1)Were you using Honorbuddy, Gatherbuddy or both on the account? HB, GB2 2)If so, when was the last time?: Yesterday, during the disconnect and ban. 3)What profile were you using?: Uldum Whiptail Farming by Xman 4)What combat class were you using? if None Just put Default then the Classname: Mord's Convalesce 5)What plugins are you using?: Autoprecision 6)How many hours per day did you bot for?: 24, as long as it wasn't disconnected it was botting. 7)How many auctions per day did you have?: 0 8)Did you Use Any Other Bots, Hacks, or Mods? NA Speedhack 9)Was your account involved in gold selling? No 10)EU or US realm? US > ***Notice of Account Closure*** > > Account Name: WOW1 > > Reason for Closure: Terms of Use Violation -- Exploitative Activity: Abuse of the Economy > > This account was closed because one or more characters were identified exchanging, or contributing to the exchange of, in-game property (items or gold) for "real-world" currency. This exchange process negatively impacts the World of Warcraft game environment by detracting from the value of the in-game economy. > > Even if this behavior is the result of a third party accessing the account instead of the registered user (for example, a friend, family member, or leveling service) then the account can still be held responsible for the penalty because of the impact it had on the game environment. > > We've found the above behavior is many times directly related to groups responsible for compromising World of Warcraft accounts; we take these issues very seriously. To better understand our position against exploitative activity and the risks involved, please review this article: Beginner > > The exploitative activity that took place on this account violates the World of Warcraft Terms of Use. We ask you take a moment to review these terms at Blizzard Entertainment: Blizzard Legal Documentation. Note that additional Terms of Use violations may result in more severe actions against this account, up to and including permanent closure. > > For any disputes of this action or further information on Exploitive Activity, please visit the Exploitative Activity FAQ and contact page here: Blizzard Support > > Regards, > > Customer Services > Blizzard Entertainment > World of Warcraft What's messed up is that I've never sold gold on this account at all. Never talked to a potential buyer, never even trasnferred any gold...all gold that's ever been made on this account is still sitting in my bag and he was never given any gold. I'd go so far as to say he's never even opened a trade window. I just started using the NA Speedhack on this account two days ago, no issues until now. I don't think it was the speedhack that it was banned for judging from the e-mail, and I certainly don't think that it was GB2/HB that caused the ban. I'm still botting strong on two other accounts 24/7. Just posting here to get people's thoughts? Seriously, wtf Blizzard. Get your shit together before banning somebody. <3 HB, team and community.
Blizzard knows you hackspeed, but they can't say that, so they say you violate their economy rule (selling gold). Simple enough?
Not really. Also I had 0 auctions, didn't sell things. Just mailed loot to the bank alt which was in the same guild as the bot.
In my opinion that behaviour is realy obvious. You gather about 1500 nodes a day and 0 auctions? Is the bank alt on the same account?
I'm pretty confident a vast majority of the people on here don't post auctions from the same toon they bot on, but what do I know. Separate account, same guild. Also obvious behavior for what? I was banned for selling gold, nothing I've done indicates I'm selling gold. If they were going to ban me for botting or hacking, that's exactly what the e-mail would have said. Perhaps I'll get a follow up e-mail from my petition that says it was for botting or hacking, we'll see in a few days.
24 hours a day is pretty ballsy. They on your character and they know you can't physically do that so they can ban you anytime for just that. Why not just have 3 accounts do 8 hours each? If they ask about the IP, just tell them you are sharing the internet/computer with the kids.
Again, a vast majority of people on here have bots running 24/7 for months without a single hang up - it's nothing out of the ordinary in terms of botting. As a follow up, I did get a different e-mail in response to my petition, this time for bots/hacktools. Time to bot up another 85 to replace him
GMs are actively responding to "bot" reports in a fast manner. I was faming mines in Uldum, non botting. Some jackass was pissed because I kept taking his nodes by cycloning him, taking the node, then flying off. Did it about 15 or so times then he left zone or logged off. Literally 10 mins later, I get a GM whisper and a teleport. I am like "wtf...how the hell did I end up here?" He spoke with me briefly and confirmed they are checking reports about botters pretty actively right now and observing behavior. I was like, "Good riddance, hope you catch them all." while secretly knowing I won't be using mine in awhile until this goes down.
Just cus they sent you an email for selling gold doesn't mean they think you did that. Hell, someone probably just pushed the wrong default e-mail button. If you call them, they'll probably tell you you were suspended/banned for botting/hacking.
