Quote Originally Posted by Nepentha View Post
If bots were gone, sure you'd have to pay more for certain materials. But you can also make more money on them at the same time and with a proper profit, be able to afford the price of things that've increased once bot activity is brought under control.
This. I imagine the guy defending bots buys Gil because that’s the literal only ‘benefit’ to having bots on the server.

If there were no bots at all you’d see that players would compete for their spots. If I saw you were selling straw at 9999 Gil I’d sell for 9000, you’d undercut. We may very well arrive back at current prices, as it will then come down to who is willing to buy at what price.

Someone might buy my expensive straw but use it to make a hat that he can sell for a higher price than he can now. Which he wouldn’t do right now because there’s no profit.

While bots are selling ‘straw’ or ‘hat’ for the lowest possible price they can make a profit in bulk quantities, of course real players aren’t going to waste time in that market. But they would once the bots were gone and it would find a new balance, only you’d know you were competing against someone else with the same restrictions on you (free time, sleep etc).