For the bots that focus on crashing the high end material market, I think banning would do more. Getting a character to that level and gear takes time. Unfortunately, nothing has been done to the same bots who have been active for years. It's the second day of a new patch and on Balmung they are swarming the nodes along with the legitimate players- who are getting more and more disheartened by the lack of action done by Square Enix.