SeveralWorld of Warcraftplayers unexpectedly had their accounts banned recently, seemingly due to a glitch surrounding the Tailoring profession. TheWorld of Warcraftaccounts that were affected by this ban believe it was an automated response due to the use of an unintentional exploit.Late at night on December 13, a wave of bans hit severalWorld of Warcraftaccounts with no apparent explanation. Though many of the bans were set for a week, some of the bans were as long as 30 days.RELATED:WoW: Dragonflight Teases Patch 10.1 ZoneWhile there appeared to be no rhyme or reason to these bans, a common thread appeared between the accounts–all the bannedWorld of Warcraftplayers had Tailoring inDragonflight. This led players to believe the bans involved Azureweave and Chronocloth. These high-end Dragonflight Tailoring reagents have cooldowns to prevent players from overusing them. However, a glitch was causing these cooldowns to reset from odd tasks, such as entering dungeons or joining groups. The banned players are believed to have abused this glitch, though many probably did so unknowingly because the cooldown is not displayed.
Luckily, this story has a happy ending.World of Warcraftseems to be overturning some of the banssurrounding theDragonflightprofession. Many players who found their accounts had been banned have already regained access to their characters. Though players who can be proven to have purposefully abused the Tailoring exploit may keep their bans, most will probably have the ban lifted soon if they have not already.
Players are gladWorld of Warcraftis lifting the bans, but are frustrated the incident happened at all. On one hand, it is good thatWorld of Warcrafthas systems in place to prevent people from abusing exploits in the game. On the other hand, players are understandably frustrated whenWorld of Warcraft’sglitchescause them to get in trouble, especially if they did not know they were breaking the Terms of Service in the first place. Many players thinkWorld of Warcraftshould go a step further and give the affected players some free playtime to compensate for the mix-up.
World of Warcraft: Dragonflight’slaunchcame faster than most players expected, leading many players to wonder if the expansion would be ready. While the majority of the expansion seems to be solid,World of Warcraftplayers have discovered some problems, mostly surrounding the brand-new Profession and User Interface overhauls inDragonflight. HopefullyWorld of Warcraftcan fix what glitches are still present inDragonflightso it can avoid similar incidents in the future.
World of Warcraft: Dragonflightis available now for PC.
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