Are Square Enix manipulating the in-game economy?

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I clicked on this thread expecting to read some grand conspiracy theory but all I got out of it was more complaining about the current state of the marketboard.

Really, I would've preferred the conspiracy theory that the bots are all SE's doing and that they're rigging prices for some nefarious scheme. That'd make for an entertaining read, at least.

Calling it now, YoshiP operates all the botting accounts by himself to generate more money for XIV. That's why he looks so tired. lol