Quote Originally Posted by Ironthorne View Post
Never said that this game doesn't have bots, it's just blown way out of proportion. I've played for about 1500 hours, and I have seen a pack of bots exactly once. People in this thread have been talking about bots as if they're destroying the game, but as far as I'm concerned, I'm completely unaffected, nor can I perceive any negative effects caused by bots. If the situation is so bad, surely, I must have at least noticed something, no?
It's honestly not hard to spot bots, take some more time to look at efficient gathering spots, timed nodes, map farming parties, go into Gridania and just watch at exits + Aetheryte, go literally anywhere and take a deep look into things, because if you've only seen one pack of bots, you haven't looked hard enough.

They are single-handedly destroying the economy, the clearest example of this is crafting crystals, but look at other materials on the market board, things that are crafted in huge batches, only a small portion of these are done by players, and players can't compete anymore because there are undercutting bots that continue to dominate the MB.

It doesn't take 1500 hours to see this, only a few mins.