I just received this email Account Name: --------- Account Action: 72 Hour Suspension Reason for Action: Terms of Use Violation -- Exploitative Activity: Unauthorized Cheat Programs ("Hacks") This suspension happened because one or more characters on this account were identified using an unauthorized cheat program, also known as a "hack.". These programs provide character benefits normally not achievable in the World of Warcraft. Such benefits include, but are not limited to, increased speed, teleportation, or running through walls/boundaries. Use of these unauthorized programs harm the game environment because they offer an unfair advantage over other players and superscede the intended limits of the game. 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: Impact of Buying Gold - Services - World of Warcraft 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://us.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://us.battle.net/account/support/password-reset.html For any disputes of this action or further information on exploitive activity, please visit the Account Administration Overview and contact page here: Account Administration Overview - Battle.net Support Regards, Customer Services Blizzard Entertainment World of Warcraft The only reason this concerns me is because I have botted for a long time using Honorbuddy and this is a brand new account I made from scroll of resurrection. I started out grind botting Hyjal from 80 to 81 never going more than 8 hours at a time. From 81-82 I grind botted Rockslice Flayers in Deepholm. My toon is level 82 right now after roughly two and a half days and I got banned for 72 hours. I obviously don't know if people reported me for looking like a botter or if Blizzard has found a new detection method but the last time I was banned like two years ago and it was only for 24 hours and it was from player reports. Between now and the past two years I have botted several toons to 85 and never gotten banned. This just pisses me off...Honorbuddy is supposed to be relatively undetectable especially while being cautious. Also if you play on a high population server with more players in a given area they could obviously be more apt to see you. Just a heads up to people to be extra cautious botting now particularly if you are playing on a main account that is valuable to you. Would like to hear peoples opinions on this. Thanks.
No bot is undetectable. You received a specific hacking ban, whereas most people got the generic automated exploitative activity ban. Chances are you set off a different flag or were reported by a player. Scroll of resurrection accounts and grinding are both high risk. It's fortunate that it's a 72 hour ban, just sit on it and change things up. I would recommend using archy to 84ish then finish the rest of the leveling with bgs depending on what class you are playing.
I got a brand new Scroll of Res account and farming stuff from it Hope I don't get into trouble. Leveled it in 2 days of play time with Min+Herb max and Arch max. Arch is a really good way to level. I usually leave Arch over night to get me the mount and also some gold if I'm lucky. Do you think Blizz checks online times of people? Cuz Arch is up 8 hours and Min+Herb @ 2-3. At night I don't think people can spot me moving from zone to zone, and guildies don't report, so is it safe to still do it? Or Blizz can track my ass? Thanks for the help.
