Warhammer Bans Gold Sellers
Gold selling and power leveling have been the bane of MMOs since their inception. For the gamer, the offer is tempting: fast money and maximum levels for a (somewhat) reasonable price? It’s nearly irresistible. For the publisher or developer, it’s troublesome. They have to deal with the imbalance the instant money and power will create and the in-game spam that the advertisers shout out over chat channels, among other things.
The new MMORPG Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning isn’t taking gold selling sitting down. In fact, it’s taking the most aggressive stance to date:
Since WAR launched we have been banning these jerks like crazy. As of Saturday Night, we had banned about 400 of them. My CSRs have a zero tolerance policy. We don’t wait and let them stay in the game and ban them en-masse, my guys ban their useless, time-consuming butts right away. We have a strike team whose sole job it is to get these guys off our servers as quickly as possible.
The game has implemented an announcement system that literally sends a server-wide message when a player is banned for selling gold. Hit the source for details regarding the new tactic.
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