WoW: Big wave of bans kills botters and cheaters

Bots and scammers are a perennial problem in World of Warcraft - whether retail or classic. Blizzard's attempts to remove them from the game are like a game of cat and mouse. Again and again new cheat programs are developed and Blizzard starts spell waves again and again in order to catch many fraudsters at the same time and not to tell them what they exposed.

What happened? A wave of spells overwhelmed the players of World of Warcraft: Shadowlands and WoW Classic. Numerous accounts have been temporarily or permanently closed. In the World of Warcraft subreddit reports are piling up from players whose accounts are banned. Many players also post dialog from Discord servers run by bot and cheat operators. A large number of programs have been acted upon.

What kind of programs were they? iMorph and JMorph are programs that clearly violate the Blizzard Terms of Service. They allow the user to customize different textures and models in the game so that they look different. A magician could look around in the plate armor of a paladin for example. Although this is only displayed on your own computer it is still forbidden. Because with the help of these programs other details could also be changed:

For example walls could be made transparent so that the flag bearer in the Warsong Gorge could be seen through walls in PvP.
Objects could also be enlarged and colored in bright colors in order to see herbs or enemy players more conspicuously.

All of this - even just redesigning your own armor - violates the terms of use and is a manipulation of the game data.

There are also numerous botting tools. Some multibox botters show how all of their accounts were suspended at the same time.

What kind of penalties were imposed? The penalties vary depending on the offense. Most players report account bans that last 180 days - almost exactly half a year.

That's why the players shout: Quite a number of players report that they were wrongly banned. This is because users of the "ConsolePort" add-on are also affected. However the addon is legal and helps to play WoW with different controllers. This addon is recognized by Blizzard and should not lead to a ban.

Shortly after the false bans many penalties for players using ConsolePort were revoked. If you are using the add-on and are still banned contact support. The wrongly pronounced penalties will be quickly returned by Blizzard - according to the players on Reddit.

Why now of all times? That a big wave of bans is taking place right now should not have been a coincidence. After all the pre-patch for BC Classic is currently running in WoW Classic and many players are already looking forward to the launch of the first Classic expansion.

The wave of bans ensures that significantly fewer bots and fraudsters are likely to be around at the beginning. Also it sends a positive signal to the players with the message: we'll take care of the bots we'll fix the problems.

And,the World of Warcraft Burning Crusade Classic has been released for a week.

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