is that related to the "dodgy russian digbot client" that DoG mentioned a few times last year
This is, as far as I can tell, the evolution of the "russian digbot client" you're mentioning. Also possibly a way to make bigger farms easier, that is, if someone knew how to make it
(a) not crash that often and
(b) figure out a way to code scripts.
(b) might have already been solved some posts ago, I see a sample hunger script there.
It's actually developers fault. First they've made game with need so MUCH grinding. Not clever grinding, like battling AI in Dofus, nope. Just click here, click there, repeat. Then they release client sources. With sources I actually can make much-much more clever bots than thoose made with simple macroses.
First, the devs' policy in this game is what sets it apart from other games. Let's be honest: grinding is grinding, no matter what you're doing. If you can find a way to automate it, you win.
Second, releasing client sourcecode is a nice move that made my gaming experience much better than having to resort to regular 800x600 client, big thx to J&L for that.
Third, they never said this game needs so much grinding. It's people who say that because people like killing other people...