To those who grinded to get to max level for the gathering jobs, I commend you.

My only suggestion is to place a quantity gather on items, so that way you can select how many gathering attempts you use on a single item. Instead of constantly having to click (Works for both bot/min).

I had been trying to think of ways, as to why they would implement their original idea (How it is now), and thought about the bots, but they'd still be around, since the positioning of the items never change. If you want to avoid bot farming, have the items move/randomize. It would create a bit less of the continuous clicking for some of us, and make it difficult for bots to choose out their items for gil farming.

TLDR: Quantity gather to make the gathering of same items a bit less of a monotonous chore. Or start randomizing the item pool.