Blizzard have recently taken action against more than 100,000 players of World of Warcraft by hitting them with bans, specifically players found using a bot of any kind. This ban isn’t permanent, but it will last for six months.
Let’s take a ‘byte’ into bots
Bots are pieces of third-party software which allow players to automate a process like huge, complicated macro. They’re used for gathering gold, raiding, or for something as a simple as walking/flying.
Bots are used for a range of things, from complicated to mundane, and anyone found using a bot will also get a ban. No matter how menial the task it’s being used for is.
Many players are understandably upset by this, and many just want clarification over what is a bannable offence, with one user asking if a macro which presses keys ‘X+L’ when only key ‘X’ is pressed is a bannable offence.
The World of Warcraft Community Manager, Micah “Bashiok” Whipple, tweeted out saying:
Botting is defined as automation of any action, not just character movement. If a program is pressing keys for you, you’ve violated the ToU.
— Bashiok (@Bashiok) May 13, 2015
ToU means Terms of Use, these are basically the Terms of Service, but a different name for it.
Does Honorbuddy have honor? Yes, they know when they are beaten
Honourbuddy is a tool designed to farm honor rep in battlegrounds, the creators of this tool have made an official statement.
Saying:
It seems like Honorbuddy was detected, we are not sure, but looking at the BAN THREADS, we think that it’s the most likely option atm.
And
Honorbuddy had not a single software detection. It seems there is one now.
The team have since shut their Honourbuddy Authentication system down.
Is this a win for players?
If you want a quick taste of some of the problems botting is causing, within WoW, take a look at this video bellow.
