Bots are destroying the integrity of the game

[Delimicus-heartseeker]

@Startuptimpa-benediction

It has been posted and checked many times. Bots make a substantial amount of blizzard subscription revenue.

That is a lie.

Herbalism bots plaguing BFA

I’m sorry, but the suggestion that bots help Blizzard make money or can be viewed by the company as even remotely positive is laughably ridiculous. Such an idea illustrates a fundamental lack of understanding of who these people are. First and foremost, the majority of botting/farming accounts are exploitative. They are usually compromised accounts (meaning they’ve been stolen from normal players, often who are currently inactive so aren’t aware of the theft), or they are created with stolen c…

Are bots not banned anymore?

Quite the contrary, they cost us an enormous amount - between the costs of fighting them, the fees that get attached to stolen cards used - and all the ill will from players. And just because we fight them, doesn’t mean they don’t come back. We do banwaves in the hundreds and thousands at a time. Within 2 days, or less, they come back - but we don’t stop fighting them, we continue to fight them. As I said, until there is no longer a financial motivation to do so, these will never go away an…

They’ve been absolutely consistent with this stance since at least as far back as 2011:

https://blue.mmo-champion.com/topic/215264-blizz-mining-bots-are-everywhere-again/