take a disproportionate share of the earnings

This is exactly why I proposed a penalty on earnings.

The problem with player owned bots is their goal is to maximize earnings by trying to win

Since bots must be registered as per my alternative suggestion for community bots, a set of terms and conditions can be given to community bot operators to adheres to. These conditions could include things that will limit the win rate. Bot operators are to be treated as service providers.

There is nothing wrong with PVE in the gaming world

Yes, but I would like to see it be a separate game mode. Ranked should remain exclusive to those who have assets. I'm okay with company operated bots as long as those accounts hold assets. If Steem Monsters Inc wants to have Ghost Cards, they should be a separate set of PvE Cards.

We could even have some lore about these PvE encounters in the arena. It can lead to a fun gameplay experience. PvE part will be explicit rather than a seeing a centralized party play against me without owning any assets in the game mode where everyone else is expected to own assets.

We have more agreements than you think. In a reply to a different user, you said:

I will try to get an exemption for you to run your bot in Modern if you are willing to vary your team performance to provide different levels of game play and of course not accept earnings too.

• Create a portal (or even a support ticket on Discord) for bot owners to apply.
• Terms and conditions that require operators to vary performance.

You and I are both open to these. You expect the operators to earn nothing while they have to purchase/rent assets and operate bots. I think they should earn 50% - 90% less than manual players like me.

PS: I have never used bots or battle helpers.