72 hour ban - Terms of Use Violation -- Exploitative Activity: Abuse of the Economy

So i just got my first suspension today, while farming on my rogue.. first my pw got reset and then few mins later i got the suspension..

this is the email:

Account Name: xxxxxxxxxx

Account Action: 72 Hour Suspension
Reason for Action: Terms of Use Violation -- Exploitative Activity: Abuse of the Economy

This suspension happened because one or more characters on the account 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 is the result of account sharing, the account owner 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: Blizzard Support

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.

If you believe your account was compromised, please go to the following website https://eu.battle.net/account/support/account-recovery.html. Our support staff will assist you as soon as possible. If you are unable to access your account due to the password being changed, please visit our Login Support site here: https://eu.battle.net/account/support/password-reset.html

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 Europe
World of Warcraft


I have never sold gold, only botting for myself, to buy the items i wanted.. Should i send them some email to get the acc unlocked or what should i do now?

Rasser

 

lol i got the exact same, and i got hacked?(my password was changed) aswell :O

 

I just got 5 accounts banned, and no you weren't hacked they reset your password lolz. Banwave perhaps?

 

1)Were you using Honorbuddy, Gatherbuddy or both on the account?
Honorbuddy

2)If so, when was the last time?:
5mins ago

3)What profile were you using?:
Some grinding profile in Uldum

4)What combat class were you using? if None Just put Default then the Classname:
Fpsware rogue

5)What plugins are you using?:
none

6)How many hours per day did you bot for?:
1-14

6.5)What honest percentage of time did you supervise your bot?
80% of the time im watching my bot

7)How many auctions per day did you have?:
around 10 a day on another char

8)Did you Use Any Other Bots, Hacks, or Mods?
nope

9)Was your account involved in gold selling?
no

10)EU or US realm?
EU

 

So, that term is thrown out there yet again as I only see one actual report of a ban. Yours isn't really a report toml96 as you didn't really fill out the report form for us to look at and compare.

 

I think this hits all skinners ( also lost 2 accs euRU, 1 acc - 72 ban

 

Guys should i send an email or something to blizzard? or should i just wait the ban out.. and do you know if they will remove the gold i have been making til last month or something? :S

 

the thing is, i reset my password to something else, then i tried logging in again, and after some time my password got changed again so i had to reset it again? so i thought i had a keylogger

 

72 hour ban too

 

Here too on 1 account

 

Hello i just also be suspended for 72 hours and I also received the same message and I changed my password:

1)Were you using Honorbuddy, Gatherbuddy or both on the account?
Honorbuddy

2)If so, when was the last time?:
Today 15:30

3)What profile you using?:
Queting: [A - Quest] 58-70 - Outland - Over 90 Quests! By CodenameGamma

4)What combat class were you using? if None Just put Default then the Classname:
Paladin

5)What plugins are you using?:
Talented, Equip

6)How many hours per day did you bot for?:
14

6.5)What honest percentage of time did you supervise your bot?
About 90% of the time

7)How many auctions per day did you have?:
None

8)Did you Use Any Other Bots, Hacks, or Mods?
No

9)Was your account involved in gold selling?
No

10)EU or US realm?
EU

I'm really disappointed...

 

Wow, seems like alot of people just got suspended :O

 

1)Were you using Honorbuddy, Gatherbuddy or both on the account?
Honorbuddy

2)If so, when was the last time?:
Today 15:00

3)What profile you using?:
[H - Quest] 10-60 (LowHangingFruit) 1.5.12

4)What combat class were you using? if None Just put Default then the Classname:
Default warrior (FPSWare)

5)What plugins are you using?:
Talented, Equip,

6)How many hours per day did you bot for?:
5

6.5)What honest percentage of time did you supervise your bot?
About 90% of the time

7)How many auctions per day did you have?:
None

8)Did you Use Any Other Bots, Hacks, or Mods?
No

9)Was your account involved in gold selling?
No

10)EU or US realm?
EU

 

Here it's not bad luck but rather a problem of detection because I think we are much to be suspended if the time.

Sorry for my bad english.

 

And all with the same method (change password and after 5 minutes 72 hour suspension) and while levelling on ground....i really beginning to think that the problem is the vendoring too fast

 

Open your eyes and look at the ban section today, I rest my case

 

Same here

 

Ffrom what ive gathered, you should ALWAYS write back and plee not guilty. Otherwise your just confirming your guild but eating the suspension. A non botter would always plee to Blizz!

Also what ive seen is that usually works well..the often remove bans from what ive read.

 

Interesting that its EU people, wonder if they're getting strict.

 

hi im curious as i also had a ban around a similar time today was anyone watching there bot at the time of suspension? and if so what where you doing? i was on a lvling profile but all i was doing at the time was moving towards the next quest