Quote Originally Posted by HyoMinPark View Post
At the risk of sounding snarky: so, they do it to fuel their own laziness? My statement isn't asking for WHY people bot, as in what do they need the bots to do for them. It's asking what kind of mindset do these people even have. Why pay for a game and not play it, but let a bot do it instead? Makes as much sense to me as a football bat.
They don't want to waste their time gathering and do other stuff while they are online. Maybe they view gathering as an annoying hassle but realize that it's necessary for them, so they use bots to avoid doing it themselves.
It doesn't matter whether they are lazy or don't have much time to play each week, there are people out there who are using bots in online games for exactly these reasons.
Just as there are people who are willing to buy Gil from RMT sellers.
You want to know why they are doing this? Because it's safe enough for them to do so and doesn't take away anything from their enjoyment of the game. In fact, it makes it even more enjoyable for them since they don't have to "waste" their time on doing the farming themselves.

Either you are trolling, or incredibly naive.