End of botting. No avoiding of the BAN HAMMER anymore.

[haiiroineko]

So I lost one account 1 month ago for botting and I was using bot for over 3-4 months everyday. Well shit happens I thought. I got automated responses from blizzard abount this account. Game Over.

Later that day I got another account and started playing from scratch. I there was using bot only for battlegrounds and gathering no more then 2h per day. I am safe - that was my first reaction but today I got banned again for using bot.
I wondered how it is possible. I used it carefully and very little. Before it was almost 24/7. So I wrote a ticket. And answer shocked me and was nothing I could suspect Blizzard of doing. It appears that Blizzard is monitoring our Windows Task Manager if WoW client is running it gives them access to this. So if there is any kind of process with filtered name like honorbuddy.exe or mrfishit.exe they probable will ban you like me. This is the copy of oryginal message i recieved from Blizzard Game Master.

This is the latest response from Customer Support:
Hello

Your account was suspended due to use of third party programs, which is against the Terms of Use:
Blizzard Entertainment: World of Warcraft Terms of Use

When running, the World of Warcraft client may monitor your computer's random access memory (ram) and/or cpu processes for unauthorized third party programs running concurrently with World of Warcraft. An unauthorized third party program as used herein shall be defined as any third party software, including without limitation any addon or mod, that in Blizzard Entertainment's sole determination:

I. enables or facilitates cheating of any type;

II. allows users to modify or hack the World of Warcraft interface, environment, and/or experience in any way not expressly authorized by Blizzard Entertainment; or

III. intercepts, mines, or otherwise collects information from or through World of Warcraft. In the event that World of Warcraft detects an unauthorized third party program, Blizzard may

a) communicate information back to blizzard entertainment, including without limitation your account name, details about the unauthorized third party program detected, and the time and date the unauthorized third party program was detected; and/or

b) exercise any or all of its rights under section 6 of this agreement, with or without prior notice to the user.

The use of such programs or files is clearly unfair to the World of Warcraft community playing regularly and is not tolerated on our servers.

Following a review of your case, we can confirm that such program has been used on several occasions by your account, and that the subsequent action taken is appropriate. We would not look to enter into any further communications on this issue as the matter is now considered closed.

 

[Forestt]

Or maybe you got banned because you were botting on an IP that you had already been banned for botting on.

 

[realzz]

Or maybe you got banned because you were botting on an IP that you had already been banned for botting on.

That doesnt mean anything..

 

[haiiroineko]

nope, it could be the case in some cases but I was away with laptop for 2 weeks and was playing from different IP and from different city and used bot only then. I got back yesterday and played normal for few minutes to check auctions and went sleep. And today after patch I was banned. Anyway as I quoted in my first post, GM told me that it is possible for them to scan computer for illegal software so is there really a difference what IP it was?

 

[Conman3030]

Maybe it was because you were botting BG? = 99% chance of Ban.... Nearly anyone who plays BG legit reports every single bot they see (and it is pretty damn easy to tell whos botting and whos not in BG).

Read around before you chose gather, grind, quest, or run BG's. You should always know why and how often people are getting banned using any given botting method. Clearly you did not read around = Ban

 

[Giwin]

Botting BG is a fast way of building up player reports.

and this is from both sides!

BGBuddy is almost non-afkable but that's the risks, BGBuddy is highest risk atm so you take the chance.

 

[imdasandman]

Botting BG is a fast way of building up player reports.

and this is from both sides!

BGBuddy is almost non-afkable but that's the risks, BGBuddy is highest risk atm so you take the chance.

This is why I only bg bot in av.

 

[Gatherit]

This is why I only bg bot in av.

Let's not create the illusion botting in AV is safe. I've seen more bot trains in AV than ANY BG.

 

[neo1337]

Let's not create the illusion botting in AV is safe. I've seen more bot trains in AV than ANY BG.

10v10 wsg, entire team using hb with " following biggest friendly pack " all running in circles in middle. Epic lulz

 

[DarkTemplar24]

10v10 wsg, entire team using hb with " following biggest friendly pack " all running in circles in middle. Epic lulz

The 'follow the biggest pack' is the exact reason BGBuddy is so dangerous. Needs a new method of movement TBH.