How long does it take to remove a BOT

[KageTokage]

Unfortunately gather bots are apart of the economy now and if they were to kill every one of them, they would have to go and rebalance all of the crafting. So yea… they’re not going anywhere.

That is really not the case. If there's enough of a market, people will go out and gather their own materials to sell or use for themselves.

The economy is not going to explode if the bots disappear. Rather, players will see an opportunity to make money and take advantage of it. The main reason they even "rely" on bots is because they basically own all of the mainstream markets by resorting to overstocking and/or aggressive, automated undercutting that makes it difficult for legit players to get anything sell. They also thrive on the fact that they are not actually playing the game, and thus they can comfortably sell things at prices much lower then actual players would be okay with as they don't feel a need to factor in a labor/time cost into their pricing.