I give up, the bots win AKA: My flight is scheduled for departure

[Nepentha]

The botting is getting absolutely ridiculous in this game. Though I'm not sure exactly how to fix it without it having a negative impact on the gameplay of average players.

Tbh the average game players will likely be just fine. Without having to compete with bots anymore, they can easily do some incidental auctions and make enough money from that to buy whatever they want. I remember being a new player with no understanding of the marketboard back in ARR. Even then, I made enough money selling a few things here and there to buy gear I wanted and donate to the FC housing fund.

I don't think it will ever return to that, but I think casual, average players will be just fine.