IMC’s decision to stop botters from ruining the economy, was to first destroy it themselves!
I’m a casual player, level 78 currently. My usual farming is just quests/mobs for hours until my gear goes under 30%, then I return to town, vendor 90% of the drops I find (which, thanks to the incredible low gear drop rate, usually isn’t much), repair, and then back to grinding.
Before: On average I’d return to town with 2-4 gear pieces, and 2-4 recipes, these sold for approx 20~40k(vendor, because everyone sells them in the market for less than what they vendor for) with a repair cost of 4~5k. This in turn would allow me to save up a little money and be able to afford gear upgrades from the market.
Now: 2-4 gear pieces, 2-4 recipes, these now sell for 3-5k, with repair cost of 15k. What little I had saved up, is now gone, and if I continue to grind at this rate, I’ll be out of money by tomorrow. No money = no repairs = no more playing.
I’ll hold out for IMC to fix what they broke, but if they don’t, my ToS days are numbered… hard to turn a profit with a -10k loss every time I return to town.