Is it OK to use bots in FFXIV?

[Kes13a]

This game practically prints money for SE, they really should invest more in this game and unfortunately one place they need to invest in is anti botting resources.
At the very least a rightclick/square-report bot option as opposed to merely RMT would significantly speed things up. The tokenforce might actually start making progress given the variety of bots.

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Rmt
Housing auto clicker, housing scanners (One of my proudest moments was when I took over house clicking for my brother and beat out a housing bot spamming the placard, we were there for hours)
Automated Gatherers
Auto Crafter bots
Market scanner bots
Ultimate clearers

I dont see it happening at this point. they have done virtually nothing for so long they are habituated into laziness.

they would have to fire the lot and start fresh with people actually doing something, or at least willing to try...

[Veliaire]

I dont see it happening at this point. they have done virtually nothing for so long they are habituated into laziness.

they would have to fire the lot and start fresh with people actually doing something, or at least willing to try...

The only thing they understand is money. Square Enix reads these forums. They know it is an issue and yet they do nothing. Why? Because people will continue to subscribe anyway. So why should they bother?

The only way they actually do something is when their profits start to take a hit. That's why after my 6 month sub is up, I am cutting back to 3 months/year.. and I'll dedicate more time to other games. I hear Ashes of Creation will be a game changer, so I might switch to that when it comes out, and cut out FFXIV completely unless I feel like they are putting my fees to good use and actually fix housing and/or the bot problems.

[Xoto]

Yeah screw this game. The botting situation is completely out of control and nothing is gonna be done about it.

I do NOT recommend this game to any new players.