First suspension

I got suspended for the first time today. Probably my fault for botting too many hours straight. For anyone wondering the first offense is 72 hours. Does anyone know how long the second is for? Thanks

I was fate botting.

 

Did you get an email or anything? Or did you just try and log in and bam, suspendo?

 

People are out for blood in Northern Thanalan, so even if it's the best exp/hr, I'd stay away from it if that's where you were.

 

So second is confirmed permanent?

 

There are 3 suspensions, 24 hour, 48 hour and 72 hour. Then there is Account Termination, but it all depends on your violations.

add: your next is most likely Termination.

 

Guess I'll dispute it and try to see if that helps. At least then I might bee able to get another suspension

 

Probably because you left it going during the patch.

 

Wouldn't it just disconnect during the maintenance, that doesn't make Much sense.

 

Probably just reported by some random Bothunter

 

I've had several accounts banned. Mostly just gathering crystals and such. I think I was being reported by other botters as I noticed a good portion of bots were disappearing and yet 2-3 of them were never suspended.

First suspension is always 72 hours, second one is perm.

 

I read a post mentioning it could be a problem, beyond that no idea.

 

I've always left my mining bot running through maintenance and been warned etc, that sounds like a scare story to me.

 

ive always been dced by the maint, no warnings at all on multiple accounts.

 

this is good to know and helps us to be more aware. one question i have is, what server was this?

 

Hah, if so, I feel better about doing my hunts last minute and getting off early.

 

Just bot safe. keep in mind most non botters think bots are the reason for high costs, not understanding a lot just under cut causing a ton of cheaper items. That they are costing them gil on items they get like bot or mining (true). With a large amount of ex HB botters coming here we will have to keep an eye out for the hunters. Cause I am sure that the Botters from HB that reported other botters are here, and there is a ton more bot users that are going stupid.
Just my thoughts.

 

I don't believe the second punishment is an automatic ban. Think it's an automatic 3 day suspension regardless of the infraction (even if its something that would normally get a 24hr suspension like harassing someone in chat), and they'll evaluate your account for termination.

Honestly, I'm amazed that more people haven't been suspended given the hilarious bot trains running around. Do you happen to know if you were doing anything really obvious like getting stuck, running back and forth on DD, stutter stepping escort fates? Did people whisper you about botting?
I'd definitely send in a ticket once you can get back on, so you can find out a little more about the circumstances. I did that the time I got suspended, way back in the day. Obviously the GM isn't allowed to tell you straight up what they detected you with, but you can get some info if you play it like 'a friend was borrowing my account to try out the game and idk what he did that would break the rules'.

 

guess i wont fate right now

 

It may just be me, but i dont believe this is actually a thing. I have 2 accounts and Ive watched my bot on my second account and its just walking even though on my main monitor it looks like it was doing that stutter.

 

Yeah, they fixed the actual stutter step a while back. I'm just using the term to refer to 'following slowly behind at max fate distance', which is less clear but looks as obvious as DD shuttleruns when you're in a fatebot clump.