Logged in to play and first mission was mining mission, 0 nodes, all belts gone

yeah my first mission i picked was industrial / mining?
i warped to 12 belts in the noob 1.0 zone and every single asteroid every single belt was completely mined out and gone…
hows a noob supposed to do this stuff on his first mission when a guy with a tier 2 mining barge screws the entire system over.
i asked the minmatar corp chat and they say its because of botters.
how long has this game been out and the starting zone botters haven’t even been taken care of…
uninstalling

This is a duplicate post from another forum section - closing.

Thanks

ISD Bahamut