Banwave... You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

Okay,
So there has been alot of talk lately about HB being detectable and banwaves etc. etc.
There hasn't any real banwave since around 2006. There have been a few mini-waves but nothing on the scale it was then.

Blizzard bans 30,000 World of Warcraft accounts


59,000 WOW accounts banned

and the daddy of them all

Blizzard bans 105,000 WoW Accounts

They still ban a few hundred at one time here and there but yeah, nothing like it was back in the days of OB and Glider. And that's not saying all bans were because of only those 2 programs of course.

You can take 2 things away from this:

1. The bots are just better and less detectable.
2. They care less about botting in general.

1. While the bots are tenfold better now than they used to be, i say bots because contrary to popular belief there is more than 1 public bot and there are still plenty of private bots aswell, the fact of the matter is that Blizz could shut down, at the very least suspend, most bots with simple algorithms and auto-scripts. Having an undetectable bot is not the same as having undetectable pathing for instance.

2. My own personal opinion and everyone has one, is that they care less now than they did then. Maybe care less isn't quite correct but more tolerant of them as long as they don't impact real players enjoyment of the game or are detrimental to their gameplay.

There will always be player reports since there will always be Bot Hunters aswell as people using the same profiles as others so even non Hunters see them running the same patterns over and over. There will also be people that get pissed at others for undercutting on the AH and report on the off chance they are a bot, GMs investigate and another ban.

Starting to ramble but the main point was to point out to people what a Banwave actually looks like as opposed to a few hundred getting banned for various reasons.

Edit: Bold sentences are links incase it wasn't obvious...for whatever reason.

 

Was wrong, only had skimmed through it.
The word " Banwave ", is constantly misused on these forums.

 

Not reading before responding shouldn't be allowed either.
Did you even read the post before posting? There is no fear mongering there.

edit: wait...i know what you didn't do, you didn't click the links did you? As stated at the start i was referring to 2006. Please read before trying to be the forum police, just makes you look silly.

 

the cake is a lie

 

There is no spoon

 

Been botting on my main account over 8 years of wow sometimes 2-3 weeks at a time non stop 24/7 and not once received a ban. All about being clever and doing different things interacting with other players in game adding friends etc.

 

All good, your statement is exactly what the main reason was for making this post in the first place.

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Well...that and being able to quote The Princess Bride

 

There is DEFINITELY a spoon in my hand, but that caused there to no longer be any cake lying around me

 

OP - this is why we have a rule against having "banwave" in a title. Locked.