no matter the change those that bot will continue to do so. the game can be as challenging as they want to make it and just as involved, but the people that only bot for the advantage of ranking without effort are going to continue doing so. the best thing for them to do is ban the people botting completely.

the new systems put in place benefit the people that botted to cap anyways.

what do i mean? look at materia.... it doesn't matter if you took the time and learned your skill or botted to cap the same percentage applies to both attaching materia. look at crafting..... it doesn't matter if you took the time to craft and collect books and use guild supports anymore since the requirement for those are removed besides when doing local leves. the people that took their time and tried and worked crafting to learn their skills are now just as good a crafter as someone that opened a program and walked away.

the people to blame for this repetative system and the botting that goes on have nobody to blame for it than themselves. if people had went after wanting a new system instead of making recipes easier(which also assists bots) then maybe there would be an engaging system in place then spotting a botter was easier. the changes made to crafting that made things easier for the lazy people that didn't want to invest time in the game actually turns out to be the best thing to happen for people that bot now.