Ranges on fishy tables?

What's the point of opening when they'll station you down anyway? This is when I start limping my drawing hands. I just move my PFR into my flop-bet. As in, don't put the chips in pre-flop, since it will only bloat the pot and will NOT eliminate opponents. Instead, over-bet the pot when you catch your flop.

What should you open with? Hard to say without knowing: What are your goals?
If your goal is to make a straight, then 3+ gappers are out of the picture.
If you want to catch a nut flush, then only suited A's or K's are worth playing.
If you want to make boats or quads, then PP are where it's at.
If you simply want to outplay your villains, the cards don't matter.

Hmmm interesting point, i guess as a new player i'm stuck in the 'OMG open limping is the devil' mode of thought, when clearly it can be useful given the circumstances. I guess my goal with these players on my left is to play a lot of 'implied odds' type hands and let them call off my value bets when i hit. My issue is when i don't hit it becomes pointless to cbet when you know you're getting called and it's very difficult to narrow their range. So it becomes a balance of choosing hands that are likely to play well postflop. If that makes any sense whatsoever lol.

Your last point is where i struggle the most. I'm by no means a good player but i do find it hard to outplay these morons when their range is so insane.