My post in the main discussion got some attention so I thought maybe we could have separate discussion around the idea:
Let us own synths
Make them craftable, lootable, whatever. Just like armor parts. Get all parts and you get yourself a synth. Like armors, synths would have different stats, capabilities. Common would hunt, mine. Elite would have random buffs, could trade, fish, cut trees or advertise stuff. You arm your synth, set a mob and letnit hunt whe you are offline. Or set a specific area to mine.
Synths would run on some kind of fuel. Make it synthetic nanocubes, some mix of sweat and lyst, to be discussed. Skills synth would get could be extracted with esi and sold or used.
I’m not saying its a great idea but surely better than independent ai bots hof-ing and stealkilling. It would hit botters to some extent as they would now have some competition. Could also boost economy a bit and make game less grindy. Also, AI balancing agent could collect synth generated data and learn about game.
Just an idea, open to discuss.