A Statement on In-game Economy Exploitation

Quoted from the exploitation article …

This is a reminder and warning that if we find any account engaged in the following — or any other prohibited activity described in the Blizzard End User License Agreement — we will apply either a temporary suspension or a permanent ban.

  • Purchasing items and/or currencies from unauthorized third-party vendors
  • Making fraudulent transactions on the in-game or Battle.net Shop
  • Exploiting bugs to abuse the in-game Market or economy
  • Scamming, account sharing, and win-trading
  • Using third-party programs and hardware to automate any facet of gameplay

From today’s Patch Notes

REGION-SPECIFIC GAME ADDITIONS

Below you will find region-specific updates coming to the version of Diablo Immortal available in China.

Auto-Battle Feature

A feature has been added that automates gameplay for the player, inputting their character movements and behavior. We have no plans to bring this feature to all regions in a future update.

So, hold on, am I getting this straight? If players on the US or EU servers automate gameplay, you’re going to give them suspensions / bans. Okay, fair enough. However, at the same same time you’re actually implementing ways for players on the China servers to have in-game automated gameplay?

Please clarify why US/EU players get (rightly) punished for automation but China players get in-game functionality to help them automate.

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