Truth be told, I never enjoyed runescape when I had the option or the ability to bot freely.
Now that bots are gone, I was bored for the first week for so, but got introduced to a merchanting clan and from then on I have looked at Runescape at a whole new different way.
Now I look at it as a challenge to make x amount of gold per day and to accomplish certain tasks such as skilling or raising combat levels or even questing. Without the friendship I have gained with my peers in the clan, I probably would have quit. Friends, weather they be in real life or from the internet really do make things enjoyable
Bots made me not interact much whereas without bots it caused me to make friends in the game and get involved with the social side of Runescape