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.
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.
Hope I don't get into trouble.