Games with bots should not give progression

I really dont care how people progress in the game they can do what they want. People who progress with bots only ruin it for themselves if they go overboard with it.

What bothers me is that I want to host proper Portal servers with locked weapons (because there's only one option in main game mode options) for all modes, but I cant spin up servers because its exceeded, unless i sit clicking host for an hour.

I think they should just add a solo/coop option (like in 2042) with full prog, and hopefully it eases up the server space for those that want to host proper servers.