So, wait a second.
Not everyone has the same idea of “fun”. To me, I could find fun running circles and jumping all day. You may not find it fun, but I do. So what? You’ve no right what to dictate what other people find “fun” or not. It’s our opinion, so what right do you have to judge us on it?
Point is, some people find fun rushing content, or farming for gear fun. It’s their opinion. Nobody has any right to bash them for it.
On that note; bots are definitely ruining it for the people who are legitimately trying to play it that way. It sucks for them, and if you can’t see that, then I’m sorry you are being so closed minded about it. Just try to imagine yourself in other peoples shoes. ;o
Now, for my opinion on this entire thing.. It would indeed suck. I hate farming for gear, but if I absolutely want something I will go to lengths such as farming for 12+ hours a day to get it. Which I did in CoF for the week or two after release. I put in over 250 hours before I started to bore myself out of the game. I personally do not like repeating content over again, so when I rerolled a Ranger ( from an Ele ), it was painstaking to go do it again. But that is irrelevant.
Anyways, point is.. I definitely would have put in less time if my CoF farming was nerfed when I did farm CoF. It is definitely a BIG demotivator when playing a game to see diminishing returns on something you are trying to work towards.
Now I’m not saying that this is sin incarnate, but it definitely does more harm than good in it’s current state.
PS: I still play. ;o