Big Mamas > bots, which is true for real life as well as online blockchain games.

I was actually in Palm Springs (too busy hiking) when the floodgates opened, my main had enough defenses and was fine, but my alt was totally reamed for about 20 hours... and now is fine with defense and hasn't been attacked since. I've only launched one attack which was successful but only got 700 drugs because I imagine a thousand bots had already beaten me to it... so battles are effectively useless to me... and as long as I have enough defense to scare off any bots, I should be able to build my empire in peace.

Bots have always been an issue in Steemmonsters too. At the moment there is a bug where people might list a Level 5 card for sale, but the system gives it a Level 1 price... and someone has made a bot that scoots along and buys it before you have a chance to cancel.

I really need to learn how to code properly...