Market board botting is a problem

[MilitaryVet123]

While your theory is good, it falls down when the bots control the market. On my server, the bots have a listing in every item from about 40 to 80. And by every listing I mean.. EVERY LISTING. When the first bot I noticed was starting out, I only saw them in some of the neo-ishgardian gear. Now I have noticed they have the entire range from 40 to 80 covered.

I know what Zalera is like. There are pockets of profitability. However they are shrinking and I wouldn't be surprised if they will be nil soon. But you ever wonder how they can have the entire range covered? It takes a lot of time and investment to cover that big of a range. But actually, it doesn't. Because it's trivial to craft endgame gear and leveling gear. Yellow scrips are done in 6 steps, 3 with HQ mats. Aesthete takes 17 steps. Neo-ishgardian takes 14 steps. Compare this to Heavensward and Ala Mhigan. This is the real problem and this is why botting is prevalent. If people want bots gone, first they must demand SE implement RNG mechanics (not skills, but quests that change every time etc. that serve as disguised captchas) across the entire crafting leveling experience. Recipes must be far harder to create. It should take a month to level all crafters to 80, not 2 days.

And this is never going to happen because Square Enix wants to game to be easier and simpler across the board.