Season 19 Ban Wave
There has been a ban wave in Diablo III for the abuse of game mechanics using the Pandemonium seasonal buff in an unintended way. You can view the official forum post below!
Originally Posted by Nevalistis (Official Post)
It’s recently come to light that there is a method in which players can unfairly leverage the Seasonal buff, Pandemonium, in an unintended and unfair way to progress as a solo player. We wanted to let you know exactly what our stance is and what steps we’ll be taking to correct this.
First, utilizing a group buff to progress in solo Greater Rifts is not intended and will be considered cheating. Players found using this mechanic may have their accounts suspended or closed, based on severity of abuse as well as previous account history. These account actions are between Blizzard and the offending players, so please note we will not be commenting on the status of accounts on a public basis, as has always been our standard practice.
Second, we will be deleting any and all clears from the Leaderboards where we have been able to confirm this exploit was utilized.
Third, we will be fixing this exploit. We ask that you do not make use of this exploit in the meantime while we are working to deploy a patch. Our team is already at work on a solution and, as soon as it’s ready for deployment, we’ll update this thread accordingly. We won’t detail this exploit here, but it takes some planning, know-how, and research to make use of this; this is not the type of exploit you can perform by accident.
Lastly, this is a good time to remind the community of a few things:
- Third party addons of any kind are strictly prohibited. While any kind of botting software falls clearly under violation of our Terms of Service, for Diablo III, this also includes any kind of overlay software, map hacks, or any other addons or alterations to the client. Addons are not supported for Diablo III and use of them may result in account warnings or permanent account closure.
- We are committed to continuing to support Diablo III, including taking action against botting and cheating. Please keep in mind that we do routine actions to keep Sanctuary fair for everyone, and we will not regularly provide public notice of mass account actions.
We’re working on resolving this issue as quickly as possible and thank the community for bringing it to our attention, expressing your concerns thoughtfully, and having patience while we remain committed to our Blizzard principles of Play Nice, Play Fair and Commit to Quality.
Thank you.
In the last 24h, 5.389.127 legendary items and 1.122.554 set items have been dropped by your bots
Well, how are you supposed to fight that, Blizzard?
Just give and up try to implement better anti-cheat measures in D4.
@Angry_Roleplayer LUL, you've been banned bro?
Cheating at a video game that offers no substantial reward for doing so is like cheating at solitaire.
Sorry, I don't understand. I tried competing with players who play much more then me....and it occured to me I am no match for them. It was okey.
Also...i noticed, that some of these players have been using bots, basically having unrealistic playtimes.
Fact: It ruined the FUN and enjoyment, the feeling of competitive progress in a game that I actually like and spend my free-time with.
It is not the same for people who play it even less, and do not care about where they stand compared to others, ofcourse, but a lot of people DO care... should i compare this to a game that you play with your friends for fun? What if some of your friends where cheating? Would it be the same fun? Why would they even do that? - same for botters!
Just because it's an easy game with no "substantial" reward, doesn't mean it's okey to cheat in it.
Simple.
How is it the same as solitaire??
Keep up the good work Blizzard. Or the bad. Any work done is better then just saying 'meh.
I was trying to emphasize how stupid it is to cheat in a game like Diablo; no monetary gain, no "fame" or glory because at some point the cheating will be exposed, and so forth.
here is what he do...
https://youtu.be/m2yg3oEbiM0
wow okey i misunderstood! We are on the same page then Thx for clearing it!
Omg... thank you for a great laugh in your response to angry "unachiever* lol.. I'm laughing at cheaters responses like it's Blizzard's fault, not their's! Idiot's know they're doing wrong the whole time and pass blame. Ahhhhhh, the laughter was much needed. I'm gonna run me some more GR's now that often end in gratification and 100k repair bills, now that's buggin'