I wonder why people even still ‘play’ this game. Is it for virtual clout/real life replacement?

Go out in the world, see people botting fates/resources.
Go to Gold Saucer see people botting MGP.
Go to Eureka see people botting bunny fates.
Go to Bozja/Zadnor see people botting Mettle.
Go to HoH see people botting hoards for title.
Go to any city to see the same bot chain queuing duties for hours without moving an inch.

You don’t even need weird programs or setups anymore. It took me a total of 2 minutes to find a bot for all of these activities mentioned above, conveniently packaged into a plugin an 8 year old could use.