Is this allowed?

[Shougun]

If he's multi-boxing and that's only it, then every key he presses is a key that is translated into the game as that key. Thing is that's not 'automation' which is what people are usually citing when they go against multi-boxing. Assuming the keys are being translated exactly as they're pressed.

Although using a third party software to interact with FFXIV is on the list of don'ts (that said we've also parsers and the like which they've officially gone as "don't ask don't tell, don't bully"). I'd assume this is very low on their list of concerns, and they'd probably do nothing about it as long as it's not associated with other issues like bullying or bad publicity (in which case I'd rapidly change my guess to "yeah they'll do something, because it's an easy fish to fry then"). The guy is paying a whole party worth of subs lol, and if actually multi-boxing, not really getting a super massive benefit out of it.

Multi-boxing gathering I feel would be one of the more "ooof" actions they could do though. Get that timer material with 8 characters, lol.