SE, if you're gonna let people cheat, say so. That way I can cheat too!

[Kelg]

the majority of players whom bot a task do so because they find the task BORING

make the task not boring and the majority of players are not going to bot the task

those that do will be the minority and EASIER to get rid of

as of right now, there are so many players botting THAT particular task, that getting rid of them would be detrimental to the financial future of this game =P

Why are you trying to justify bots? People will use them no matter what gathering is like. Botting = free gil income.

[Crica]

Why are you trying to justify bots? People will use them no matter what gathering is like. Botting = free gil income.

the MAJORITY will not if they ENJOY the task ... do any of you even read posts before posting?

[MochaLatte]

What are these "GMs" you speak of

[Blazn]

the MAJORITY will not if they ENJOY the task ... do any of you even read posts before posting?

no most read the title maybe first sentence and are immediately experts on what you are talking about. Welcome to the internet unfortunatly...

[Kiralai]

the MAJORITY will not if they ENJOY the task ... do any of you even read posts before posting?

No, that is wholly irrelevant. The purpose of botting is to have a task performed for you without the need to be present/active at the computer yourself. If a person has a bot and is willing to risk using it, they are going to use it whenever they aren't physically at the computer themselves. That's going to happen regardless of the level of enjoyment they would get from the task (or not).