In Lost Ark, it is possible to have up to 18 characters on the same account, and theoretically, each of them can create their own guild. However, the leader of 12 of the largest guilds in Europe has now been banned for breaking the golden rule. We at MeinMMO summarize.
What kind of guild is this? These are the “Fenris” guilds, which are active on the EU-Central server Sceptrum and are among the largest in Lost Ark. Together, the 12 guilds in the Fenris alliance have more than 450 members, making them not only the largest alliance on Sceptrum but also a top contender across all EUC.
All 12 guilds are led by more or less the same player. He leads the Fenris guilds alliance, runs one himself, and is at least a Deputy in all others. A Deputy in Lost Ark has almost all the rights of a guild leader and is unique to each guild.
The leader of this alliance, therefore, had considerable influence on the game’s events and was always seen as a Sorceress. A screenshot from his account shows 6 Sorceresses with a Gearscore between 1,460 and 1,504, which is currently a very high value in the MMORPG.
Why was he banned? A reddit thread shows screenshots from the guild leader’s personal chats. According to them, Amazon banned him for buying an enormous amount of gold. According to the thread creator, this was always in “small” batches of 2 million to avoid drawing too much attention.
In the screenshots, he claims to have spent 20,000 Euros for gold in Lost Ark and bought it illegally from bots. However, he insists no one should know this.
A guild member then asks him if he is currently taking a break from Lost Ark, to which he responds by sending a screenshot that he is permanently banned. He adds that he does not want to talk about it and cannot write about it either.
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Guild leader withdraws several thousand Euros via PayPal – Faces backlash
How does the guild leader react? He issued a statement on Discord explaining his situation. According to this information, he admits to being banned for RMT, but only for a few days. After this ban, he was “no longer so stupid” to continue buying gold from bots. However, in the screenshots of the personal chat with a guild member, he presents a different situation. We cannot assess which is actually true.
Furthermore, he explains that he created several tickets with Amazon and received no satisfactory response. The publisher accuses him of cheating, and he is not given any further information. He continues, stating that he withdrew all payments to Lost Ark via PayPal to prompt Amazon to respond.
He also confirms that PayPal refunded him several thousand Euros that he spent in the Lost Ark in-game shop. He additionally states that Amazon also did not provide a satisfactory response to PayPal.
He admits that he used RMT back then and that his account is currently permanently banned. As the next step, he deletes all people from his Discord friends list and blocks his private messages to avoid further backlash. He mentioned that he had already had enough hate to read over the past few days, according to the guild leader. You can read the entire statement in a screenshot on reddit.
What happens now with the guild? If a guild leader is inactive for 10 days, the leadership automatically passes to the Deputy of the respective guild. However, since he was also a Deputy in many guilds and has been inactive for more than 10 days, the leadership goes to the next active officer.
It is still unclear how the Fenris alliance will deal with this situation. There is no statement from the new leadership yet.
If you find yourself in a similar situation, this guide on how to leave a guild might help you:
“This guy destroyed our entire server”
How does the community react? On reddit, people are primarily glad that Amazon is reacting to buyers as well, and not just bots. The mood in the thread could be described as spiteful, and many are very pleased that someone who bought so much gold lost their account.
Fans are also discussing whether he would lose his Steam account due to the PayPal withdrawal, although opinions are divided. However, the community seems to agree that the guild leader is trying to play the victim, even though he is “the criminal.”
Some players on the Sceptrum server also complain that he and his guild have indeed caused damage in the game through this behavior.
What do fans think? They are visibly annoyed by his behavior. Especially the players on his server were affected. Some of the comments on reddit that we would like to share with you:
- j0ker80 writes: “I play on his server and the first time I saw him, he was at 1450, with a +20 weapon, and it was extremely early in the game. He destroyed our entire server because we simply couldn’t get any Relic equipment”
- Fenodvs writes: “Most people on Sceptrum didn’t even want to mess with these whales. Hopefully the server will be healthier now without a guild that dominates everything just through high numbers.”
- Hydred keeps it short: “You deserve it. Good job, Amazon.”
- Likewise, asolram says: “That’s great. I love to see RMTers getting banned. It’s so deserved!”
What do you think about the situation? Did Amazon do the right thing by permanently banning the guild leader? Or are you more on his side and think it’s not fair from the publisher? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments here on MeinMMO.
Those who are not permanently banned for buying gold just have to work off their debts.
