Wed, Jun 13, 2012 | 01:54 BST
Diablo III bans strike “several thousand” cheaters
So remember how Blizzard said it would begin issuing Diablo III bans “in the near future”? Thousands of players have already experienced this firsthand.
“We recently issued a round of account suspensions and bans to several thousand Diablo III players who were in violation of the Battle.net Terms of Use for cheating and/or using botting or hacking programs while playing,” the publisher said in a statement.
“In addition to undermining the spirit of fair play that’s essential to everyone’s enjoyment of the game, botting, hacking, and other such exploitive behavior can contribute to stability and performance issues with the Battle.net service.
“As always, maintaining a stable, safe, and fun online-gaming experience for legitimate players is a top priority for us, and we’ll be continuing to keep watch on Battle.net and take action as needed.”
Diablo III’s always-on DRM means players who receive bans are completely locked out of the game.
Welp. We warned you.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Mac, PC, RPG
Tags: blizzard, diablo 3, diablo III, game bans
12 comments
#1
HauntaVirus
13/06/12, 2:02 am
Forget “suspensions”, just perma-ban on first offense.
#2
TheWulf
13/06/12, 2:08 am
I wonder how many of these so-called “cheaters” were using completely benign and harmless client mods, like the DarkDiablo filter, which does nothing other than change the aesthetics of the game?
That’s the problem with ham-fisted approaches like this. But… ham-fisted kind of defines Blizzard. Eloquence and grace they do not do.
#3
HauntaVirus
13/06/12, 2:15 am
The specifics are irrelevant, its all against the terms.
#4
Ireland Michael
13/06/12, 2:25 am
@2 That isn’t even a mod. It’s altering filters used by your graphics card, nothing else.
Nobody is going to get banned for using some benign stuff like this. People are just being paranoid.
#5
qazwsx
13/06/12, 4:01 am
Only a dickhead nerd cheats on a video game.
#6
Logic Incarnate
13/06/12, 8:02 am
@3 But are the terms in the “spirit” of the community.
One of the great things about a game like Skyrim is the crazy mods the community comes out with. Now with mandatory server connections, someone just wanting to have fun with their game will be in the same bucket as someone actively stealing from other players.
I guess Blizzard is making a console version of Diablo 3 – It is out now on PCs everywhere.
#7
Talkar
13/06/12, 8:30 am
@2 Here you go troll
https://twitter.com/angryrobotics/status/201726183740686336
#8
back_up
13/06/12, 9:58 am
PC gamers are cheaters we get it
#9
viralshag
13/06/12, 12:41 pm
Diablo is not Skyrim, so why bother making the comparison. People make out like this is the first PC game not to include mods… The game is fine as it is.
Get over it.
@7, Spot on, he is a troll and nothing more. He doesn’t own any Blizz games and yet negatively comments on nearly every Blizz/D3-related story.
#10
silkvg247
15/06/12, 1:40 pm
I don’t understand the d3 economy, with Inferno items are priced higher than anyone can afford. I saw a wep for 250mill the other day, hah! I wonder if some form of hacking led to this.
#11
OlderGamer
15/06/12, 1:53 pm
@10 I wonder the samething. Can people buy gold and use it to buy over priced iteams? Cause that would do it.
Also does anyone else find it funny how Blizzs other monster game(wow) invites add ons and yet Diablo III add on use will get you banned? Not really funny, guess it is just blizz protecting their real money AH.
It seems alot of the focus in the games dev was built around that real money AH. Pitty.
#12
Ireland Michael
15/06/12, 2:12 pm
@11 You’d be amazed how much time some people would be willing to invest to get things in these.
Don’t underestimate it, because there will be lots of people to prove it.