Abuse of the economy? not quite sure why, but seems to be a fair few today, me to :(

[NEwboy]

slapped on this morning after the maint.. annoyingly not for botting but or selling gold/items which i dont even do! im appealing for this reason, but i dont expect to be lucky..

Just incase anyone is interested, i was running 2 accounts, one farming snow lily/ ghost iron ore within Kota Peaks using honorbuddy

And one farming the same using GB2 in vo4w


***Notice of Account Closure***

Account Name: XXXXXXXXXXX

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.

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[puppychow]

Did you feed a guild bank that was used to sell gold?

 

[NEwboy]

nope nothing, ive never sold on any gold or item, i know exactly what it is, i have 2 accounts on my battle.net, i trade a large some of gold from one to the other last night, they have clearly jsut seen that some go out from one toon o another and slapped the ban hammer on

 

[Synik]

Abuse of Economy covers the mass gathering of resources as the endpoint is always gold and then possibly real world money.

 

[NEwboy]

nah i doubt its that, i rotate between 4 accounts, all farming and selling the same stuff individually, very little actualy goes on the AH (golden lotus nd ghost iron ore only) the rest gets sold to a vendor..was just these 2 that got done, hence why i suspect it was the trade, oh well, i wanted a fresh start xD

 

[facedark]

Two of my accounts got this today too.