Just had the most fascinating conversation with a GM

[Thamorian]

A game that has GM's, that aren't allowed to even show up, to fix things.
Yes. The game is not a fit state. It is not the advertised product.
Am I supposed to never visit an ARR zone, ever, is that the only solution to trying to play this game?
Anywhere I want to go, might have thousands of bots sitting in it, taking up all possible player spots, and the GM's literally are not allowed to do anything about it. Or so they claim, that one might just need to be fired for refusing to do the job.

A simple DB query to get everybody standing at that pixel, a quick sweep to get everybody clipped outside of the world, teleport them all out into the "naughty player room" and boom, problem solved.

Only, they cannot. Not allowed. Not anymore.

What kind of game intentionally prevents the problem from being solved?

Now you're just being hyperbolic. Bots are only an issue in a few places in the low level zone. Personally I've never seen someone get locked out of a zone because of to many bots. Only place I've heard of that was overloaded with bots was Ampador Keep.

Also, how is it not in an advertised state? its not like there is game breaking bugs. SE never advertised FF14 being bot free so you can't claim that.