Does Square intend to address Market botting?

[Kleeya]

but right now, SE might as well REMOVE harvesting and crafting because on my server at least, there is zero use for it.

While i understand that bots can make some people angry, saying this kind of thing is overreacting. Earning gils is not the sole purpose of crafting and gathering, it is also useful for :

- gather all the ingredients you need by yourself ;
- craft yourself some hq gear ;
- getting with Rowena's collectables tons of crafting/gathering materias for pentamelding ;
- advancing the Ishgard reconstruction while getting all these minions/mounts/etc ;
- making your own housing items for your house/appartement ;
- doing your crafter/gatherer tribal quests ;
- earning gc seals with the daily deliverys ;
- getting tons of achievements for people collecting them ;
- making some foods and potions to hit harder in raids ;
- etc.

Bots only become a problem if you try to make big amounts of gils by reselling your items. But if you don't there is plenty of things to do and enjoy with crafting and gathering, without even caring of what is going on on the market board. Saying that it has zero use and should be removed from the game is taking it way too far.

[TheLoveJenovan]

Saying that it has zero use and should be removed from the game is taking it way too far.

That's true, but the marketboard is a strong incentive to get invested in crafting and gathering. It's not just about making money from sales but also the availability of mats to buy and do more crafting (and gathering). Crafting and gathering would be significantly more difficult and less enticing without a useable marketboard.

[Xoto]

Let's be real here. If there is a player who defends bots or says oh well. . . Than they either aren't affected and should stfu or they use bots themselves.

[Kes13a]

Let's be real here. If there is a player who defends bots or says oh well. . . Than they either aren't affected and should stfu or they use bots themselves.

dont worry Xoto, we have done that. they pretty much seem to be of the opinion that SE is doing all it can, and that any crafter who complains is just greedy

seems to be a bit misplaced since the sole purpose of using a bot is greed in the first place, generally most non cheating crafters just want a fair playing field and to be useful for what they produce.