Luna Online with bots is a hollowed-out economy simulator. Luna Online without bots is a ghost town of frustrated, under-leveled players. The healthiest servers are those that tolerate limited automation (e.g., macroing for personal use but banning gold-farming rings) while boosting quest XP and reducing raw mob-grind requirements. Until then, the bot war will remain as much a part of Luna as Blueberries and the Howling Sword.
Bots are a symptom, not the cause. They thrive because Luna Online’s core design encourages repetitive, low-reward grinding. The only permanent "fix" would be a complete overhaul of the game’s progression curve—something no private server has fully achieved.