You don't check playtime by looking at people's characters, you look at the playtime in their seasonal profile and sum up all the hours played of all classes.
On topic: Yes, botters still bot. I've given up on it. I'm expecting full primal people soon, but to each their own; I at least know I've farmed them myself and not got them handed over by my brother Chris who was running rifts all night. I play to find primals. If my bot finds primals, what am I playing for? I don't get it. But whatever.
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