Dear SE, please unlock Balmung

[Snugglebutt]

This is the biggest part of the problem. I'd wager hundreds of server slots are taken up by the bots. It's actively hindering legit players from using the server.

The bots are not the issue long term though, they do not help the issue but with or without them the issue is still players trying to squeeze into a cramped server. The population limit is required for server stability and such. If removed all the bots, the issue would continue to exist with players trying to get on and while you might get a tiny respite in terms of how long before back to square one server full again...it would still happen and quite quickly too.

If anything locking the server permanently on and off based on population limit will help remove the bot population almost completely because no new bots could be created on the server so when they ban one it cannot be replaced with another. But it would need to be locked at the end once filled with actual players not bots if hit the population limit. The population limit needs to be adhered to for server stability so when locked, should not be opened up during off peak hours, it should only be unlocked when significant population drops happens.

Once they banned every bot on the locked server they could then maybe open it up for a period of time for new players to fill those spots then lock it once more when hit population limit > ban any bots that sneaked their way in and keep doing that until the server is just non-bot players hitting the population restriction and then lock it for a final time. Do the same on all servers and it will clear the entire RMT bot population over time from world to world as each one fills up with actual players.