Quote Originally Posted by HyoMinPark View Post
It may depend on the server, but there are some servers that have certain markets that have been destroyed by the crafting/gathering bots - either current consumables or current crafted gear.
I'm not condoning it at all and there is no question that gather bots have done a lot of bad things to influence the in-game economy, but I would be a big fat liar if I said I don't appreciate super cheap shards/crystals/clusters (no guarantee I bought them from botters, but come on)

Quote Originally Posted by Liam_Harper View Post
I have never, in my entire time playing FF14, seen anyone accuse someone else of being a bad player for not using a parser or a hunt radar.
Same, and I've been at it since September 2010. That being said I won't claim it's never happened because it certainly has happened to someone. I'm not sure it's as frequent and wide-spread as OP implied though.