To provide more transparency on the actions we take against cheating and exploitation, here is a breakdown on the number of actions that were taken over the last month, July 2023:
Total Exploitative WoW Account Actions in July 2023: 116921
All of these actions were for cheating or exploitation, which primarily result in permanent bans or 6-month suspensions. This number does not include other actions such as those taken on accounts with character name or in-game language violations. We continue to evolve our methods and act against these malicious accounts on a daily basis.
Botting is basically cheating. Accounts are accounts (posting this in the WotLK forum suggests it’s related to WotLK… they’re pretty good about keeping things in their places.)
They are probably restricted from going into more detail as to what the specific ban types are, and because wow accounts have access to both versions of the game you can’t really differentiate them.
Additionally, bots fall under the TOS regarding Exploitative Accounts.
I’m fully aware that botting falls under the umbrella of impermissible account activity being referenced in this post. I would still like to know how many accounts were actually banned for botting, since botting, specifically, is the concern of many players in Classic WoW. The post promises a “breakdown” of account actions, but does not provide one. It is the bare minimum of “transparency” and falls short of their stated goal in my opinion and in the opinions of others who have voiced that on their previous monthly posts.
And yeah, it’s still not my job to police Blizzard’s game.
Additional breakdowns are unnecessary because they would provide nothing new in terms of information. Everyone knows these bans are mostly for botting.
I would actually like to know more about what steps are being taken to improve the speed at which bots are banned and if they have been able to manually monitor botting hotspots.
