the market. Because of this, they just turn a blind eye to the whole botting system on the crafting side.
I doubt it. This would imply that bots are necessary to maintain a stable economy.

Crafted items wouldn't skyrocket. It's not like there aren't crafters in the game, quite a large number of players enjoy it. If supply ever dropped, crafters would see a profitable market, move in and competition would settle prices down fast. You just wouldn't get Rakshasa for below material cost and 4k gil endgame consumables anymore.