Should the ToS be updated to allow botting?

[HyoMinPark]

On phone and it's not letting me quote for some dumb reason.

@SilkaN - I did read your post, but I guess I misunderstood your intent behind it. I have always been of the mindset of, if something is considered a hassle to me, and is not a necessity (to use an example from FFXIV: gathering--optional activity, optional classes to level, and not entirely necessary to in-game progression), then I just don't do it. I don't use third-party services to do things for me. I understand people have different mindsets from myself. Doesn't mean that I'm still not baffled by them. Just as I am baffled by people in real life that don't want to put in any effort in life to earn things, be it money or whatever.

Just because I fail to understand a mindset, in my opinion, I still don't think that makes me naive.

[Zojha]

I have always been of the mindset of, if something is considered a hassle to me, and is not a necessity, then I just don't do it.

Believe it or not - without rewards in the mix, just about everyone has that mindset.

The issue stems from the fact that the content comes with rewards. This is what causes a problem for people: They want the goal but they do not want the way. So ideally, they'd like the way to be done by someone else and come back at the end. That's a notion that's easy to relate to when you consider chores in real life: Washing the dishes, cleaning the rooms, dusting the cupboards, washing the clothes, buying groceries etc. Most people would "love" to skip those and have a clean flat/clothes/dishes anyway, so if a robot or wizard comes along to do just that for them, they'd gladly take the option (Though I'd be sceptical of wizards!).

That mindset isn't even an issue in single-player games. I haven't seen a single person complaining about people using the console in skyrim to skip dungeon parts or create 99 iron bars out of nowhere for some crafting. If they don't like the process, they can just skip it, who cares?

In multiplayer games however, that's an issue, because it affects people and usually negatively. That's why cheats are usually disabled in multiplayer - bots included.