Lost Ark is currently struggling with bots and gold sellers. However, Amazon is now actively taking action against it. In a new forum post, they announced that a ban wave occurred on Friday, resulting in over a million accounts being closed.
What is this ban wave? Community Manager Roxx shared in the forum that there was a major ban wave in Lost Ark on March 3rd/4th. The focus was on accounts that used bots.
More than a million illegal accounts have been removed from the game. That’s more than most MMORPGs even have in active players.
Are all bans justified? Not necessarily. Roxx emphasizes that it is possible that, with such a massive wave of bans, accounts that have been wrongfully penalized may also be affected. However, this should only happen in isolated cases.
Players who believe that the ban was unjustified should create a ticket through Amazon’s support page.
Starting areas have been flooded by bots
What’s going on with the bots? Anyone who has been playing with a completely new character in Lost Ark over the last few days has likely encountered dozens of bots, especially in the starting areas. These bots farm and level up to sell gold later.
Buying gold is illegal and can lead to account bans. However, it is possible to legally buy gold by converting real money currency into gold. Therefore, the bots are not actually necessary, but it’s not uncommon in free-to-play games, as creating new accounts doesn’t cost any money.
What happens next? Amazon employees continue to ensure that the MMORPG remains fair. Cheaters and botters have no place in Lost Ark. According to Roxx, further ban waves and an expansion of the anti-cheat tool are planned.
Interesting now are the developments in player numbers and waiting times. Because yesterday, on March 4th, was by far the weakest day in terms of numbers, with nearly 100,000 fewer players at peak than the day before (via SteamDB). The waiting times were also reported to be shorter than on other Fridays.
What do you think about the huge ban wave? Did you expect so many bots? And have you encountered any bots today?
Just a few days ago, players who had spent a lot of money were already banned:
Player invests over 16,000 euros and 400 hours in Lost Ark – Now he has been banned
