World of Tanks has recently lost a few thousand players, as the developers at Wargaming have temporarily or permanently banned over 3,000 accounts. The reason was primarily cheats and prohibited mods.
World of Tanks is played by millions of players worldwide, and unfortunately, not all of them play fairly and honestly. Some use unauthorized cheat programs and mods that Wargaming has classified as unfair. Therefore, the developers have now taken a tough stance and banned many players from the game.
World of Tanks – First Offense and Repeat Offenders
A total of 2,891 players were temporarily suspended (for seven days) from the game. This is a first and only warning. If they are caught a second time, they face the fate of 898 other players who were identified as repeat offenders.
These players were permanently banned from the game and must now start over with a new account or leave WoT altogether. But what were the reasons for the bans? Which mods are still allowed in World of Tanks?
World of Tanks – Good Mods, Bad Mods
To ensure that no one is unjustly banned for accidentally using an illegal mod, Wargaming has published a clarification on the topic. Accordingly, mods are divided into three categories:
- Mods that do not provide any gameplay advantage but simply adjust information for the player. These are completely allowed.
- Mods that provide a gameplay advantage but are considered by Wargaming as a positive contribution to the game. Wargaming intends to adopt these for the client at some point. For example, mods that display armor strength in the game. These are (still) legal, as WG wants to implement them, but they would be banned afterwards.
- Mods that provide a gameplay advantage that Wargaming considers bad for the game. This includes mods that display projectile trajectories, laser aiming aids, indicators for reload times on enemies, aimbots, scripts that automatically use consumables, wallhacks, “ghost models” of the last location of the enemy, and hacks that change parameters in the game.
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