Bots subscriptions are being funded by WoW Token

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Incorrect, actually.

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…

TL;dr - They’re mostly stolen, inactive accounts, stolen credit cards, company has to deal with fraudulent charges and ill player will which both affect profits.

Only people that profit are the botters, and they do it BECAUSE they profit. If people didn’t buy gold or leveling services, they would have no reason to bot. The bots are a symptom of the people that buy their services.

Harsher punishments, like 100% account bans for people that RMT (meaning they lose WoW account, OW account, Starcraft, anything accumulated on their whole Battle.net account, permanently) would be a possible solution. If they already do that, then great! Those people get what they deserve.