You are correct as well raven. Are far too many ways to get alot of gill from NPCs. The main difference is that bots never sleep or stop fishing other then to sell the fish or resupply lures. Real people that NPC aby items are <taking a break> many hours of the day. Also geting 1-2 drk rings an hr.. isnt un herd of but wouldnt bet on it. AoE farming may be but then how many other people want in on it...

I have also sold many dark rings and other various aby items to NPCs.. Do I think it helps the game in the long run.. Not really... Not sure why SE would do this either.. Eventually the decient gill players get now from NPCs.. might not be so great anymore.. when the price of things you buy increase 2x..5x.. and so on but the price of that you sell for gil isnt increasing.. Then people will go wtf.. why is this happening... Just like before..