The bot problem is rising and real.

[KageTokage]

I think the decrease in numbers can likely just be attributed to the RMTers adjusting their number of bots to account for the size of the playerbase (Which naturally has started to shrink due to the pre-patch lull) because my server at least seems to consistently undergo a total purge of all obviously RMT-related bots by the end of the week.

It would be nice to see some actual results with the non-hacking bots though, because no small number of them abuse the market board to make their gil, plus actual players botting and selling surplus gil to RMT websites at a significant markdown isn't unheard of, either.