Quote Originally Posted by KageTokage View Post
These days, it feels like the only time you can make much profit via mainstream goods like consumables and crafted gear is within the first weeks of a major patch before the bots get updated and they start digging their feet in.
It's not even weeks anymore. Typically the resident botters on any given server will tank the prices of the newest gear to pointless levels within days of release. Mateus's resident botters had the price of Neo-Ishgardian gear trashed before the first weekend even hit when the last patch dropped. I sold one full set of gear at basically no profit and called it quits, permanently, after that.

It's sad, because this is the first time ever I am basically not interested in the new set of crafting gear coming next patch. Usually I'm excited to bang out the new gear, meld it to the hilt, and grind out some money on selling the current battle and DoH/DoL gear with more efficient rotations, but now it's like, who cares? The new crafter gear serves no purpose because there is no money to be made by taking advantage of it anymore. Bots will just be there already controlling everything.