Botting: Good or Evil? lol

[TaleraRistain]

So if someone doesn't have the time to study for a test, it's okay to get the answers and cheat on it?

The housing situation is not good. However, SE just announced some measures to try to help with it.

Ishgard Restoration wasn't just personal. There was a leaderboard with titles tied to it. So you're saying those who do put in the time at their PC deserve to lose out over bots who can run things 24/7.

Letting bots devalue gear *too* much means there is no market for it. I've played other MMOs like EQII where crafted gear value went into the toilet. Crafted gear is actually viable here, but there needs to be at least some market for it so players keep producing it. And bots can't do what a lot of crafters do, which is sit in cities giving newbies gear away for free or crafting for a small tip if someone can provide the mats.

As to your dilemma on whether you should use them or not because SE doesn't enforce it as much as you think they should, character is what you do when others aren't looking. If you want to accept cheating, you're going to accept cheating, and find any number of excuses why it's not bad. That doesn't make it not bad.