Multiboxing griefing

[Rankin-shandris (Rankin)]

@Nobully-blackrock

actually, those botters STEAL more accounts.

Or they use stolen credit cards, which costs Blizz even more money to deal with.

[Rahkeetahp-aerie-peak]

@Stonelips-wyrmrest-accord

I don’t know what this even means.

Sure ya dont

@Stonelips-wyrmrest-accord

Blizzard prints money when they ban bot accounts.

uh huh…that tin foil hat working into the cranium, is it?

[Rialius-wyrmrest-accord (Rialius)]

@Kitten-korialstrasz

You yourself just said that there have been complaints. Just because you don’t like the solutions posted in them doesn’t mean they don’t exist.

No. I said.

@Rialius-wyrmrest-accord

I have never seen a constructive thread criticizing the implementation of Zin’anthid and suggesting ways to solve the problem.

Banning players like me who don’t farm or PvP because of bad actors is pretty crappy.

[Rahkeetahp-aerie-peak]

@Stonelips-wyrmrest-accord

There’s plenty of incentive to keep multiboxers.

yeah…the incentive is theres NO REASON to ban them in the first place…next question.

[Kitten-korialstrasz]

@Rialius-wyrmrest-accord

And yet no one complains about nazjatar’s implimentation of Zin’anthid.

Okie dokie.

At least you can post passive aggressive gifs I guess.

[Stonelips-wyrmrest-accord]

@Rahkeetahp-aerie-peak

Sure ya dont

Instead of being passive-aggressive and salty about something, just accuse me of whatever it is so I can figure out what the hell you’re on about.

@Rahkeetahp-aerie-peak

that tin foil hat working into the cranium, is it?

I’m sorry if this is too complicated for you.

@Rahkeetahp-aerie-peak

the incentive is theres NO REASON to ban them in the first place

I disagree, but the fact is Blizzard won’t do it.

[Liana-maelstrom]

Sure you can. You just have to have some situational awareness and see them coming.

[Rankin-shandris (Rankin)]

@Kitten-korialstrasz

Okie dokie.

If people really cared about making Zin’anthid more accessible, we would have many threads complaining about it instead of all these nonsense threads using multiboxers as a scapegoat. Because that proves you’re really just trying to get rid of competition instead of fixing the root problem.

[Nobully-blackrock (Nobully)]

@Stonelips-wyrmrest-accord

There’s no incentive for Blizzard to not ban bots.

but… according to you, blizzard are making money from them… so surely they’d be better off to just leave all of the accounts active?

if the concern was money, blizzard would tell the owners of compromised accounts that they’re out of luck because they should have protected their account.

[Rahkeetahp-aerie-peak]

@Kitten-korialstrasz

At least you can post passive aggressive gifs I guess.

uh huh.
The ‘sticks and stones’ generation is clearly dead, lol

[Kitten-korialstrasz]

You’re right, they are two separate issues. One of which was put under a spotlight because of the Zin’anthid issue. Hey welcome to the conversation!

[Stonelips-wyrmrest-accord]

@Nobully-blackrock

if the concern was money, blizzard would tell the owners of compromised accounts that they’re out of luck because they should have protected their account.

No, because as you previously stated, they lose more money on the customer service cost as well as the bad PR.

[Rahkeetahp-aerie-peak]

@Stonelips-wyrmrest-accord

just accuse me of whatever it is

uh…already did ?
You swapped alts. A mod can verify if they choose to.

@Stonelips-wyrmrest-accord

I disagree, but the fact is Blizzard won’t do it.

Because theres no reason to. Pretty obvious reasoning.
‘muh dont like it’ really isnt a valid reason, believe it or not.

[Nobully-blackrock (Nobully)]

@Stonelips-wyrmrest-accord

No, because as you previously stated, they lose more money on the customer service cost as well as the bad PR.

how would there be any cost to blizzard, if they stopped restoring compromised accounts?

…and how would they get bad PR for expecting people to be responsible?

[Phatfarm-shattered-hand]

@Kitten-korialstrasz

Because the end result isn’t to remove multiboxing, its to remove the ease of multiboxing. I don’t think it should be an easy feat to replicate yourself 7 other times to increase your rewards from the game. Those rewards aren’t going to 7 other characters , they are going to one person .

Exactly. At best multiboxing is semi automatic automation. No different than using robots to replicate your movements across multiple games automatically. Its a shame Blizzard has not put their foot down on this atrocity yet.

[Rahkeetahp-aerie-peak]

@Phatfarm-shattered-hand

@Kitten-korialstrasz

Because the end result isn’t to remove multiboxing, its to remove the ease of multiboxing. I don’t think it should be an easy feat to replicate yourself 7 other times to increase your rewards from the game. Those rewards aren’t going to 7 other characters , they are going to one person .

Exactly. At best multiboxing is semi automatic automation. No different than using robots to replicate your movements across multiple games automatically. Its a shame Blizzard has not put their foot down on this atrocity yet.

their game…their rules. Get used to not having every detail of everything in life like you want it.
They want a PLAYER controlling the characters.
One player or ten…it has no bearing on your game in the least.

[Nobully-blackrock (Nobully)]

@Phatfarm-shattered-hand

Its a shame Blizzard has not put their foot down on this atrocity yet.

uh… it’s a part of the game.
always has been.

this drama is so over the top…

i might actually even consider having a go at boxing, just to annoy some of these self-righteous folk who think they should get to dictate other peoples chosen play-style.

…next thing you know, people will be complaining about people engaging in RP on RP realms.

[Stonelips-wyrmrest-accord]

@Rahkeetahp-aerie-peak

uh…already did ?
You swapped alts. A mod can verify if they choose to.

Haha, speaking of tin-foil hats.

@Rahkeetahp-aerie-peak

Because theres no reason to.

The reasons have been hashed over and over for 15 years. We both have our opinions on it, and I know nothing I say will change your mind, given your obvious salty tone. The fact is Blizzard has a monetary incentive to not get rid of it, so it won’t happen.

@Nobully-blackrock

how would there be any cost to blizzard, if they stopped restoring compromised accounts?

…and how would they get bad PR for expecting people to be responsible?

Cancel culture.

[Rankin-shandris (Rankin)]

@Kitten-korialstrasz

You’re right, they are two separate issues. One of which was put under a spotlight because of the Zin’anthid issue.

There is only one issue. Zin’anthid being poorly implemented.

@Kitten-korialstrasz

Hey welcome to the conversation!

Says the person who is so far out of the loop that they’re in orbit.

[Rialius-wyrmrest-accord (Rialius)]

@Rankin-shandris

If people really cared about making Zin’anthid more accessible, we would have many threads complaining about it instead of all these nonsense threads using multiboxers as a scapegoat. Because that proves you’re really just trying to get rid of competition instead of fixing the root problem.

This is really what it boils down to.

I think there is a control component as well. I think people want to control how other people play the game. It’s a literal “stop liking what I don’t like.”