Confused about people's obsession with open world raids/dungeons.

[Richard_BG]

Actually there were bots for SW/DI IIRC. Not the typical claim type, but something that would scan the entire zone for targets to see if they popped in that area or not.

And in XIV there are POS hack bots that take you from the start of DH to Batraal (after clearing) - so we should stop designing instanced content too right? Genius.

Well I do have to agree with how those 2 NMs were handled Richard, but still my argument is just allow multiple paths, im against Direct PVE competition, save it for PvP.

Well then your opinion is no better than Wiisams - which isn't necessarily a problem when we're discussing opinions but when applied to how content is to be designed for a game it becomes a huge issue. More options to accomodate EVERYONE regardless of who might exploit it is the way to design games. Figuring out how to stop the exploits in your content should be just as important as catering to everyone.