How is the botting situation in this game?

[Nepentha]

I dunno how desperate people are, but I certainly wouldnt purchase a M or L house from anyone on the off chance that I could fail to get it (or the same botter just rips me off by buying it back up before I can do anything, but under a different account). If players are running that risk...well I dunno what to say. It's kinda silly.

Try telling that to people on Balmung, where housing is difficult to get and yes, people will pay that much to finally have access to housing. What's silly to you, isn't so silly to other people. Again, my issue with this is you're limiting it to your experiences and ideas, and not looking at a broader picture or considering the feelings and desire of other people.

The more persnickety activities tend to rule out bots because theyre too basic to effectively complete the content in a cost effective manner. For example, Im actually confident bots could complete POTD all the way to 200. But the chance of them wiping is substantially higher due to their simple nature.

You clearly have no idea how sophisticated bots are getting. There's actual map parties of bots going on now. There are bots in dungeons no one even realize are bots unless said bot breaks.

It becomes less cost effective for them to do this activity. Because of that, this is where you can actually make money. If youre insisting you want to 'make millions' on farming low to mid grade crafting materials and selling those on the MB, then yeah youre gonna have a bad time.

Please don't assume you know what I'm talking about. Even lower level items can sell decently. Before the bot boom, I actually made a good buck selling lower level crafting gear from HW. Now that the bots have taken it over, selling in this market is very difficult.