I agree. I would never want preventative measures to negatively impact legitimate players. I don't see the "gating" you describe as negative, though. Even without focusing on the bots (Square really should augment their STF), we have ample incentive to go back to old areas and help any new players we want to play with. And even to help new players we don't know yet. So the gating gives us an obvious positive with no real negative.