The Biggest complaint i see on this thread is "Bots" and yes they were impossible to beat but do you really think Dev team would make it so you couldn't bot .
The same thing could be applied to every mmorpg in the universe. We all know how it ends
NM with good drops and absurdly long time pop leap people to bot, it's a fact, and nothing you can say will render this reality false.
Saying "the devs could always find a way to be impossible to bot" it's like dreaming flying cars. The only bot-safe method existing it's istances :|

also, comparing NM's bots to crafting bots it's stupid since crafting bots don't get in your way getting rewarded for your time spent