Quote Originally Posted by Selphyna View Post
I live on night, and my roommate on day, we checked basically 24h to see if "Mjare Kirin" disconnect, but no, he's always connected, never absent. And drop price every mins, he's a lvl 71 whm, with only crafters at 80, in a FC with 9 people, and closed, he is as the same spot h24, an appartment. I went check others servers, to see if i find people like that. And yes, i finded one in each, with 1 lvl 70 or 80, and only crafters/gatherers full 80, with an FC closed of around ten people too.
...That sounded almost like me last week while I was leveling last few levels of my crafter jobs (other than culinary) and then starting on my path to craft the aesthete’s set for myself. >_>

I have a solo FC to ward off random invites, too.

When your DoW/DoM job is far below your crafting jobs, you’re content locked from gathering your own mats anyway. Lower-level mats can be gathered by sending out retainers, and the rest can all be purchased off MB. The only time you’d actually need to step out of your apartment/house is for trips to MB which is right outside the apartment.

I had to rely on GC turn-ins and Ixali dailies for venture coins. And I turned to fishing glamour for additional gil source. (I guess I’m a gambler at heart). Plus I made daily trips to Providence Point. So I probably was out more than a more well-funded crafter would.

In short, aside from the constant market price adjustment, what you described is simply a pure crafter/merchant that’s not all that interested to other aspects of the game. It’s not proof for botting.

But I only adjust my MB prices once or twice a day. (Too lazy)

As for the finished product costing less than mats combined, that seems nearly always the case while leveling. (It’s probably result of leveling crafters buying mats and then dumping finished product on MB) Plus there are HQ quest rewards, kupo stamp and venture drops. I tend to just give up on an item when I don’t see a maker’s signature on MB listings.