They do not read the detailed emails nor any of the screenshots you send them. They wont even look at the YouTube videos showing people blatantly cheating go nuts with your bots they don’t care.
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OP cuts the text off. Right after this it says:
If you find an exploit or think someone is hacking into the game, please send a detailed e-mail to hacks@blizzard.com.
In other words, they DO read everything sent them – at the email address. But they DO NOT read things put in this forum.
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No not at all send them YouTube links of people botting they have 0 views they dont read the emails.
The only time you receive a human response is when you open a ticket with the person’s name and supporting evidence. Then the GM will begrudgingly say they will investigate, but reinforce to submit in-game reports or e-mails so that they don’t have to ever look at them. Blizzard doesn’t care.
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There was a known botter farming 24/7 on my server, made it to rank 12/13 or so and got summon DHK nuked back to rank 2/3 or so. Multiple guildies more familiar with the matter and other rankers on the server reported it with evidence. He’s back to rank 9/10ish now - still botting all along =/
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Bots were a thing in classic. #nochanges.
And they were also banned. By the large GM core that would actively investigate and harshly penalize them.
With real #nochanges I could submit a ticket without jumping through 10 minutes of clicking “not my issue” “other not listed” and speak to a real GM and have them actually zone into a BG and see the bot running back and forth in the same pattern. Small indie company needs to make it difficult for players to fix their game for them since they cant see that a character has done 0 in a BG when they can watch raids and ban people for using saronite bombs on a boss.
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I don’t mean to interrupt your contempt filled post towards Blizzard, but GMs still investigate in this manner.
https://www.reddit.com/r/classicwow/comments/fel8if/official_gm_word_on_warsong_gulch_jumps/
So they last did their job 22 days ago? Did smol indie company lay them off too? Not possible for an company to look at screenshots, videos, and other reports from home and VPN in and ban? They did a nice PR stunt saying they would work from home.
There are plenty of hunters and other levelers botting in Azshara, Felwood, and almost every zone leading up to that point. The same bots are still there after I reported them weeks ago
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I submitted a report, sent a screenshot, made a web ticket, a video, and named / shamed one on this very forum. They definitely looked at the post because they removed the thread and its still botting away.
Be patient. With the virus out there they could be working from home etc.
I’ve been reporting the same AFKing druid since AV was meta its still AFKing its way up the ladder. How many more months do I need to wait?
Even if they do take action, modern day blizzard does not perma ban botters anymore. Chances are he ate like a 1 week ban for it and then updated the bot software to avoid the new auto detect.
…or do you not even know how THAT much works?
How about making copy pasting editing deserter and making it last months so they keep sub money and they don’t bot in BGs? If they can add a month long exp boost to retail for pr they can add a month long debuff and remove rep and shard gear. Go for full MMORPG "The War chief has branded you a coward you are unable to enter BGs until you repent you cowardice ways. You have lost all reputation from the front lines as a due for a coward and all the perks of a warrior " Id call you a knight but your horde so how about that my stone guard.
What do you expect them to do? Classic is a cash grab and any effort or resources invested is too much for them. MUH PROFITS!
I know its a cash grab the entire reason why killed the other “free” servers , why would you pay for blizzards unmanaged servers when you could be one with real GMs that care about the state of the game.
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Or, y’know, they don’t click links in emails from random nutjobs on their work computers?
I think the problem is more you don’t understand how Blizzard hands out their bans.