As a Master Crafter/Gatherer i cannot see why ANYONE would condone Bots in any form. My server has a FC of bots as well and it's infuriating. Of all the bots I have reported i have only noticed one being gone. The main one that spends all day and night farming up the Mats to make Ironworks Gear, which i learned was his pattern b/c i was also farming those mats, is still running around free as a bird and VERY obviously a bot. Seeing as the market is not Flooded with Ironworks Gear this i can be assured that this is some of the gear they are selling to people on RMT sites.

On the topic of "It makes mats cheaper" you are not smart for this idea b/c as a gather/crafter that spent much real time and effort to get the skill to make and gather all this stuff you are now being undercut but a bot that put no real time or effort into gathering/crafting. You lose money b/c of bots you do not save money.