Should the ToS be updated to allow botting?

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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...