Here be my 2 pennies worth
The community is everything in this game.
If you dont believe me watch any of the people who create content for the game you have people like Caloss2 who makes youtube videos and streams in a way that people can follow and as long as you get a little help you can copy it the same. DatGSguy streams everyday, he shows twinks of all levels and does massive giveaways that help get people kickstarted or complete characters who neede that last nudge. If these guys can get 50+ people involved in events im sure there is still a great community out there to join and have fun with.
As a multiboxer:
Firstly we dont take anything away from the game or at least none of the MB i know. Yes we can solo things and that naturally leads us to gearing faster or such. Yes we can sell lootrights so that opens people to buying rather than teaming.
What i have also found is MBer tend to be VERY keen to help others, you need a DB quest we can fill the team and help you do that, Inf mish yes we got your back, want beast run, guess what you now only need to know a couple people and you can go beast.
All that stuff still happens with single account players just less often.
We dont MB to push other out of the game we do it to keep ourselves in the game and help others.
My biggest echo is what i started with, find a Org that has active players and you will get teams, missions, quests and enjoyment. AO is not a game you can go alone. You are as strong as your friends and org members.
If you still think MB too OP befriend them, offer to go with them, if they are raiding they will appreciate the help in DD or heals ect, so what if you dont get loot first time that loot was never guarenteed yours even in a raid of single account players, but now the 2nd run probably will guarentee the loot.
As for the software yes people know bots exist, I hope FC keep getting the accounts banned for people who use them. For most multiboxers we simply press a key repeatedly, we keybind EVERYTHING on all characters to that key (its done via the hotkey bars in f10 menu as part of the game). Mongo, Team heal, perks, specials its all on one key. Is it optimal nope does it do the job sure. What i am trying to clarify is we press a button once and we get 1 action for that. We use the follow command that part of the game too.
If you need anymore convincing come see me stream 