I'm glad you enjoy using them. Since I've done a lot of work in these areas, I thought I would chime in.
1- As far as I know, bots get the full rez effects that clients get. If there's an effect that's not working, then we definitely need to look at that. The only issue I see with how it is currenly, is that bots always respawn with their items equipped, and don't require a corpse run. I guess an additional timer to simulate a corpse run or from bind would be okay, but having to equip bot equipment again might be a bit much for what it's worth. Ideally, bots would leave corpses and would need to be rezzed, but that's a low priority right now.
2- A rule could be added, but it would be really hard to prevent exploits, and would be a major headache.
3- I fixes this issue so that bots use the same code as clients for misses a while ago when there was a problem. If you can provide some parses showing bot misses are much lower than clients, maybe I can take another look.
4- Many of the limitations are due to the spell handling code, and the lack of intelligence bots use their spells. I've done some work on this, but it's a major project. But specifically, bards ahould be able to be given mez, but would probably require some special coding rather than just adding the song to their lineup. As far as cleric casting IvU, they should be able to via #bot command. If not, it could probably be added pretty easily copying the regular invis spell command. You dont want the cleric running around cadting IvU all the time.
Overall, I guess I still don't see how bots are so overpowered, as I can think of many ways they are deficient. And if you've had a tank merc on live, you wouldn't consider bots overpowered. I tested a tank merc with a shaman, and didn't have to heal it unless I pulled more than 3 mobs at a time up to level 33. If I can see a parse where bots significantly outperform equivalent clients in offense or defense, I'll investigate.
I appreciate the feedback, even if I may not completely agree with you. But it would help if you were able to provide some evidence for your argument. With 2 jobs, a 4 year old, and a 9 month old, I don't have the time to investigate everything, nor do many others. I will take a look if you provide some more info.
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