Cause/Effect of Ban Wave 1. How do you think this will affect the game? a. Economy predictions?: b. Raiding predictions?: c. Increased queue times?: d. Do you think it will be less fun for those not banned? More? 2. What to do now? a. Will you be appealing the ban? Is it worth it? b. Do you think Blizz will return to business as usual? c. Will you be opening a temp account while you wait? d. Will you be returning after 6 months? 3. Fill in anything else you'd like including any random predictions. ________________________________________________________ I think the game just lost a ton of population and subscribers but the game has been on the descent and is also at an all time low of subscribers anyways. The in game economy will most likely be going up. Most of the mats on the AH were farmed by botters so their value is going to go way up (I wish I could bot and take advantage of that.) Lots of guilds lost their main raiders so either the raid scene will die down or the large influx of noobs in WoW will take its place. It's time for the Summer Kids anyways. I have no doubt the queue times for all events will go up but it might not be noticeable as they are pretty long due to the lack of players.It's safe to say without hundreds of bots queueing all day there will be changes. There are players who are shaming the botters but then there are also people who are indifferent. I think with the decrease in players due to the ban the big dueling environments etc will dissipate and be less fun. I knew a few excellent PvP players who used HB and are gone now. Until I am more informed on how HB was detected I will not be appealing the ban but most likely even when I am educated I will not appeal. Blizzard might have had a Warden-like software implemented. Blizzard has directly addressed the ban wave but I doubt they will mention it much further until they have to report quarterly subscribers dropped drastically. I'm not sure if I will open up a Temp account to play and I most likely would bot and get a perma-ban. I think this may be the end of my WoW playing but Blizz has other games I might be interested in. Overall I might be re-downloading LoL and diving back into that atmosphere. It's been fun WoW but without botting I don't have time to sit and grind out this shitty content you've been releasing. I had great times when I first started 7 years ago and I still feel like a big part of my life was centered around the nerdiest thing possible but "it's all ogre now." /farewell
