Quote Originally Posted by Lemuel81 View Post
I personally think it is absurd to leave a game just because you saw a bot. SE is known to do ban waves, regularly but like any other MMO, bots do get through. But you will be banned, whether it is RMT or just using any type of 3rd party program.
They do ban waves mostly on RMT sellers, which openly break ToS because they can just make new accounts. If you're an individual player with a bot and you're smart enough not to announce it or use it all day every day in public areas, they have literally no way to detect you and you will never be banned. This includes crafting via bot in your house.

To be honest it's equally absurd to enjoy crafting and gathering but just sit back happily and say nothing while bots wreck it.