Kroene

Why do you care?
Maybe it is because having a couple of people who use bot program is better than have 2 less players?

I have plenty of reasons. None of them are relevant to the topic of this thread, which is whether or not Nexon cares about botters.

Say there is a paying player who doesn't want to train a skill. Which scenario do you think Nexon would prefer?
(a) The player uses a bot to train the skill
(b) The player uses money to buy a training potion
Nexon benefits in almost no way in scenario A. In scenario B, there is a chance for Nexon to earn some money.

Some people have been saying that Nexon should ignore these botters as long they pay enough money. This is essentially a form of bribery.
These botters know they are breaking the rules. They have no right to feel wronged if Nexon punishes them.

mm yeah you have a point... potions are part of the game. hacking is not on the same level as botting since botting is just doing inputs you would usually do yourself but automated, it's not altering game data in a way it wouldn't be altered by just playing the game.
naw don't worry i'm not saying botting is okay and i know it's against the TOS. i just have used skill training potions before and it feels like cheating too, even though it's technically part of the game ; v ;
so because of that i don't have strong feelings against botters even though they're breaking the rules, same as how i don't have strong feelings against modders who mod the game to reduce lag even though that's against the rules too. even if i don't bot or mod myself, people who do for those reasons don't bother me, that's just my perspective on it, not saying people should agree with me though. fair enough to be against it.

From a security standpoint, yes. Hacking is worse than botting.

From a fair play standpoint, they are the same.

Here's a scenario to help show my point. Imagine you are in a bidding war with another player for an item you want. Your current offer is 4m. Your opponent puts up 8m, an offer you can't match, and buys the item.
After a while, you discover that the player who outbid you had generated his gold with a hack. Would it make you feel better if that player had collected money from gold-farming bots instead? Either way, he cheated in order to obtain something he didn't deserve.

It's fine if you don't care about botters. However, bringing up training potions in order to justify botting is ridiculous.