Bots are a serious issue that needs to be fixed ASAP.

[Skyrior]

Bots artificially inflate the supply and therefore cause prices to go down, hurting actual gatherers who gather with time and sweat.

This needs to be fixed. It's hurting the gatherer economy badly right now. It's why omnigatherer isn't really profitable while omnicrafters make millions. The dev team is willing to go so far as to ban chat in the Feast after the toxicity so it shows they have the capacity to stop botting too especially when more people are complaining about botting than with PvP.