Ban template: You need to register and have one post to see spoilers! Email from Blizzard: You need to register and have one post to see spoilers! Hi, Super reliable (custom) profile with one nuiance: HB does not repair via Gina Mudclaw (a known problem). This never bothered me as I did not repair often -but on a lazy Sunday I decided to fix it, setting Claretta instead. Then in a moment of unforgivable complacency I did not monitor its impact on the profile! Less than one hour later I come back to my PC and *heart sinks* the login screen says my account has been suspended (I do not recall if the word 'temporarily' was in there or not). After 30 minutes of shatting ones pantaloons I receive an email from Blizzard: it's a 72hr ban. My heart resumes beating. My two other accounts (on the shared Battle.net) are still active -and in fact one was botting [GB] in Outlands (custom profile: Adamantite Ore and Fel Iron Ore) whilst my main was suspended! *This makes me consider that Blizzard do not cross examine your accounts, should you be reported/detected.* I think this notion makes sense, but it's just my personal feeling on why my other account was *still* botting whilst my main' was suspended. I have always held the belief that the main cause of suspension is through player reports' and I suspect 100% that this was the case. I count myself lucky that this it is not a permanent ban (it is my first 'offence'). I will certainly not appeal the suspension as I do not want to draw unnecessary attention to my case. I can't forgive myself for the lapse in judgement because that I always *test test test* profiles and modify until I am 100% certain they can be left unattended for any certain amount of time: yet that's what I did, this one time, and I am caught promptly. I actually think it's a good thing, a wake up call that I'll heed and will serve as a reminder that complacency = danger. Even a simple change to a repair vendor to a totally solid profile can compromise pathing, and therefore reliability and ultimately compromise a bot. In no way do I hold HB or even GB responsible, nor am I scared off from botting, but rather this was a user error and a lapse in judgement -in my defence, one out of character! -but unforgivable nonetheless. TLR -72hr suspension after modifying my super reliable profile's repair vendor and not monitoring its impact. NB: For anyone interested, I had changed my repair vendor from Gina Mudclaw to Claretta using the code below: Code: <Vendor Name="Claretta" Entry="61215" Type="Repair" X="528.3212" Y="-652.0018" Z="257.0843" />
So.... what exactly happened when you changed the vendor? i suppose it got stuck somehow and that's how you concluded that this suspension was due to player reports?
Exactly that. I wasn't there but assume the bot got stuck or looped (stuck in a tree?) whilst travelling an untested path. Probably just unlucky, and I don't think that Claretta is a problematic NPC, it's just that I hadn't tested and wasn't there to supervise the initial impact. I'm sure it was a player's report though, I mean if it was 'detection' then why didn't they get my other account? That's how I reached my conclusion, yeah.
