Quote Originally Posted by Prrringles View Post
Do we even play the same game? A single player can absolutely crash prices. Certain items I was selling steadily now sell for less than half the price I was selling them for because of a single player who undercut me by 50%. Bots match their prices and undercut them by 1g. Bot item sells because clueless person doesn't upgrade prices frequently. Bot restocks the sold item immediately thus keeping said item at the low price. Now have said clueless person do this for 50+ items with bots matching... All you said goes out of the window
We're playing the same game. Your problem is you're focused on a very tiny segment of the market that you know is flooded with more competition and bot activity instead of looking at the greater market for other opportunities with less competition and no bots. I'm making good gil off Pactmaker on one of my alts right now because all the materials except Hannish Fiber are dirt cheap on the MB and most of the end game crafters are so focused on Indagator, they're ignoring the players who don't want to pay Indagator prices to equip their retainers. And of course the bots moved onto Indagator as well so I don't have to worry about them.

On the other hand, you could be manipulating prices yourself to take advantage of the bots if they're that mindless. Get them to undercut low, then buy them out as soon as they undercut and relist. If sales are that good, you should be making a profit before they do their next bi-hourly price check.