To those asking "why bot in open?" here is my response:
Botting in open lets the target players know that you are running bots that can do much, much more work than the players can account for. You do it in open to break the will of the target.
Remember 90% of the game is half mental.
'Nuff said?
Do you seriously believe that?
A person or group of persons, paid hard cash to buy accounts to use bots to annoy and break the will of other players?? Then those accounts got banned and they bought more accounts to do the same?
What if this is true, and the will of the players is broken, and the bots win Mahon. What will the bots do with Mahon? Have an 'Electronic Rave Party' ? And then... Geez, I dunno, maybe they'll clean out the 'Aliens in a USS' farce. (We could hope)
Seems to me some kids having fun at someone else's expense. And the gullible ones are falling for it left right and centre.