Recent Wave of Account Actions

[Ualaa]

They do care.
They want to make a profit, and every account counts towards that end.

If you cancel your accounts, they want to know why.
Presumably, so they can change so others like you won't cancel too.

That said, any given account is a drop in the bucket.
If you do cancel, it isn't really going to be hurting Blizzard by any large amount.

Ultimately, they'll do whatever is in the best interests of the game, in terms of what will get the most subscription dollars.

[Ualaa]

So it's not IWT use/spam...

[Bettysue]

I pvp regularly with a mixed group melee/casters, and I've yet to have a problem with any bans. I also play on a pvp server and have no problem camping the guys that killed me repeatedly while levelling, so I'm fairly certain I've been reported a fair number of times. I would start looking at the programs you are using to box, and the possibility they have a "feature" whether intended or not that could throw a flag. Have any hardware boxers been caught in the recent wave, or is it all software boxers?

I personally use HKN, not saying it's safe or immune, just trying to see if it's possible the reason for the account actions is related to software in any way. My apologies if this was already done, as I didn't read every single page of this thread. If we were able to find some correlating factor perhaps the author, or dev team for the software could be notified so they can remove/modify offending features or bugs. We don't really have many data points but I'm fairly certain this could be figured out, there has to be a common factor somewhere.

So I'll start...

HKN
melee and casters, no ranged (ie hunters)
IWT/CTM spam
priority casting, with FTL on select characters.
PVP during primetime bg's/arenas (central US) :: PvE world, dungeons, raid (LFR)
0 bans/suspensions

[fcha]

Personally, i do a bit concern the function "press and release".
I don't know... :/

[Quiding]

Personally, i do a bit concern the function "press and release".
I don't know... :/

This could be done with Addons back in Vanilla, not sure if it is still possible but I doubt this is the problem.

[Khatovar]

Personally, i do a bit concern the function "press and release".
I don't know... :/

This could be done with Addons back in Vanilla, not sure if it is still possible but I doubt this is the problem.

Press and release can still be done within the game today using a simple console toggle as I pointed out in this thread. I just did a quick test of it on one of my druids and it is still a functional command.

[Andreauk]

I saw quite a few of you got temporary suspensions and got worried. I sent a ticket to a gm and got a response seen here :

http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/5764/blizzardah.jpg

[Tonuss]

I saw quite a few of you got temporary suspensions and got worried. I sent a ticket to a gm and got a response seen here :

http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/5764/blizzardah.jpg

That's a terrible reply. The intent seems to be to imply that multiboxing is becoming "an issue" but stating it so ambiguously that he can later claim that he didn't say anything like that. I have yet to see Blizzard claim that what we do is a problem or "issue" in any context. Players have been complaining about the "unfairness" of multiboxing for years, and none of the complaints are new. None of the official responses to people who got their bans/suspensions overturned indicated that multiboxing was an issue aside from the possibility that they mistook it for botting. Maybe that GM is new?

[cmeche]

Holy crap! Everything about that Gm's post is completely cockeyed. Where do they find these people?

reguarding pvp....
"...unfair to do burst damage and the other team cant fight back"
Did he seriously say that? What is the difference in getting cc'd and blown up by non boxed players.

and then the einstein comment on pve......
"...there are concerns of people who multi-box in dungeons not putting in full effort on all characters".....?
The exact thing can be said about solo players.
And I hope he meant to say "raids" instead of "dungeons". How do you box a 5-man and complete it....but not pull your own weight? 2box to 5box doesnt matter. Usually its the other way around.
AND THEN.....shouldnt his pvp comment make us VERY useful for pve situations???????

Very bad post and mindset by someone in charge of stuff.

[Owltoid]

I think GMs are taking a more active role. Apparently I was reported as botting, a GM researched and noticed I was playing from Bermuda IP address when my account says I'm in Connecticut and locked my accounts (that's what the phone rep said happened). Not a ban, but it is the first time this has ever happened to me. After a couple phone calls I was able to get my account unlocked. There is increased focus on multiboxers, but it could just be the result of Blizz stepping up their game against bots and us getting caught in the crossfire.