Should the ToS be updated to allow botting?

[Moonlite]

The OP seems a little off. To the other people that wonder about the banning. SE policy since 11 has been allowed bots and rmt to grow and multiply and sink their roots into the game and then pull them all out at once.

No proof that SE policy is better then the other policy. They have never discussed why they think this is a better system. Some speculation is it is the cheapest system to maintain with the least amount of accidental bans. Another idea is imagine the game design just in shards for crafting and they went up to thousands of gil per shard. This system also helps them maintain some poorer game designs (tin hat theory, but I liked it). It does nothing to help the current player farming some an item to sell or use to save gil.

[Vnolan]

I dont see the logic behind the argumentation though - why does "nothing gets done" should equal "lets just allow it all together"? I dont understand why you conclude "Hey, nothing gets done, lets just make it legal!"

Because then not only those that realize that it's not enforced will benefit from it. Looking at it from a different view, how much time and energy would it save the community if they no longer had to make those reports which, according to other posters in this thread, had no effect?

The OP seems a little off. To the other people that wonder about the banning. SE policy since 11 has been allowed bots and rmt to grow and multiply and sink their roots into the game and then pull them all out at once.

Not talking about RMT or the obvious alts made to grind. I'm talking about people on their mains. If what you say is true and they are removed in waves, people wouldn't be taking the risk. Worth mentioning, one of them in the current group I had reported a while back.

[Vidu]

Because then not only those that realize that it's not enforced will benefit from it. Looking at it from a different view, how much time and energy would it save the community if they no longer had to make those reports which, according to other posters in this thread, had no effect?

So what you're saying is "I want to use bots too to let them play this game for me!"

Nope, honey, just nope, not gonna happen - for various reasons. They shouldnt allow it and it would be nice if they could do more about those bots, but it all comes down to manpower etc. They dont need to allow it though, just because they cant enforce it on a global level and ban everyone right away.

You also dont seem to realise that its not as easy as just saying "yeah, you can bot as much as you want" - bots are currently third party tools which means they're a security risk as explained in the ToS. SE will and should never allow something that could cause potational harm to their product and/or customers. For the most "obvious" bot-issues, like grinding, there are already legal "solutions" in the game: you can grove shard-plants, you can send out your retainers for shards/crystals/mats etc. There is absolutly no need to allow botting for the normal player...