I mean, I guess you won't, because the bot can play the game for you while you sleep.
Personally I've never really seen the point of botting; I thought part of the fn of these MMOs was that you earned the leveling up.
Personally I've never really seen the point of botting; I thought part of the fn of these MMOs was that you earned the leveling up.
There was also botting for money-making purposes. Real-world money to buy items wasn't much of a factor but obtaining resources still cost time and effort that many players (including myself) didn't particularly enjoy when you can only spend so much time on a game every week.
Botting to level up skills kind of misses the point, in my opinion. What's the point of a skill cape if you didn't do the grind yourself? Botting to earn in-game money makes a lot of sense, though: skip the grind to be able to afford armour and go straight for the interesting quests and fights.
I think RuneScape's choice to lock content behind a paywall rather than connect real money to timers/in-game items was the right one.