Is anyone annoyed by the HUGE number of people using bots on this game?

[Nuru]

That has something to do with the amount of gil currently in play. Nothing to do with the botting. If anything the botting should be making more supply thereby bringing the prices down.

Or did that make too much sense?

Really... The ratio is balanced? Thats why we're having this discussion right? Because the ratio of botters to legitimate players is balanced like in other games... that is why we're 19 pages deep in this stupid conversation?

No no, that makes sense. I also mentioned that the ratio is considerably balanced. I think more botters exist in a game like WoW than they do in FFXIV, in terms of the exact number of botters, not the ratio. You can't say that FFXIV has the most Bots in any MMORPG, because that would mean that the FFXIV population would have to all be bots, and then some.

You tend to notice bots more because its such a small diminishing community.

[Kurokikaze]

No no, that makes sense. I also mentioned that the ratio is considerably balanced. I think more botters exist in a game like WoW than they do in FFXIV, in terms of the exact number of botters, not the ratio. You can't say that FFXIV has the most Bots in any MMORPG, because that would mean that the FFXIV population would have to all be bots, and then some.

You tend to notice bots more because its such a small diminishing community.

Trust me dude. No normal players bot in WoW. That shit is already automated to begin with. You cannot further automate that which is already done by itself.. lol

And that is exactly what I'm trying to say. A staggering majority of the current playerbase is probably botting. Thats the whole reason we're having this discussion. I see it like smoking pot - everyone is doing it but no one admits it. The only difference here is that they do it because the underlining task is remedial and boring.