In World of Warcraft, things are being cleaned up again. With a ban wave, Blizzard is cracking down on fraudsters and banning them from the game.
There are always players in MMORPGs who do not want to follow the rules. Those who want to quickly gather resources or cannot shine in PvP through skill might resort to cheating software. However, such forms of cheating are not well tolerated in World of Warcraft.
Especially on servers with many players, there are often bots and other cheat tools that allow processes to be handled automatically. For example, herbalists can teleport from plant to plant and harvest them, leaving honest players with little chance.
Botters receive 6 months account suspension
Last night, there was a new ban wave. Blizzard banned a large number of accounts, although the exact number is not known. Judging by the posts in the forum and on Reddit, it seems that a significant number of players were affected who can no longer engage in cheating. The primary target here were likely botters.
This time, the penalties are relatively severe. Instead of a ban lasting only a few days, most accounts received a suspension of nearly 6 months – until April 2018.
As usual, reports from users claiming to have been unjustly banned are piling up on Reddit and in the Blizzard forums. Since the email explicitly states that Blizzard does not respond to requests to lift the ban prematurely, the chance is very low.
What do you think of the 6-month ban? Just right for such cheaters? Or should they not get their account back at all?
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