Code: Greetings, Account Name: nunyabizness Account Action: Suspended until 2017/05/10 Offense: Use of Bots or Third-Party Automation Software Blizzard Entertainment has suspended this World of Warcraft account after identifying the usage of bots or other cheat software. These programs (commonly called cheats, bots, or hacks) automate certain aspects of gameplay, or provide unintended advantages and abilities to the player. This type of cheating undermines other players' experience and severely upsets the balance of the game environment. The account holder is responsible for all activity on the account. We issue suspensions and closures to protect our players and our service in accordance with our Terms of Use: blizzard.com/company/about/termsofuse.html Along with this suspension, we've removed some currencies and inventory associated with the account involved in this exploitive behavior. We don't take this decision lightly. Our team issued this suspension only after a careful review of relevant evidence. Our support staff will not overturn this penalty and may not respond to appeals. For more information, see our article: http://www.battle.net/support/article/300736 This World of Warcraft account will be reactivated on 2017/05/10. Thank you for your time and for understanding. Regards, Customer Support I never bot more than a few hours at a stretch, virtually never on consecutive days, and always 100% while I am sitting there watching it. I use no public profiles when gathering... and I've actually botted extremely little since Legion launched. Based on the myriad other reports today, the software got caught... And honestly, I'm fine with that. I've been looking for an excuse to quit on a more permanent basis, and a 6 month suspension is just what I need. Edit - Yeah. We're up to 3-1/2 pages of ban reports just today. Good times.
Figure I'll add pertinent info like I'm supposed to. About your server... Realm: ( ) EU; ( ) Pacific; (X) US; Type: (X) PvE; ( ) PvP; ( ) RP; About the account... Account created after the 16-Dec-2015 banwave? ( ) Yes; (X) No; Account had previous suspensions or bans? ( ) Yes; (X) No; About account usage... How many (average) hours per day did you bot? (2); What estimated percentage of the time did you supervise your bot? (100)%; How many auctions per day did you post on this account? (10) auction count; ( ) per day; (X) per week; Did you use any non-Honorbuddy bots with this account? ( ) Yes; (X) No; If so, which ones? ( ); (A non-legitimate Honorbuddy should be listed here, as it does not have the same account protections as legitimate Honorbuddy.) Did you use any H4cks, Che4ts, or mods with this account? ( ) Yes; (X) No; (If so, please name them.) Which Combat Routines have you used with this account during the PAST FOUR WEEKS? (X) Singular; ( ) Accessary Routines; ( ) Gladiator Suite; ( ) KingWoW; ( ) ManOfWar; ( ) Millz; ( ) Omation; ( ) RichieCR; ( ) TuanHA; ( ) Other third-party (please specify);: In which of these activities has the account participated as a bot during the PAST FOUR WEEKS? ( ) Gold buying; ( ) Gold selling; ( ) Game-time Token (bought with game gold); ( ) PvP: Arena (rated or non-rated); ( ) PvP: Battlegrounds (rated or non-rated); ( ) PvP: Zones (e.g., Ashran, Wintergrasp, etc.); ( ) Archeology sessions (greater than four hours); ( ) Dungeon diving (mixed human/bot party); ( ) Dungeon farming (SOLO, or ALL-BOT PARTIES, ONLY; same set of dungeons greater than four hours); ( ) Dungeon raiding (LFR; 10+ person dungeons) ( ) Fishing sessions (greater than four hours); ( ) Garrison maintenance / management; ( ) Gathering sessions (greater than four hours); ( ) Questing (only questing purposes OTHER THAN leveling. E.g., dailies, proto-drake hunting, pet acquisition, etc.); ( ) The account used a 'relogger' ( ) The account used 'Server hopping'; ( ) The account used VPN; (X) Something else (please specify);: A little leveling (kick questing), a few short stints with Gatherbuddy and private profiles. Do you have any observations about the event you'd like to share? The bot was never running when I wasn't there. If I needed to leave my desk, it got paused or shut off. These are always my habits; I've never been part of a ban wave or suspension, despite botting since WoWGlider. I'm fine with it, personally, but I hope you guys figure out how it was detected, because it is pretty obvious that it has been. Edit - Possibly important info - I have wiped my PC since I botted last so I don't have logs to attach, but(!) my other account that I had botted on (entirely leveling) has not been banned. However, I have not botted on that account for the last 3 patch updates, and only botted on the one that got banned very recently, so anything Blizzard did has to be very recent.
