When someone asks me about the state of Cabal Online

Recently tried it out again and quit after 15 minutes because it is 99% bots 1% players. I actually don't understand this. I mean, bots (for the most part) exist to farm stuff so that the botters can sell gold/items for real money. But if there are no players that buy it then the botters usually go away too because there is no market anymore.

So I am wondering why there are so many if really no one is playing Cabal anymore.