The first year of WoW Classic has shown one thing very clearly: Those in charge at Blizzard are having trouble getting a handle on the bot problem in the vanilla remake. Sure, they keep banning a large number of accounts, plus they have improved their communication with players who have reported convicted bot users.

Unfortunately, the bot users just won't let themselves be kept down, they keep coming up with new strategies: the latest trend is taking the bots to the blackrock depths. Far too often we have had to report that players have been unjustifiably banned. Often, they first have to really stir up dust until the case is properly investigated by the responsible parties.

French WoW Classic player kalafty has been kicking up a particularly big dust in recent days. The entire odyssey was documented on Reddit, here is the summary:

  • kalafty and other players of a guild from the EU server Amnennar were banned by Blizzard after they had farmed an enormous amount of linen cloth for the opening of Ahn'Qiraj over the day. The accusation: they allegedly used an unauthorized cheat software.
  • Those affected created tickets and learned that they had been reported by other players for bot use and exploiting. There would be no reason to lift the bans.
  • After another wave of tickets, Blizzard employees were persuaded to investigate again. Even after that, the ban penalties remained in place.
  • The situation was particularly unpleasant because the guild was not only missing the main tank and other players due to the ban penalties just in time for the rush to the new raids, but also a bank character on which many of the guild's consumables were stored was affected.
  • Out of sheer desperation, kalafty turned to the French website Judgehype, which reported on the incident. In addition, the player made his way to Versailles to Blizzard's European headquarters. However, he was turned away there, saying that the team is currently working out of their home office due to the Corona pandemic. Wowhead also picked up on the Reddit post and published an article.
  • The "kicking up of dust" and the creation of more tickets made itself felt once again. One by one, the bans of the affected Classic players were lifted by Blizzard.

I wonder how many unjustified bans there are that weren't taken back because the players involved don't feel like it or have the mentality to make that much noise?

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