The majority of new characters are bots

[Maero]

I hope you realize that this includes buying shards, crystals and clusters off the market board. They're supposed to be a stable in the player driven market considering how much they're needed for crafting in general, but yeah.

Players always have the option to use retainers to gather if you do not like to gather...
The amount of rmt has got real bad again as of late, always those damn bots in Gridania by the marketboard
Players alone are the main reason why rmt is so bad