Lets be honest here, if you cant beat the bots, u may as well counter them entirely.
I think its time for an ironman challenge, it would give the players who really feel strongly against botting, finally have an option to cut them out of the equation entirely.
OSRS is not perfect, but I was wondering how the concept would be perceived.
Ironman -
- All professions unlocked (craft/enchant/make potions/gather materials for yourself)
- Make raid loot personal for ironmans
- Make open world gathering personal, non-competitive. no more bot mafias.
- Lock trading/auctions (or limited to their group ironmans) if thats an option.
- Segregate yourself from the gold buyers and sellers of the world of warcraft.
Lets face it - bots arent going anywhere. =\