Hilarious. And people think they are getting screwed by bots. You know the ones that farm raw materials and keep low level mats cheap. When you stuff this much grind and tedium in one game you almost need bots to keep it afloat.
It was kind of like that early on in FFXIV. Without the bots farming fire/ice/lightning shards, crafting would have been out of reach for most players. Gathering in FFXIV is the most boring, self-hating activity you can imagine.