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Guild Wars 2 Players Exploit Bug, ArenaNet Gets BanHappy

Posted on Friday, August 31 @ 18:45:00 Eastern by sara_gunn


ArenaNet banned 3,000 Guild Wars 2 players yesterday for exploiting a vendor bug for profit.
 
“We take our community and the integrity of the game very seriously, and want to be clear that intentionally exploiting the game is unacceptable. The players we banned were certainly intentionally and repeatedly exploiting a bug in the game. We intended to send a very clear message that exploiting the game in this way will not be tolerated, and we believe this message now has been well understood,” said ArenaNet in a Reddit post last night.
 
Clearly, ArenaNet wants players to know they mean serious business. That’s all well and good, but a lifetime ban seems a little harsh for a bug the developers themselves initially missed. And how, exactly, can they be sure who was and wasn’t “intentionally exploiting” the bug?
 
Fortunately, ArenaNet is giving players a chance for redemption: Players can submit a ticket through the game’s support site with a promise to delete the illegally-obtained items. Once they submit a ticket, players’ bans are lowered to 72 hours. Players must then delete the items the next time they log in or be re-banned.
 
This is more reasonable, so I suppose we can forgive them. Just make sure you don’t anger your Guild Wars overlords again, lest you feel the wrath of the hammer.

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  • Bras
    Bras
    Joined: Jul 2008
    Posted: Aug 31st, 2012 at 6:51 pm
    Banning players is fun and should be done whenever possible.
    0 3
  • De-Ting
    De-Ting
    Joined: Nov 2006
    Posted: Aug 31st, 2012 at 7:46 pm
    I like to see a developer taking cheaters seriously.
    0 3
  • whytenoiz
    whytenoiz
    Joined: Feb 2011
    Posted: Sep 1st, 2012 at 4:33 am
    You just gotta hope it keeps up. I recall in the old days of WoW people used to be nervous about their language in general and trade chat, but as the years gone on you see a lot of harassment, expletives, and such constantly throughout the public chat space, which sucked when you are trying to teach a young kid to play an what not. Gamers will be gamers, but I am skeptical that they might be doing strategies that teachers use....start of strong at first to scare the hell out of people then start cutting back once respect is earned and a few examples were made.
    0 1
  • moretokes
    moretokes
    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: Aug 31st, 2012 at 8:24 pm
    Halo ** cough cough**
    0 0
  • Sourdeez
    Sourdeez
    Joined: Feb 2012
    Posted: Sep 1st, 2012 at 4:28 am
    Its nice to see them taking a proactive stance against botters, exploiters, and hackers.
    0 1
  • NecroWolf
    NecroWolf
    Joined: Oct 2005
    Posted: Sep 1st, 2012 at 7:43 am
    I'm an advocate of using the banhammer as often as possible. If I made an MMO, I'd put in a system where the players can vote to ban someone, via a list of everyone who is nominated for banning, the reason why. Let everyone vote for an entire week, if the majority vote yes, goodbye... of course there would be some kind of appeal system to curb abuse.
    0 0

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