It looks like Jagex is starting to clean up their act

Oh, I'm afraid that I just don't have the character to just be complacent and "get over it". Where there is injustice, no matter how rampant, one cannot just sit back and throw in the towel and give up and accept it as a way of life. I'm not one to have a defeatist attitude. If Jagex stops hearing every second about how honest players hate the fact that there are so many bots, they will certainly take that issue off their radar screen. The squeaky wheel gets the grease, as the saying goes.

The more genuine reports that Jagex receives, the more it will overwhelm them, the more incentive to come up with an effective solution to deal with the problem. Scream, yell, rant, and stand up for what is right. Although it may appear hopeless with no end in sight, botting is a major disease within this game, and Jagex must keep working to find the cure.

That is in everyone's best interest. <---- And, that should be the number one priority.

Y'know the hilarity of the situation is no-one cared this much about botting until very recently. A year ago we were in the exact same position with gold farmers. Everyone hated them. Everyone was whining about them. Before that jagex got rid of the wilderness and free trade. Everyone hated that, everyone whined about a lack of freedom and bs.

Jagex obviously have something up their sleeves. They have said so and they've said they can't tell anyone. A bunch of reported bots means nothing. **** about over the map reporting people at yew trees and catherby is simply a waste of your time. To be analogous that's like a colour being slightly the wrong colour in an entire gameboy colour game and fixing the pixel colour one by one, maybe ten a day. Completely unnoticeable. Completely irrelevant, and if you were sitting back watching people whine about that you'd find it stupid too. They don't need more incentive to FIX DA PROBLIM. It's their game for christ's sake. They don't want people cheating. They can't tell you what's going to happen because then the people who make the bots will take steps to break the fix before the fix is implemented. Jagex isn't going to stop caring because you didn't report three bots today. They're not going to stop working because there aren't a billion threads on the ORSF talking abot BOT NETS and BOT KILLING and BOT FREE WORLDZ and MASS BANNINGS. And they are certainly not going to try any harder just because a bunch of players are acting like children whose candy has been stolen.

I don't know how long you've played but if your skill sig indicates anything you should know that bots have not just magically appeared. They've been around for yearsss. Just because you can see them more now doesn't make the problem any worse. So stop spouting injustice and other over-exaggerative phrases and play the game for god's sake. Get your 99 skills and stop worrying about something you can't do anything about 'cause Jagex will fix it soon and your silly doctrine of spamming the report button, even with legitimate reports, will never, ever, make it happen any faster.

Have I missed some drama here? D:

The only thing I can say is:

Bots are one the best thing ever in runescape's economy.
Because bots make a difference with the Supply and Demand system. They product more, the supply rises so the prices get lower, so it is easier for us to afford items required in order to get a 99.
In the end, bots are helpful for regular players, lmfao.
Do I win?

Besides, I would not report anyone I know nor someone I don't even know. Unless they'd scam/hack. It doesn't really affect me and personnally, I don't see anything wrong with breaking rules. I have not much of right-wrong morals except for serious things so.
Botting isn't much of a issue, I'm pretty sure that more than a half of players tried at least once.

I considered this once, but it's still a "blessing" and a "curse" at the same time.

Bots do the work that I think the majority of players are not willing to do. In turn, this leads to larger supplies of resources which means lower prices. Still, it's unfair, cheating, and completely unbalances the economy in a bad way. At the same time, legitimate players have to compete against bots, but compose a smaller part of the actual resource gathering done and GE holdings.

It's true that having low prices and lots of resources to access is handy and all, but it is detrimental to players who try to legitimately play the game to make money.Also, most botting probably affects f2pers greater than members (just guessing).

So really, it comes down to whether or not you care. If you don't care about breaking the rules, artificially inflated economies, and bots being a larger part of the population than actual players (and playing for humans which would seemingly defeat the purpose of the game), then you can continue playing the game just fine without worrying about a thing. But if you do care, then you'll be much more likely to speak out against botting and its side effects (both "good" and bad).

Well of course the fact that low ressources price makes it hard for legit players to gain money. BUT do you seriously think they are the best ways and the most profitable ways to make money? It's not Woodcutting, Fishing, Mining, Picking Flax or whatever skill that will make you uber rich. Merching, clue scrolls, GWD, that's what I'm talking about, things bots cannot do.
Because frankly, if you really know someone that has made all his money from skilling, I will be truly impressed. Because it isn't really profitable at all. Yews? Bowstrings? Coal? lol.

What is "best" is a personal preference of the player. I prefer skilling actually, rather than combat. The reason I can't make as much money as someone who concentrates on combat IS because of the competition with bots. If there were no bots, there would be less supply, making resource collection and production much more lucrative than it is now. I actually rarely buy anything in bulk on the G.E., perhaps bones for prayer training. All the rest of my skills have been raised through hard work. I enjoy being self sufficient. If I need food, I am satisfied that I can acquire and cook the best food in the game. I can make all the high level potions from the ground up. And, contrary to popular belief, there are a few commodities that only skillers can produce that turn around a decent profit when sold on the G.E. There are creative ways to make just as much money skilling as one can make doing combat. Without bots, skilling would become much more attractive to other players, as they too could make decent gp from basic gathering and production. Without bots, the economy would be a true reflection of the value of items, as those items would be solely collected and distributed by real players at the keyboard playing the game for legitimate reasons (not RWTs). That is what the pure state of the economy SHOULD reflect. Sure it's really good to say that bots produce so much that prices are low and you can buy your goods cheaply and even afford to buy your 99's. However, quick, cheap and easy are not always the BEST way. Where is the true intrinsic value of that? It really makes your levels and ranks in the game meaningless. And, if there isn't a real, honest system of relative comparison between players then what is the point in competing and playing the game? Bots SUCK beyond belief and the players who macro are the lowest forms of lazy cheaters who totally lack any integrity. In my honest, humble opinion